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Novena to St. Joan of Arc

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Time: May 21, 2014 to May 29, 2014
Location: world wide
Event Type: novena
Organized By: Cathleen
Latest Activity: Jul 10, 2014

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St. Joan of Arc is the Patroness of the Crusaders. Please join us in this novena for her feast day.

St. Joan of Arc, filled with compassion for those who invoke thee; filled with love for those who suffer; heavily laden with the weight of my troubles I kneel at thy feet and humbly beg thee to take my present need under thy special protection.

(here mention your petition)

Grant to recommend it to the Blessed Virgin Mary and lay it before the throne of Jesus. Cease not to intercede for me until my request is granted.

Above all, obtain for me the grace to behold God face to face, and with Mary and thee, and all the angels and saints, praise Him for all eternity.

O most powerful St. Joan, do not let me lose my soul but obtain for me the grace of winning my way to Heaven forever. +Amen

Our Father.......Hail Mary......Glory Be

St. Joan of Arc, pray for us

For the graces needed for all the bishops, priests, religious and faithful of the Society of Saint Pius the X to uphold and defend the Catholic Faith.

Praying for the intentions of Crusaders:

Daniel Maloney

Patrick Michael Umbra

Gabriel Breece

For Father Paul Kimball and Father Jean-Luc Laffite

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Comment by Alley on May 25, 2014 at 1:13am: With love!

Comment by Michael on May 24, 2014 at 11:12pm: St. Joan of Arc, pray for us.

Comment by bernadette szczepkowski on May 24, 2014 at 7:29pm: O Holy St. Joan, pray for us.

Comment by AnnaMaria on May 24, 2014 at 5:40pm: AMEN

Comment by Dawn Marie on May 24, 2014 at 11:28am: Excerpt on the life of Saint Joan

Victory in Orleans

By scrounging his last cents and going even deeper into debt, Charles managed to put together an army. He entrusted its command to the Duke of Alencon, whose lieutenants were scarcely altar boys. Somehow the army seemed transformed by Joan's presence: the soldiers stopped blaspheming, confessed their sins, and received Holy Communion. This alone was no small miracle.

Charles outfitted Joan with a suit of armor and a war horse. He provided her with an armed herald to act as her courier. For her standard, Joan had God the Creator emblazoned between two adoring angels bearing lilies. The standard bore the holy names of Jesus and Mary. There must be no doubt Who was leading France into battle.

On April 11, 1429, Joan departed for Orleans with the vanguard. Dunois, with his captains, came to greet her with what they deemed indispensable advice. "In God's name," Joan protested, "the Lord's counsel is better than thine. I bring thee better succor than any soldier could provide, the succor of the King of Heaven."

When a contrary wind kept supply barges from sailing forward, Joan dropped to her knees in prayer, and the wind shifted course, bringing badly needed food to the besieged city.

The English had surrounded Orleans with trenches and fortifications. Spurning the advice of her captains for the counsel of her voices, Joan decided to attack those redoubtable fortresses. In a few days she had conquered the most important strongholds and especially the Tourelles rampart, which guarded the sole bridge crossing the Loire.

On May 8, 1429, the English withdrew, and the siege of Orleans was lifted, just as Joan had foretold. On June 12, Joan retook Jargeau; on June 15, Meungsur-Loire; and on June 17, Beaugency. In Patay, the English under General Talbot suffered a devastating defeat, losing 6,000 men.

Joan never boasted of a single victory, for she attributed each of them to God. Above all, she remained true to herself — the simple and pious maid of Domremy, to which she longed to return.

Comment by Dawn Marie on May 24, 2014 at 11:27am: Grant to recommend it to the Blessed Virgin Mary and lay it before the throne of Jesus. Cease not to intercede for me until my request is granted.

Above all, obtain for me the grace to behold God face to face, and with Mary and thee, and all the angels and saints, praise Him for all eternity.

O most powerful St. Joan, do not let me lose my soul but obtain for me the grace of winning my way to Heaven forever. +Amen

Comment by Gloria on May 24, 2014 at 9:36am: Praying for special intentions for Daniel Maloney, Patrick Michael Umbra, Gabriel Breece, Fr. Paul Kimball & Fr. Jean-Luc Laffite.

O most powerful St. Joan, do not let me or our family lose our souls but obtain for our family the grace of winning our way to Heaven forever. Amen