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O God, you have chosen Saint Joan
of Arc to defend her country against the invading enemy. Through her intercession,
grant that we may work for justice and live in peace.
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| Saint Joan of Arc was born in Domremy
in Lorraine (France), in 1412.
Until the age of seventeen years she lived the life of a simple sheperdess. At this time she was commanded by Heavenly Voices to lead the French armies against the English forces which had invaded France. She did so with great success. Betrayed, she was tried by civil and ecclesiastical courts and condemed to death. She was burned alive at the stake in Rouen, May 31, 1431. A later trial established her innocense and after due process she was declared a Saint in 1920. |