Joan was a very pious child, and at the age of thirteen, she began to hear the voices of saints, including Michael, Margaret and Catherine. They insisted that she go to the King's generals with a military plan to defeat the English. She was mocked and rebuffed at first, but her piety and fervor prevailed, and she was at last given command of a force in 1429.

      The demoralized French troops rallied behind her white "Jesus - Maria" banner and won victories that were seen as miraculous. Her successes led to the coronation of Charles at Rheims in July, 1429, where Joan in her white armor stood at his side. But the war with Burgundy dragged on, and Joan once again took to the field in the spring of 1430. She was captured and sold to the English who feared her fanatical following and wanted her dead. They held her at Rouen in Normandy on charges of witchcraft and heresy. The French king did nothing to help free her. She was chained at the neck, wrists and ankles, forbidden the sacraments because of the nature of the charges against her. She aroused so much sympathy during her trial that the Inquisitors completed the trial away from the public. She was found to be a heretic and sentenced to death by burning, which in those days was thought to purify the soul of a sinner. When Joan was confronted with the sight of the stake, she made some kind of hasty retraction and signed an agreement to never wear men's clothes again. But, either through a trick on the part of the English or her own change of heart, she once again put on her armor and was sentenced to death without recourse, as a lapsed heretic; she died on May 30, 1430 and her feast is celebrated on May 30. As she was being burned, she kept her eyes fixed steadfastly on a cross held up at her request by a Dominican monk, affirming to the end that her voices came from God. Her window shows her in armor, and in the background, listening to the voices. Her shield shows her sword and the fleur-de-lis of France. Beneath it is the crown of heaven and the palms of martyrdom. Above is her execution. She was cleared of all charges against her in 1456, but she was not canonized until 1920. She is the patron saint of France.

Joan of Arc, or Jeanne D'Arc, was a French saint and national heroine known as the Maid of Orléans. She was born the daughter of a farmer in Domreémy-la-Pucelle, an ancient villenie of Vaucouleurs (known as "the valley of colors" because of its beautiful hues that are seen during the summer sun), on the Meuse River, in Eastern France on January 6, 1412. Joan's parents were rich as far as wealth of a Domrémy citizen was measured. At the time of Joan's birth, the Hundred Years War was in its last quarter and it was a hard time for patriotism in France. The Battle of Agincourt had caused France to lose her chivalry and the battle of Verneuil, her spirit. France was in need of a king who would keep the country together. It was in these surroundings that Joan grew into girlhood.

Her heart was filled with laughter and gaiety, dutiful obedience to her parents and the church, but her heart also held the pain of misfortune and war. As Joan grew into womanhood, all of these feelings 'fused into a great pass ion of the pity there was for the realm of France.'(Bangs) Just like Hildegard of Bingen, Joan of Arc began to have visions at a young age, most notably those of Saint Michael, Saint Catherine, and Saint Margaret. Joan frequently confessed her sins and attended mass daily. She frequented
the church and sacred places on a regular basis. Joan gave flowers to the alters, candles for the saints, loving service to all about
her, and on occasion her bed to the poor (Bangs). Many of the girls with whom she spun and worked with criticized her for her
devotion to the church. For four years, Joan stru ggled with her growing belief that she was the one chosen to save France and
therefore put aside the gayety of girlhood and led a simple, devout, tender life (Bangs).

When Joan was sixteen, the state of France had gone from bad to worse. Joan's familiar saints, the "Brothers of Paradise" as she
called them, began to visit her frequently until the day the Voice of God gave her words that would change her life. 'You must go,
you must go!' spoke the mouth of God. It was time for Joan to fulfill her destiny. The day had come when Heaven opened its
gates to her, after which it should nevermore be closed to her (Bangs).

     'I was thirteen when I had a Voice from God for my help and guidance. The first time I heard this Voice I was a young
     child, a nd I was much afraid. It seemed to come to me from lips I should reverence. I believe it was sent to me from God.'

The voices of God and her saints advised her to give aid to a dauphin, later be known as King Charles the VII, who was kept from
the throne by the English during the Hundred Years War. Joan began her destiny by aiding Robert de Baudricourt, who was the
captain of the dauphin's forces in Vaucouleurs. Her role as a mascot for the army of France provided a boost in the morale of the
French troops. This deed lead to Joan receiving an interview with the dauphin. With six companions riding with her, she made the
journey - in male attire.

Joan met the dauphin at the Castle of Chinon and subjugated his cynicism about her divine mission. After being investigated and
accepted as a visionary by the theologians at Poitiers, Charles furnished her with troops. Her leadership lacked military prowess,
but it possessed spirit and moral which counted for a lot more than military might. On May 8, 1429, Joan succeeded in ending the
long siege of Orléans, and in June, Joan captured the English fort of Jargeau on the 12th., and the English fort of Beaugency on
the 17th. The fall of these English posts on the Loire River in France lead to the defeat of the English at Patay on June 18. This
lead the way for Charles to be crowned king. The dauphin was crowned at Rheims on July 17 with Joan at his side during his
coronation. This was the highlight of Joan's life.

On September 8, Joan led a failed siege of Paris. Despite this failure, Joan and her family were given the patent of nobility by
Charles the VII for Joan's bravery. However, the following spring, during the battle of Compiègne on May 14-23, Joan was
captured by the Burgundian army. She was sold to the English who wanted to see her influence on the French ended by her
execution. During her capture and incarceration, Charles the VII made no attempt to rescue or gain Joan's freedom. In an effort
to avoid responsibility for Joan's outcome, the English turned her over to the ecclesiastical court at Rouen. In the presence of
Pierre Cauchon and other F rench clerics who supported the English, Joan was tried for witchcraft and heresy. What was
referred to as her most serious crime during the trial, was Joan's claim that she received direct inspiration from God. In the eyes of
the church, this claim meant that Joan refused to accept the church hierarchy, therefore constituting heresy.

Joan bravely fought her in quisitors during her trial, imprisonment, and threats of torture. On May 23, at the end of her trial, Joan
recanted when she was sentenced to be turned over to the secular court. For this recantment, she received life imprisonment.
However, one day later, she retracted her abjuration at Saint-Ouen cemetery. On May 28, Joan was retried as a relapsed heretic
before the secular court. On May 30, 1431, in the center of the Old Market Place at Rouen, Joan of Arc was burned at the stake.

On July 7, 1456, 25 years after Joan of Arc's execution, Charles the VII recognized Joan's service to France, insisting upon a
posthumous trial that annulled her verdict of guilt. In 1909, the Catholic Church in France declared a decree of beatification for
Joan of Arc which recognized the deeds she performed at the cost of her life. Eleven years later, on May 16, 1920, Joan of Arc
officially was recognized as a saint when Pope Benedict XV canonized her.

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Joan of Arc, in French, Jeanne d'Arc, also called the Maid of Orleans, a patron saint of France and a national heroine,
led the resistance to the English invasion of France in the Hundred Years War. She was born the third of five children to
a farmer, Jacques d'Arc and his wife Isabelle in the town of Domremy on the border of provinces of Champagne and
Lorraine. Her childhood was spent attending her father's herds in the fields and learning religion and housekeeping
skills from her mother. Both parents were intensely pious.

When Joan was about 12 years old, she began to hear "voices" of St. Michael, St. Catherine, and St. Margaret, believing
them to have been sent by God. These voices told her that it was her divine mission to free her country from the English
and help the dauphin gain the French throne. They told her to cut her hair, dress in man's uniform and to pick up arms.

By 1429, the English, with the help of their Burgundian allies, occupied Paris and all of France north of the Loire. The
resistance was minimal due to lack of leadership and a sense of hopelessness. Henry V of England was claiming the
French throne.

Joan convinced the captain of the dauphin's forces, and then the dauphin himself of her calling. After passing an
examination by a board of theologians, she was given troops to command and the rank of captain. At the battle of
Orleans Joan led the troops to a miraculous victory over the English. She continued fighting the enemy in other
locations along the Loire. Later, Joan persuaded the dauphin that he should be crowned Charles VII. At the coronation
she was given a place of honor next to the king.

In 1430 she was captured by the Burgundians while defending Compiegne near Paris and was sold to the English. The
English, in turn, handed her over to the ecclesiastical court at Rouen to be tried for witchcraft, heresy and for wearing
male clothing, which was considered an offense against the church.

Joan was convicted and on May 30, 1431 she was burned at the stake in the Rouen marketplace. Charles VII made no
attempt to come to her rescue.

In 1456 a second trial was held and she was pronounced innocent of the charges against her. She was beatified in 1909
and canonized in 1920.

The Hundred Years War
The French Monarchy fell into extremely difficult days – the country was divided in purpose and leadership.  In 1328, the last of the Captain kings of France died.  Succession to France was gained by a different family, The Valois.  Ten years later, Edward III of England, chose to challenge the way in which the Valois had come to control the French Throne.  Edward III sent an invading army to enforce his own claims to the French crown.  And so began the Hundred Years war, the famous struggle for power between the English and the French.  This war was a on-again, off-again war.  With long periods military inactivity from 1338 until 1453, a total of 115 years. These long years of war, brought ruin to France.  The English Kings had to hire mercenaries to fight in France.  The French King also found it to lend itself, to hire professional archers and other men-at-arms to support his efforts to win the war. In order to understand the mission of Jeanne d'Arc, it is necessary to understand the history of France up to birth of Jeanne. The French were divided amongst themselves and the kingdom was torn by two different countries.  War, civil and abroad, had been in progress for over 70 years. The position which led up to the Hundred Years War is as follows:

Because of the King of England's family ties to William the Conqueror he always enjoyed an amicable relationship to France.  Normandy belonged to the King of England, and through Matilda, William the Conqueror's granddaughter, who married Georffrey of Anjou, they ruled
and maintained  Maine, Anjou, and Touraine.  Matilda's son, Henry II of England, owned Gascony, the Limousin, Poitou, the Angoummois, and other areas through his marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine.  Also, there was the constant interference of the French in Scottish affairs
and the county of Flanders.  Obviously,  it was impossible for Edward III of England to allow the French troops to stay in Scotland; Also, intolerable, was the trade between the English and the Flemings.  The Flemings under, Jacob van Artevelde, asked for help to the English King, and he even insinuated that he should claim to the French crown.  It would have been beneficial for the Flemings to become the servant country of the England instead of France. The English were concerned with their own problems and they were having a hard time supporting the king of England against the King of France.

The Flemings gave Edward III a invitation for addressing his own Parliament.  Which was a foolish move. With the support of the German Emperor, the Duke of Brabant, and others - the Hundred Years' War between France and England began in 1337.

In brief, the Hundred Years' War meant that for a hundred years the Kings of England tried to united France and England. The battles of Poitiers, Crecy, and Agincourt were only the beginning of the complications.  The treaties of Tournai (1340), Bretigny (1360), Auxerre (1412), Arras (1414), the truces of Calais (1347), Bruges (1371), became mere interruptions in a larger conflict. These events only set the stage for the day that Jeanne arrived at Chinon.

Allow me to discuss the Treaty of Troyes.

     " In May 1420 Henry V of England agreed to:

     a) To take the title of regent and heir of France.
     b) Marry Catherine, the daughter of the French King Charles VI, succeed to the throne of France, and thus unite France and England.
     c) Also, it was agreed that no consideration would be accorded to Charles the " so-called" Dauphin, son of Charles VI, the then reigning King; no treaty of peace or concord was to  be concluded with him, without the consent of  "us three" (the Kings of France and England, and the Duke of Burgundy).

     This extraordinary clause in the Treaty of Troyes really meant that Charles the Dauphin could henceforward and legally have no say at all in the affairs of France.  He was declared a bastard, if not in so many words, then at least implication."
          Saint Joan of Arc. - V.Sackville -West
          Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.

I found it extremely interesting to learn what happened up to this point: Henry V of England married Catherine of France in June 1420. Henry V died two years later in August 1422.  Charles VI died within months of his son-in-law in October 1422. Both left very young son's who were completely incapable of leading a country.  Henry VI, was only nine months old, Charles VII of France, only nineteen years old.  Charles was a coward and had "a weakness in character."   It is not 100% certain but believed that Charles VII was possibly a bastard child.  Isabeau de Baviere, Charles mothter, according the the Treaty of Troyes, implied that her son was not the son of Charles VI.  We are uncertain.  Isabeau implied in the Treaty of Troyes that the lineage of her son was questionable.  ( Wow, how cruel of Isabeau to publicly announce these things – it's hard to imagine this happening in the 14th century and even more hard to believe this to have been
written in a public document.)

Because of the questions as to if Charles VI was the son of the mad Charles VI, the young Dauphin was left out from public life - one feels sorry for the boy.  What a lot in life!  One is at awe at the brazenness of Charles' mother.  Charles shouldered insults during his life.  In a letter, the Duke of Bedford invited Charles to meet him in an open field.  In the letter it reads:

     "You, Charles of Valois, who used to call yourself Dauphin and now without reason call yourself King…"  It is no wonder, that a man of weak character, allowed his kingdom to remain divided."

     And so the stage is set for the young Jeanne d'Arc.
 

The Childhood of Jeanne d'Arc

Domremy was a small village in the Meuse valley.  Jacques d'Arc, Jeanne's father and mother, Isabelle (Zabillet) were described by their neighbors, " They were good and faithful Catholics; good working-people (laboratores) of good repute, leading an honest life according to their condition."

     Proces, Vol II, pg. 388. Deposition of Jean Morel.

No contemporary picture exhists of Jeanne d'Arc.  She denied ever sitting for a portrait. What did this female soldier of the 14th century look like?  The Princess of Hungary, Eugelide, led us to believe that 'Joan had a short neck and a little bright red mark behind her right ear.'  Jeanne begins to be mentioned in history, as a young girl of 12 – 13 years old.  Jeanne was born into a family of healthy parents, she did her housework, worked in the fields, tended the cattle and took part as a member of a country family.  With these tasks, one might expect Jeanne to have rough hands, dark skin from spending so much time in the sun, and strong muscles.  It would be expected that a future soldier must be tough and sturdy in order to lead the life which she led for herself.

The people of Domremy, testified that Jeanne 'had moral character and a sweet nature.' Consistent accounts are given that Jeanne's hair was short and black, that she had brown eyes and her complexion was dark and sun-burnt.  As Jeanne arrived in Chinon, Philip of Bergamo said, ‘she was short as to her stature.'

As early as thirteen years of age, Jeanne heard voices " from God."  These voices frightened Jeanne, at first but later she referred to these voices as Angels.  Joan was commanded to attend church, to go to France and to raise the siege in the city of Orleans.  She was instructed to find Robert de Baudricourt, Vaucouleurs, (the captain Vaucouleurs) and that he would give her people to go with her.

May 1428, at the age of 16, she made her first effort to find the Dauphin.   Without word to her parents, Joan left Domremy. She visited her uncle for 8 days and then went onto Vaucouleurs, when she connected with Robert de Baudricourt.  Joan told Robert that she was a servant of the Lord, sent to bring the Dauphin back into power as King of France. Joan also told Robert that the Kingdom of France belonged to the Lord, and the Lord wished the Dauphin to be the king.  Joan went to Robert 3 times before she received men to take her along the way.

As Joan left Vaucouleurs,  she said:

     'I was in man's clothes, holding in my hand a sword which Robert had given me and without other arms, with a knight, as esquire and four servants'( February 1429.)

On March 6, Joan arrived in Chinon, as she finally met the king she had 2 reasons for coming:

     1) She was mandated from the King of Heaven to raise the siege of Orleans
     2) To lead the King to Rheims for his sacring.

To the people of the Council, the King said that it had been decided that Joan should be interrogated.   Theologians and other men questioned Joan.  This questioning period lasted one month.  Which, of course, frustrated Joan. It was decided that Joan was a 'devoted Christian and a good person.'  ‘ According to the Poitiers interrogatories,' that in her is found no evil, but only good, humility, virginity, devotion (devoutness), honesty, simplicity."

One of the Piotier interrogators lived to be at the Trial of Rehabilitation, which Joan was brought to, at the close of her young life.  Brother Sequin Sequin of the Order of Preaching Friars, Professor of Theology and Dean of the Faculty of at Poitiers University said:

     "  I saw Joan for the first time at Poitiers.  The King's Council had met there in the house of one La Macee,….We were told that we had been summoned by the King to interrogate Joan, and to report what we made of her to the King's Council…When we arrived we put several questions to Joan and, among other questions, Master Jean Lombard asked her why she was come and that the King wanted to know what had impelled her to come to him.  And she answered boldly and gravely that while she was guarding the beasts, a voice had manifested itself to her which told her that God had great pity on the people of France and that she, Joan must go to France.  Upon hearing that, she had begun to weep; then the voice told her that she should go to Vaucouleurs and that there she would find a captain who would take her safely into France and to the King, and that she should doubt not; and she had done accordingly and had come to the King without obstacle."

     " Master Guillaume Aimeri interrogated here:  ‘ Thou hast said that the voice told thee that God wishes to deliver the people of France from the calamities which afflict it.  If he wishes to deliver it, it it not necessary to have men-at-arms.'  Then Joan answered him: ‘ By God the men-at-arms will do battle and God will give victory.' With this answer Master Guillaume held himself satisfied.  I asked her what language the voice spoke.  She answered me; ‘ Better than yours.' Me, I spoke Limousin.  And again I asked her if she believed in God; she answered me, ‘ Yes, better than you.'  And then I told Joan that it was not God's will that she be believed if nothing appeared by which it should seem that she ought to be believed, and that the King could not be advised, on her mere assertion, to say.  She answered, ‘ In God's name, I am not come to Poitiers to make signs; but take me to Orleans, I will show you the signs for which I have been sent,' ….First, she said that the English would be defeated and that the siege which was laid to the town of Orleans would be raised and that the town of Orleans would be liberated of the English…..Secondly, the King would be crowned at Rheims.   Thirdly, that the town of Paris would return its obedience to the King….."

Joan became frustrated with the delay.  Before her departure, the King made Joan body armour. Louis de Coitus, was ordered to be the paige of Joan and he served her from Blouse  to Orleans and on to Paris.  Louis said that ‘ Joan had great confidence as a leader;  she continually exhorted her soldiers that they trust altogether in God and confess their sins.'

When Joan arrived in Vaucouleurs, she was only a very young peasant girl. The king was very much at awe by some of Joan's revelations.  As history tells us,  Joan was successful and she did acquire an army and she proceeded on to the City of Orleans.

Jeanne - God's Soldier
As Joan arrived at the City of Orleans, what a courageous letter of summons was sent to the English Duke of Bedford:

     " Jhesus-Maria, King of England, and you, Duke of Bedford, who call yourself regent of the Kingdom of France, you, Guillaume de la Poule, count of Suffort, Jean, sire of Talbot, and you Thomas, sire of Scales, who call yourselves lieutenants of the Duke of Bedford, acknowledge the summons of the King of Heaven.  Render to the Maid here sent by God the King of Heaven, the keys of all the good towns which you have taken the violated in France. She is here come by God's  will to reclaim the blood royal. She is very ready to make peace, if you will acknowledge her to be right, provided that France you render, and pay for having held it.  And you, archers, companions of war, men-at-arms and others who are before the town of Orleans, go away into your country, by God.  And if so be not done, expect news of the Maid who will come to see you shortly, to your very great injury.  King of England, if (you do not so, I am chief-of-war and in whatever place I attain your people in France, I will make them quit it willy nilly.  And if they will not obey I will have them all slain;  I am here
     sent by God, the King of Heaven, body for body, to drive you out of all France.  And if they will obey I will be merciful to them.  And  be not of another opinion, for you will not hold the Kingdom of France from, the King of Heaven, Son of St. mary, but will hold it for King
     Charles, the rightful heir, for God the King of Heaven so wills it, and that is revealed to him by the Maid who will enter into Paris with a goodly company.  If you will not believe the news (conveyed)  by God and the Maid, in what place soever we find you, we shall strike into
     it and there make such great baby, that none so great has been in France for a thousand years, if you yield not to right.  And believe firmly that the King of Heaven will send greater strength ( more forces) to the Maid than you will be able to bring up against her and her
     good men-at-arms; and when it comes to blows will it be seen who has the better right of God of Heaven.  You, duke of Bedford, the Maid prays and requires of you that you cause no more destruction to be done.  If you grant her right, still may you come into her company
     there where the French shall do the greatest feat of arms which ever was done for Christianity.  And make answer if you wish to make peace in the city of Orleans. And if you make it not, you shall shortly remember it, to your very great injury.
                 Written this Tuesday of Holy Week (March 22, 1429)  Jeanne de' Arc

Jeanne had said that she would take the City of Orleans, which indeed she did on May 8, 1429. The soldiers and people of Orleans, alike, rejoiced at their defeat of the English.  Jeanne continued to fight the English in various locations along the Loire.  Finally, the King was to go to the town of his sacring, Rheims.

The Dauphin traveled from Troyes, with his army to Chalons and then on to Rheims, and of course he expressed his anxiety to resistance.  At which time, Joan said to him, 'Doubt not; for the burgesses of Rheims will come out to meet you'; and before they drew near to the city of Rheims, the burgesses came over to him and surrendered.  Joan continued to admonish the King, 'to advance boldly and fear nothing, for if he would advance courageously he would recover all his kingdom.'

On July 17, the coronation and sacring of King Charles VIII was performed.  During the coronation, a chronicler described Joan kneeling before the King, "and embracing him round the legs, said to him whilst shedding copious tears:

     'Gentle King, now is done God's pleasure, Who willed that I raise the siege of Orleans and that I bring you to this city of Rheims to receive your holy sacring, showing that you are true King and him to whom the kingdom of God should belong.'  And causing great pity to those who beheld her."
 

                          The Capture of the Maid of Orleans

In 1430, Jeanne was captured by the Burgundians while she was fighting for Compiegne near Paris. Sold to the English, Jeanne d'Arc was turned over to be put on trial for witchcraft, heresy and for wearing male clothing.  This trial was to become known as the Trial of Condemnation.

May 30, 1431, Jeanne d'Arc was convicted.  She was burned at the stake in the Rouen marketplace.  Sadly, Charles VII, whom Jeanne had fought so hard for in her short lifetime, did not come to her aid.

In 1456, Jeanne was pronounced innocent of the charges of witchcraft, heresy and the male attire which she wore. She was beatified in 1909 and canonized as a Saint in 1920

The life of Jeanne d'Arc is amazing.  She was devoted and loyal to her God, her King and noble calling which was to restore the French king, Charles VII to the throne.  With that goal in mind, she lived and died for what she believed in.  Her last words, as she was swallowed up with fire, was that of her God.
 

Revelations of Joan of Arc
SAINT JOAN OF ARC

"When this child was Confirmed the choice of names came up, and the choice was frivolous at times, names that were appealing,
and We Here in the Heavens pointed to one name that had to be. The name was not accepted at first, and of course, the child, not
knowing the energy and the force that was encouraging this particular name, was going to defy the idea of the name, but We Here
in the Heavens named her and she did not know why that name came about.

The name was questioned by many when she said openly what the name would be, and the name was Joan. The big argument
was, 'Does it go with the rest of my name?' and We in the Heavens smiled and said, 'What you think and what you feel We
understand, but there is a purpose for the name, because in many ways you will follow a path similar to a warrior in another time,
in another place, for other measures of faith.'

I am Saint Joan and I have spoken many times through this woman in the world. When this Great Miracle was announced the
innocence that was expressed was very much like the innocence I had, in much younger years than she, but there was a
determination to fulfill whatever God intended this Great Miracle to be. The only questioning that came forth was, 'Is this positively
what God wants? I do not want to do wrong where this Great Miracle is concerned.'

Through the years since the time I walked the earth, I have been present at different times of what you would call 'training a child
to listen', but in this particular case it was obvious the concern for truth was constantly evident, and still is. The concern for
everyone who listened has always been and still is, and always will be.

The facts that have been delivered to thousands of people are facts that should make everyone a Saint, if they did not just listen,
but acted upon the Direction according to the manner and the matter that was meant to be.

So many in the world have read the Words. Many have said, 'These Words must not have been made up; They are Pure of
Thought and Pure of Direction.' There are so many out there, teaching for self-acclaim. There has been none of this in this Great
Miracle.

I remember the time I stripped myself of a garment that meant a warrior for God. It was really untimely at the time, but I felt as
long as I was not on the battlefield I should not wear the garment of a warrior. We have stopped this instrument many times from
making, not a mistake, but a judgment as I had made, because this Miracle will go on as long as The Father Decrees it to be. You
will be the recipients of Heaven's Words, Heaven's Directions, as long as The Father Wills it to be.

My death upon the earth was timely according to man, but not timely according to The Father. In some ways the timing was
similar to the timing of The Son of The Father. It was not The Father's Will it be done at that time.

There is much protection in this Great Miracle for those who truly have the faith to believe and those who yearn to learn more
about the beauty of his or her own Soul.

I speak slowly tonight so you will understand that We truly stand by this instrument every moment of the day and the night, and it
is true that as her expression changes, as her humor sometimes changes, as her attitude changes, it is because of Our Manner of
Direction through her, and many times because of her love for human beings who love The Father.

It is difficult for mankind to understand that someone can stand so many times, using so many Words, and yet all these Words
could be defined as being directed to the same point of direction: My sons, that is Sainthood; remember this.

In the beginning tonight, when she began to speak to you, the humor over becoming a Saint so no one else would be praying to
you, We encouraged her to say it, because if every human being thought that you could only become a Saint if you were
recognized by someone, there would not be millions of Saints Here in Heaven, and I promise you there are millions of Saints,
beautiful Souls, surrounding me as I speak to you.

As I send my love I send The Father's Blessing, and yes, you must understand this: The Beloved Heavenly Queen is ever
watchful over you. Never feel that you are not in Her Sight. You are, for your Soul is so important, no stain does She want on It,
because She wants you, at the moment you are called, She wants no stopover. She wants you to be able to rise as soon as
possible to the Place that is set aside, Where The Father waits for the Soul that is a Part of Him, to be returned to Him stainless,
glowing, beautiful.

Many stories have been written about the way I walked the earth. Yes, it was difficult at such a young age, to understand why
certain things were being done, why I was involved with so many men, but as this woman stands before you on this night, since
birth she has been surrounded by many men. Some were considered friends, some were considered family, and then, when the
time came and you were all brought before her, thousands of others were also brought, placed there. They all got the same
attention. Some rejected, some said, 'Some day I'll return', but you have been blessed, you have been gifted, for you are here
tonight to hear the Words.

Do not forget, 'Pray to me, I listen; I am Saint Joan.'"

            All Revelations are delivered spontaneously and continuously as witnessed by all those present at the time.