St. Joan of Arc
An unlettered peasant girl who heard voices in her father's garden, led France's armies to break the siege of Orléans, saw a king crowned — and was burned as a heretic at nineteen by the Church that would one day make her a saint.
Reflect on St. Joan of Arc
Joan met God as a teenager and trusted what she heard enough to act on it, even when kings, soldiers, and her own family doubted her.
Reflection Questions
- 1
Joan said she 'did nothing except at God's command' and that she was 'born to do this.' What do you think gave an unlettered teenager that kind of certainty?
- 2
Joan followed the voices she heard even when bishops, captains, and her own father did not believe her. Where in your life is it hardest to trust what you sense God is asking when the people around you don't see it?
- 3
Joan acted on what she heard instead of waiting until she felt ready. What is one thing you feel called to do that you could take a first small step toward this week?
