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Saint Joan of Arc - the victory
O Lord God of Hosts, who hast said in Thy Gospel: "I am not come to bring peace but a sword," arm me for the combat. I burn to do battle for Thy Glory, but I pray Thee to enliven my courage. . . . Then with holy David I shall be able to exclaim: "Thou alone art my shield; it is Thou, O Lord Who teachest my hands to fight."
O my Beloved, I know the warfare in which I am to engage; it is not on the open field I shall fight. . . . I am a prisoner held captive by Thy Love; of my own free will I have riveted the fetters which bind me to Thee, and cut me off for ever from the world. My sword is Love! with it--like Joan of Arc--"I will drive the strangers from the land, and I will have Thee proclaimed King"--over the Kingdom of souls.
Of a truth Thou hast no need of so weak an instrument as I, but Joan, thy chaste and valiant Spouse, has said:
"We must do battle before God gives the victory."
O my Jesus! I will do battle, then, for Thy love, until the evening of my life. As Thou didst not will to enjoy rest upon earth, I wish to follow Thy example; and then this promise which came from thy Sacred Lips will be fulfilled in me: "If any man minister to me, let him follow Me, and where I am there also shall My servant be, and . . . him will My Father honour." To be with Thee, to be in Thee, that is my one desire; this promise of fulfilment, which Thou dost give, helps me to bear with my exile as I wait the joyous Eternal Day when I shall see Thee face to face.
St. Thérèse of Lisieux
Prayer inspired by the sight of a statue of The Blessed Joan of Arc
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Joan of Arc (1999)
Leelee Sobieski (Joan of Arc)
Chad Willet (Jean de Metz)
Directed by Christian Duguay
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1412 - 2012
600th Anniversary of the Birth of Saint Joan of Arc
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O Lord God of Hosts, who hast said in Thy Gospel: "I am not come to bring peace but a sword," arm me for the combat. I burn to do battle for Thy Glory, but I pray Thee to enliven my courage. . . . Then with holy David I shall be able to exclaim: "Thou alone art my shield; it is Thou, O Lord Who teachest my hands to fight."
O my Beloved, I know the warfare in which I am to engage; it is not on the open field I shall fight. . . . I am a prisoner held captive by Thy Love; of my own free will I have riveted the fetters which bind me to Thee, and cut me off for ever from the world. My sword is Love! with it--like Joan of Arc--"I will drive the strangers from the land, and I will have Thee proclaimed King"--over the Kingdom of souls.
Of a truth Thou hast no need of so weak an instrument as I, but Joan, thy chaste and valiant Spouse, has said:
"We must do battle before God gives the victory."
O my Jesus! I will do battle, then, for Thy love, until the evening of my life. As Thou didst not will to enjoy rest upon earth, I wish to follow Thy example; and then this promise which came from thy Sacred Lips will be fulfilled in me: "If any man minister to me, let him follow Me, and where I am there also shall My servant be, and . . . him will My Father honour." To be with Thee, to be in Thee, that is my one desire; this promise of fulfilment, which Thou dost give, helps me to bear with my exile as I wait the joyous Eternal Day when I shall see Thee face to face.
St. Thérèse of Lisieux
Prayer inspired by the sight of a statue of The Blessed Joan of Arc
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Joan of Arc (1999)
Leelee Sobieski (Joan of Arc)
Chad Willet (Jean de Metz)
Directed by Christian Duguay
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1412 - 2012
600th Anniversary of the Birth of Saint Joan of Arc
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