The Novena to St. Joan of Arc, traditionally prayed from May 21st to May 29th, the eve of her feast day, honors one of the Church’s most courageous saints. Known as the Maid of Orléans, St. Joan answered God’s call with unwavering faith, even at the cost of her life. Through her intercession, we pray for the strength to face our own battles — whether doubt, fear, or spiritual warfare — and the grace to follow God’s will without hesitation. 🙏🕊️
St. Joan of Arc was a young French peasant girl who heard the voice of God at the age of thirteen and followed it without hesitation — even to the point of death. Captured, tried, and condemned by a politically driven tribunal, she refused to deny the divine mission God had entrusted to her. She was burned at the stake in 1431 at the age of nineteen. Twenty-five years later her conviction was completely overturned and declared unjust. She was canonized by Pope Benedict XV in 1920 and her feast day is celebrated on May 30.
Novena to St. Joan of Arc
O Lord God, I commit all things to Your care, and I commend my soul to You, for I love You.
I thank You for the witness of St. Joan of Arc, who heard Your voice and followed it without hesitation. She stood firm in faith when the world pressed against her, and she surrendered her life rather than deny the divine mission entrusted to her.
I come before You in my own battles — not of sword and armour, but of doubt, weakness, fear, and temptation. Through the intercession of St. Joan of Arc, grant me the courage to do Your will, the strength to persevere when following You demands suffering and perhaps even sacrifice.
May her steadfastness encourage me, and may her prayers before Your throne obtain for me the grace to follow You in all things, as she was faithful unto the end.
I ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
St. Joan of Arc, pray for me.