If
I am not, may God place me there; if I am, may God so keep me. I
should be the saddest in all the world if I knew that I were not in
the grace of God. But if I were in a state of sin, do you think the
Voice would come to me? I would that every one could hear the Voice
as I hear it.
– Saint
Joan of Arc at
her trial responding to a question about whether she believed herself
in a state of grace.
Saint
Joan of Arc's patronage:
Captives; France; imprisoned people; martyrs; opposition
of Church authorities; people ridiculed for their piety; prisoners;
rape victims; soldiers; WACs; WAVES; Women Appointed for Voluntary
Emergency Service; Women’s Army Corps.
