#st. joan of arc

[miraofhearts2point0]

the sillies!!!!!

[eternal-echoes]

“True happiness is not the absence of pain but the presence of purpose.”

-Father Patrick Briscoe, OP, reflections on Saint on Joan of Arc’s feast day

[ave-immaculata]

"Hold the Cross high, so I may see it through the flames!"

[stone-cold-groove]

St. Joan of Arc.

[thepastisalreadywritten]

SAINT OF THE DAY (May 30)

Joan of Arc is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans, and her insistence on the coronation of Charles VII of France during the Hundred Years' War.

Claiming to be acting under the divine guidance, she became a military leader who transcended gender roles and gained recognition as a savior of France.

Joan was born around 1412 to a peasant family in Champagne, France.

From a young age, she heard the voices of St. Michael, St. Catherine, and St. Margaret speaking to her.

In 1428, when she was 13 years old, she received a vision telling her to go to the King of France and help him reconquer his kingdom from the invading forces of England and Burgundy.

Overcoming opposition and convincing members of the court and of the Church, she was given a small army.

She charged into battle bearing a banner, which bore the names “Jesus” and “Mary” as well as a symbol of the Holy Spirit.

Due to her leadership and trust in God, she was able to raise the siege of Orleans in 1429.

Joan and her army went on to win a series of battles. Because of her efforts, the king was able to enter Rheims. He was crowned with Joan at his side.

Eventually, Joan was captured by the forces of Burgundy in May of 1430.

When her own king and army did nothing to save her, she was sold to the English. She was imprisoned for a time and then put on trial.

Bishop Peter Cauchon of Beauvais presided over her trial. His hope was that in being harsh with Joan, the English would help him become archbishop.

Joan was condemned to death on counts of heresy, witchcraft, and adultery.

On 30 May 1431, she was burned at the stake in Rouen, France. She was 19 years old.

Thirty years after her death, her case was retried and she was exonerated.

The rehabilitation trial began on 7 November 1455 at Notre Dame Cathedral when Joan's mother publicly delivered a formal request for her daughter's rehabilitation and ended on 7 July 1456 at Rouen Cathedral, having heard from about 115 witnesses.

The court found that the original trial was unjust and deceitful; Joan's abjuration, execution and their consequences were nullified.

In his summary of the trial, Jean Bréhal, the Inquisitor, suggested that Cauchon and the assessors who supported him might be guilty of malice and heresy.

To emphasize the court's decision, a copy of the Articles of Accusation was formally torn up.

The court ordered that a cross should be erected on the site of Joan's execution.

She was beatified by Pope Pius X on 18 April 1909 and was canonized by Pope Benedict XV on 16 May 1920.

She is the patroness of France, captives, soldiers, and those ridiculed for their piety.

[thegalleryobscura]

Jesus I Trust in You!

We found these at the estate sale of a local veteran. They were on a paracord, and I wonder if these weren't the medals he wore in combat. I almost hate to split them up and can't help but wonder what he would have wanted.

The medals are in the tags.

[adriannamateo]

Merry Christmas Eve! 🎄🙏🏼✨ Tonight I'm performing solo violin works 🎻 on two beautiful carols & mass services, interspersed with beautiful performances by singers Nicholle Bittlingmeyer (music director), Nora Mooney, and Carlos Ponce. See you there! 💜 🎻 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐄𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐭. 𝐉𝐨𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐫𝐜 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡: Featuring solo violin works by J.S. Bach and Ryan Homsey 82-00 35th Avenue Jackson Heights, NY 11372 1️⃣ Carols at 5:30PM, Service at 6:00PM 2️⃣ Carols at 11:30PM, Midnight Mass Service at, erm, midnight! 🕛🥰

[xdivinedecay]

temple talks!

I didn't get to do a whole lot for yesterday's feast day for Our Lady of the Rosary, but I have gotten the base work done on my St. Joan d'Arc pocket shrine chaplet.

19 beads, one for each year of her life. it includes angelite beads (connection with the angels, protection, dispelling fear), kyanite beads (expansion of mind and consciousness; healing and cleansing; its original name used to be Disthene which meant "two strengths" that I deeply connected to the idea of Jehanne), and blue-reflecting moonstone statement heads (which is super interesting as rainbow moonstone is closer to being a white labradorite than a true moonstone, thus making it ideal for emotional intelligence and controlling feelings, again very relevant to Jehanne, and labradorite especially is good for magic, hidden messages, and intuition. u/redianne on Reddit made a very informative description about this). more than just for spiritual connection, I value her as a reference to meditate on the importance on knowing when to approach a situation with a sword, or with diplomacy, given the culmination of events that lead to her unfortunate capture.

my connector and St. Joan pendant have not arrived yet, and I completely forgot to get some silver chain to incorporate, so this won't be finished for a little while. I've just started a tin box pocket shrine for her and will keep this chaplet in it. once I'm actually designing it, I will share!

I always associate white and silver with her which works well with angelite, and adding a dark blue for her coat of arms/fleur de lis was a perfect opportunity. 🙏🏻 I'm really excited to finish this soon.

[ffcrazy15]

Who’s your patron saint and how did you discover them?

Joan of Arc!

I got confirmed in eighth grade and at the time was trying to decide what I wanted to do with my life, and thought I might go into the air force, so I picked the female soldier-saint.

I didn't end up going into the military (definitely wouldn't have been a good fit for me lol, don't have the temperament for it), but I've always been glad I picked her. :) I aspire to emulate her courage, humility and ironclad faith. I've got this lovely badass prayer card of her that I keep in the back of my missal with a compilation of quotes from her on the back:

"One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it, but to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying. All battles are first won or lost, in the mind. Act, and God will act. I place trust in God, my creator, in all things; I love him with all my heart. I would rather die than do something which I know to be a sin, or to be against God's will. I am the drum on which God is beating out his message. Go forward bravely. Fear nothing. Trust in God; all will be well. I am not afraid; I was born to do this."

[eternal-echoes]

“One of the most important keys to enduring any trial is to find the right support system. One woman who struggled with being female recalled, "Feeling like we couldn't be women, being cut off from other women is one of our deepest wounds and healing it means finally finding common ground and community with other women."(2) In your quest to find the right community, one sign that a group is wrong for you is if they lead you to believe that you might need to make medical alterations to your body in order to be your authentic self. They might sincerely care about you, but if they don't know what's truly best for you, their advice is as useful as receiving heart surgery from a person who hasn't been to medical school but has the best intentions. Instead, if you're open to counseling, find a good therapist who shares your faith and knows how to help you strive for wholeness and holiness.

Also, be patient with yourself. Often, a sense of urgency for change leads individuals to make irreversible, life-changing decisions. But every attempt to alter the way in which the body reveals one's sexuality obscures the signs of one's true identity. Your feelings matter, so give yourself time to process them. Jesse Hinty, a member of the Pique Resilience Project, shared why she pushed forward through the steps of her transition:

I think I had this complex of wanting to prove myself as authentic, regardless of any sense of doubt that was creeping in. ... The feeling of wanting to prove myself completely overrode any thought of "Hmm, maybe I should slow down or like maybe I should think about this a little bit harder." I just wanted to feel validated... like my dysphoria experience mattered.(3)

Your dysphoria does matter, and this is precisely why you should be curious about it. Perhaps there's more to your dysphoric feelings than your body. As you explore this possibility, don't place unnecessary pressure on yourself to conform. For example, if you're female, you don't need to embrace all things stereotypically feminine and go shopping for pink dresses in order to be a follower of Christ. Go at your own pace. You also do not have to have all the answers to your questions about gender before approaching God. God's idea of following Him is not: "Get yourself together and then you're welcome in my house." If Christians had to wait until they were perfect before approaching God, churches would be empty-with the exception of those who were delusional about their own perfection.

When individuals who wrestle with their sexual identity force themselves to fit into certain cultural stereotypes of masculinity and femininity, it often makes matters worse. They might assume that in order to please God, they need to conform immediately to an invisible mold of what society wants them to be. But imagine if Saint Joan of Arc believed this! She would never have shattered the cultural norm that women can't be military leaders. France, then, would have lost at the battle in Orléans in 1429, and England might have conquered her nation. She exemplifies why it's so important to look to God rather than the world to obtain our sense of self. After all, God is not interested in putting anyone into a mold, because sainthood is the full bloom of the human personality.

Therefore, if a young woman today has interests that don't conform to the expected pattern of femininity, this doesn't make her male or nonbinary. It makes her a 100 percent female and 100 percent herself. After all, there are many ways to be a man and many ways to be a woman. One detransitioner, who reminisced about what she wished she knew during the process of transitioning, said, "If I could go back I would tell myself that I didn't have to be a certain way to be a woman... you don't have to change the way that your body looks.”(4) In other words, your sexual identity does not need to be earned, proved, felt, or even fully understood. It only needs to be received.

Although this may be easier said than done, one way to work towards acceptance is to try to engage in activities that make you feel good about your body. This might involve exercise, sports, dance, hiking, etc. The point is to step away from negative thinking patterns and try to discover something that feels right about your body. Physical achievements can sometimes lead to a healthy sense of admiration for the abilities of one's body, rather than a constant devaluation of it.”

-Jason Evert, Male, Female, or Other: A Catholic Guide to Understanding Gender

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Work cited:

2) "An Open Letter to Julia Serano from One of the Detransitioned People You Claim to 'Support.'"

3) "DETRANSITION Q&A (#1)." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxVmSGTgNxI&t=4s&ab_channel=PiqueResilienceProject

4) "I Regret Transitioning"-Talk w/ Teen De-transitioner," https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPBLyb8H_iE

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For more recommended resources on gender dysphoria, click here.

[michael-eugene-cantrall-poetry]

[It was more than just a dream]

It was more than just a dream, this she knows

An immortal appears with eternal questions and she defends her interpretations

She did see each key, she missed not one sign

When messages arrive most are asleep she has been an exception to this truth

A test, suggests it’s imagination and not an answer to her many prayers

And infers it was her own ambitious selfish subconscious mind filled with desire

Shadows chased in the night of a dreamer

These messages change the course of all things answers delivered from our Deity

Astounded we were, her ears did hear all things most hear no signs when their answers arrive

Granted, some do have eyes and see all things most see no signs when their answers arrive

Some have been waiting for nothing and nothing always arrives

It was more than just a dream, this she knows

© Oct 2021, Michael Eugene Cantrall All images of daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, tintypes, cabinet cards, and postcards are from the author's private collection.  Photographs appearing on this writer's pages on this site are licensed. 

[thepastisalreadywritten]

SAINT OF THE DAY (May 30)

Today is the feast of St. Joan of Arc, the patroness of France.

Joan was born in 1412 to a peasant family in Champagne, France.

From a young age, she heard the voices of St. Michael, St. Catherine, and St. Margaret speaking to her.

In 1428, she received a vision telling her to go to the King of France and help him reconquer his kingdom from the invading forces of England and Burgundy.

Overcoming opposition and convincing members of the court and of the Church, she was given a small army.

She charged into battle bearing a banner, which bore the names “Jesus” and “Mary” as well as a symbol of the Holy Spirit.

Due to her leadership and trust in God, she was able to raise the siege of Orleans in 1429.

Joan and her army went on to win a series of battles. Because of her efforts, the king was able to enter Rheims. He was crowned with Joan at his side.

Eventually, Joan was captured by the forces of Burgundy in May of 1430.

When her own king and army did nothing to save her, she was sold to the English.

She was imprisoned for a time and then put on trial. Bishop Peter Cauchon of Beauvais presided over her trial.

His hope was that in being harsh with Joan, the English would help him become archbishop.

Joan was condemned to death on counts of heresy, witchcraft, and adultery.

On 30 May 1431, she was burned at the stake in Rouen, France. She was 19 years old.

Thirty years after her death, her case was retried and she was exonerated.

She was beatified by Pope Pius X on 18 April 1909. She was canonized by Pope Benedict XV on 16 May 1920.

She is the patroness of France, captives, soldiers, and those ridiculed for their piety.

[daughterofmaryam]

Can artists STOP dressing up like religious figures just to be provocative? They are disrespecting all christians and yes, I am referring to Chappell Roan singing dressed up as a nun or Joan of Arc.

Stop it. Nuns and Joan d'Arc aren't your LGBT+ icons. They are religious women the first and a beloved saint the second.

[blade-liger-4ever]

@vitamaeternum

"Hold high the Cross, that I may see it through the flames"

Happy feast day of St Joan of Arc!!

Joan is a special patron saint of mine. In my diocese, every year for All Saints' Day the fourth graders at parochial schools pick a special saint to give a report on, which also involves dressing as the saint for the day.

I was Joan.

At the time, I wasn't sure why I'd picked her. I'd wanted to be Hildegard of Bingen. But when my teacher called me up to her desk, I said, "Joan", and that was that. I did my report on her, I grew to love her dearly, and since fourth grade, she's been one of my best saint friends. I later came to realize that I hadn't picked Joan, Joan had picked me.

But it wasn't until I was older that things started to make a little more sense. I've always had a fondness for military saints, probably because I have a soldierly personality myself. I fight for the love of a country that's fallen into moral decay. I'm a woman who embodies traditionally masculine virtues while being uncompromising in the fact of my womanhood-- to the chagrin of the culture around me, because I, like Joan herself in recent years, have come under the scrutiny of a world that insists that I must be a man because of the gifts and personality that the Lord has given me.

Joan is an inspiration and a friend to me, she always has been. I'm thrilled to celebrate her feast day again this year. And I pray for her intercession, for myself, for you, and for the world.

Saint Joan of Arc, Pray for Us!!

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St. Joan of Arc, Pray for Us