Joan of Arc was maid [sorry, couldn't resist] to love God with her all; to drink of His surpassing love, while suffering greatly her yearning for deepening unity with He Who engulfs, refines, renews (and in Joan's case-- annihilates) so that she in her imperfection, and we in ours, may draw near.
Her example (like those of many saints) points to vast landscapes of interior life God desires to open & with us, that He may reveal new vistas of hope and possibility, new rivers of availing grace, all seemingly beyond our knowledge and sight yet still somehow within our grasp.
It takes tremendous courage to give oneself completely to God. This is the soul's doing prompted & enabled by the Holy Spirit. And to one degree or another, all of us who seek God are called to the same heights of intimacy Joan climbed & attained, by way of the same humility, faith & obedience.
How beautiful the mysteries of God that a simple cry for help becomes the key that unlocks the door [of the heart] that can only be opened from the inside ...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2008
General Joan
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