For Joan, the hardest part of her mission now came. Now she was to bear the whole burden of the cross, to taste the suffering that no one who is fully at the service of his Lord is spared.
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IN THE STRENGTH OF THE LORD
“Gird your sword upon your thigh, O mighty one, in your glory and majesty!” (Ps 45:3).
The Maid of Orleans – Part 2: Joan’s mission
Now begins the mission of Saint Joan of Arc at the head of the French troops.
Her very presence showed the soldiers and officers that God would intervene concretely in the situation of France. Thus, the population and the combatants regained their courage and bravery, and believed in the mission of the Maiden.
The Maid of Orleans – Part 1: The Call
Starting today, we will depart for a few days from the usual framework of our daily meditations on the Word of God. Since this year the Solemnity of Corpus Christi fell on 30 May, the day on which the feast of St Joan of Arc is usually celebrated, we would like to dedicate the meditations of the next few days to the story of this extraordinary saint. The “Maid of Orleans” is the patron saint of our spiritual family and has accompanied us on our journey with the Lord for many years. We like to call her our “dearest sister”.
THE CHILDREN OF GOD
“Would not this love that you offer me [as children], under My impulse, become an active love, extending itself to the rest of humanity who still do not know this Christian society and who know even less Him Who created them and is their Father?” (Father’s Message to Sr. Eugenia Ravasio).
THE ‘WEAK SIDE’ OF GOD
“One must know how to take [God] by the heart; this is His weak side…” (St. Therese of the Child Jesus).
The sobriety
1 Pet 4:7-13
The end of all things is at hand; therefore keep sane and sober for your prayers. Above all hold unfailing your love for one another, since love covers a multitude of sins. Practice hospitality ungrudgingly to one another. As each has received a gift, employ it for one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace: whoever speaks, as one who utters oracles of God; whoever renders service, as one who renders it by the strength which God supplies; in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ.
GOD FIRST LOVED US
“We love because He first loved us” (1 Jn 4:19).
Corpus Christi: Jesus’ love and sacrifice
Heb 9:11-15
But now Christ has come, as the high priest of all the blessings which were to come. He has passed through the greater, the more perfect tent, not made by human hands, that is, not of this created order; and he has entered the sanctuary once and for all, taking with him not the blood of goats and bull calves, but his own blood, having won an eternal redemption. The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkled on those who have incurred defilement, may restore their bodily purity.
IMITATING THE LONG-SUFFERING OF GOD
“Let those by mercy now be cured, whom loving – kindness long endured” (Lauds hymn of Lent).