Name: Judy Li
Teacher: Mr. Dillon
Class: Theology 10
Date: 5/12/2017
People are called in this life to become saints; a saint is a friend of God. Most people think the saintly people as being gifted with some supernature powers that made them intimate friends of God. Many others think of saints as superheroes. The truth is that saints are not extraordinary people but rather ordinary people who had done the extraordinary in their lives.
Saint Joan of Arc was born in a small village called Domrémy located in northeastern France on January 6, 1412. Both her parents, Jacques and Isabelle d’Arc, are devout peasants who never traveled far from home. She was born during the Hundred years war. On May 30, 1431, Joan was charged as a heretic and
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Usually, a person is required six unquestionable miracles to confirm the holiness of Joan of Arc’s beatification and canonization. Because Joan saved France, one miracle can be dispensed by the Holy Father. There are three officially miracles that Joan performed. “Sister Thérèse of Saint Augustine, who lived in Orleans, had been cured of leg ulcers. Sister Julie Gauthier, who lived in Faverolles, was cured of a cancerous ulcer of her left breast. Sister Marie Sagnier, who lived in Frages, was miraculously cured of cancer of the stomach”(Tim). The two more miracles from canonization are soon approved after WWI. Joan of Arc was invoked by the Bishop of Orleans in the Blessing of the sick for Thérèse Belin. After three times of invocation, Blessed Joan of Arc cured Thérèse’s tuberculosis and abdominal cavity. And another miracle is the cure of a hole that pierced through Miss Mirandelle’s foot.
The Beatitudes are the Golden Rule for personal sanctity. Saint Joan of Arc took the words of Jesus seriously, “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.” Being poor in spirit means making God our number one desire in life, while fame, power, and wealth become inconsequential. Saint Joan of Arc was, indeed, poor in spirit. St Joan of Arc was a friend of God. Saint Joan of Arc, an ordinary human, rose to sainthood because she was not attached to worldly things, but instead practiced extraordinary virtue with ease and pleasure in order to more closely follow
B. Joan of Arc women, but have you ever read about a female general who led her troops against the enem and won? There are not many of them, and in medieval Europe there was only one loan of Arc, who was she? And how did it happen that a young girl who never learned to read and write became a general? At that time there were many wars between England and France to decide who should rule France. In i428 the English had almost won and there seemed to be no hope for the French. Then something strange happened. A 17-year-old girl came to the French King Charles VII and told him that she had been sent by God to drive the English out of France and to see him crowned. The girl was loan of Arc Joan of Arc is one of the most romantic figures
A saint is a virtuous person that is honored by church after death who is considered to a degree of holiness and is blessed. In most Christian denominations think all people are saints in the Catholic Church the term saint is given to a person whom which the church has officially been canonized. Furthermore, the Catholic Church explains that they do not create or make a saint; however, they recognize saints. In fact, Frances Xavier Cabrini or as many people refer to her as Mother Cabrini is the first person to be canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church.
Jehanne d’Arc or more commonly known as Joan of Arc nicknamed the Maid of Orleans is a brave heroine who is known for her work during the Hundred Years War. With her defeat at her last battle, Joan ends the Hundred Years War and years later gets declared a saint for her bravery and sacrifice. Throughout her life, she struggled with an education and growing up on a farm. Later in those years she beings to hears voices and sees visions believing it to be from the Heavens and joins the French war because of it. Only being a teenager through all this, at the age of 19 she’s gets betrayed by who she thinks is an ally and burnt at the stake for charges.
In 1455 Joan’s family asked for another trial to reconsider Joan’s charges and a year later she was announced innocent (Schmalz). In 1920, Joan was canonized as a saint (“Joan of Arc”). Joan’s many contributions have made a huge impact on our history. It is impossible to know what the western world would be like today without Joan’s immense influence during the Hundred Years’ War. Even though she was a woman and acted in a different position than tradition dictated, Joan of Arc impacted the Hundred Years’ War immensely, influencing significant strategic wins more than any other warrior, and turning the tide of the war from an English victory to a French triumph.
Although the word “Saint” is used in reference to one Roman Catholic person who is in his/her mortal life had such exemplar life of holiness then the Church proclaims that she/he is officially declared as a Saint. The official declaration is called “Canonization” and it’s a long process that may take not just years but centuries to make it official. For example, San Juan Diego, his canonization process took more than 450 years because the Church were on the contrary to many anti-Catholics of prejudices and the beliefs were extremely cautious. The Church does not declare that someone is a saint until proven that the person was delivered to the Will of God in their life that the person is willing to become one harmony of the love and Grace of God for the people.
“Not, perhaps, the patroness of France; rather, the patroness of vivid life, prized not for military victories but for the gift of passionate action taken against ridiculous odds, for the grace of holding nothing back.” (Gordon 173). This quote is referring to Joan of Arc. Joan of Arc was very religious; known for seeing visions and voices from God telling her to go deep into France and help with the war, which she did. At the age of eighteen Joan of Arc led French armies through a series of battles and each of these battles resulted in a victory. Many people, especially men, were threatened by her because of the fact that she was able to do things like leading armies when she was both a girl and a teenager and because she was able to see visions
As a girl, St. Teresa strived to be worthy of God, as did her siblings whom she loved. Instead of acting like she was a princess with the other girls, she and her brother Rodrigo would pretend to be hermits in the back yard.... ... middle of paper ... ... Works Cited Kiefer, J. a.
When she was roughly 12 years old, Joan believed that she heard the voices of angels and the voice of God, telling her to save France and put the Dauphin on the French throne. Authors Regine Pernoud , a ...
Joan of Arc was born in 1412 in Domremy, France. Her family consisted of peasants, including her mother, Isabelle Romee, father, Jacques d'Arc, one of the leaders of the village for collecting taxes and being the head of the town’s watch, her sister, Catherine, and three other brothers. The family lived in a small farmhouse near the village’s church, where Joan would tend the animals. Throughout her childhood to death, Joan lived through the Hundred Year War, a civil war between the French Royalists and the Anglo-Burgundians allied with the English as the war was simply a feud for the French throne as the rightful French king and the
At the time the French were constantly losing battles to the English and their allies the Burgandians and were in need of a miracle or lose the war all together. In 1429 Joan of Arc convinced Charles VII about her voices and was finally given her opportunity to prove her need to the French armies. Charles VII provided her own security detail made up of several military men so she could join the French army at Orleans. There, she would create a banner that bore the name Jesus on it...
( Legends): Based on history (Myths): Based on religions, and (Fairy Tales): Fiction/ false/unreal Each of them have been passed down through the years and have had changes made to them to make them more interesting.
For Protestants a saint is “anyone who believes in Jesus as a savior.” To juxtaposition that definition Catholics defines saints to be “a special group of holy people, who are venerated. They may act as intercessors between God and Man and may be invoked in prayer.” This deference in definition really shows the constancy of Protestants and their beliefs that Jesus and God are the only ones who truly have importance and focus of the religion. They deny the pope, deny the Virgin Mary to being anything holy, and reject the idea of holy saints and their ability to be mediums to connect with
The dictionary says a saint is "a person officially recognized as being entitled to public ...
When Joan was 13 years old she began to hear voices and see visions. She saw in her visions the archangel, Jesus, and two saints who were to guide her on her journey through history from a simple shepherdess, to a war hero, to a saint. “Joan began to hear voices, which she determined had been sent by God to give her a mission of overwhelming importance.” (History.com.) The Archangel gave Joan specific instructions “to relieve the siege of Orleans, to lead the Dauphin to Reims where he would be crowned, and to drive the English at last from France.” (Williams Pg.20)
Saint Catherine was born in Siena, Italy on March 25, 1347. She was one of twenty-five children, and she had a twin but she died when she was just an infant. Her father, Giacomo di Benincasa, was a cloth dyer and her mother, Lapa Piagenti, was the daughter of a poet. Catherine grew up being a very happy child. It is reported that when she was around 6, she she had a vision of God. When she was 7, she vowed to give her whole life to God.