Joan of Arc Quotes on Faith

16 quotes

  1. About Jesus Christ and the Church, I simply know they're just one thing, and we shouldn't complicate the matter.

  2. If I am not [(in the state of grace)], may God put me there; and if I am, may God so keep me.

  3. I do not accept such a prohibition, if ever I do escape, no one shall reproach me with having broken or violated my faith, not having given my word to any one, whosoever it may be.

  4. Pass that by [Passez outre]. I was thirteen when I had a Voice from God for my help and guidance. The first time that I heard this Voice, I was very much frightened; it was mid-day, in the summer, in my father's garden. I had not fasted the day before. I heard this Voice to my right, towards the Church; rarely do I hear it without its being accompanied also by a light. This light comes from the same side as the Voice. Generally it is a great light. Since I came into France I have often heard this Voice.

  5. Everything I have said or done is in the hands of God. I commit myself to Him! I certify to you that I would do or say nothing against the Christian faith.

  6. I am a good Christian, properly baptized and I will die... a good Christian.

  7. Most sweet Lord, in honor of Your Holy Passion, I implore You, if You love me, to instruct me in what I am to say to these churchmen. As regards to my clothes, I fully understand the order by which I accepted them, but I do not know how I am to set them aside. In this, may it please You to teach me.

  8. Through His Saints, God informed me of His great sorrow for the treason that I had committed by signing the abjuration. To save my life I betrayed Him and in so doing I damned myself!

  9. Alas! Had I been in the Church prison, to which I submitted myself, and been guarded by the Clergy instead of my enemies, as I was promised, this misfortune would not have come to me! Ah! I appeal to God, the Great Judge, for the great injuries done to me!

  10. I ask you priests of God, to please say a Mass for my soul's salvation.

  11. I beg all of you standing here to forgive me the harm that I may have done you. Please pray for me.

  12. My Voices did come from God and everything that I have done was by God's order.

  13. Hold the crucifix up before my eyes so I may see it until I die.

  14. Jesus, Jesus, Jesus!

  15. I fear nothing, for God is with me.

  16. Jehanne... If you come from God, I do not fear you ... if you come from the Devil, I fear you even less.

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