Of the love or hatred God has for the English, I know nothing, but I do know that they will all be thrown out of France, except those who die there.
Interpretation
The quote reflects on the deep connection between a nation's identity and its fate, highlighting love for one's homeland.
Joan of Arc's quote illustrates a complex relationship between national identity and divine judgment. She expresses uncertainty about God's feelings toward the English but implies that those who die in France are inherently tied to the land, emphasizing the idea that love for one's country transcends life and death. This suggests a spiritual bond that can endure beyond a person's existence, showcasing the intertwining of loyalty, sacrifice, and national pride.
In practice
This quote can be used in a speech about national pride during a memorial service.
King of England, and you, duke of Bedford, who call yourself regent of the kingdom of France... settle your debt to the king of Heaven; return to the Maiden, who is envoy of the king of Heaven, the keys to all the good towns you took and violated in France.
I saw them with my bodily eyes as clearly as I see you. And when they departed, I used to weep and wish they would take me with them.
I place trust in God, my creator, in all things; I love Him with all my heart.
If I am not, may God put me there; and if I am, may God so keep me.
I would rather die than do something which I know to be a sin, or to be against God's will.
About Jesus Christ and the Church, I simply know they're just one thing.
Taste and love are not the servants of the will. Love is and must be free. It rises from the heart like perfume from a flower.
As for me, to love you alone, to make you happy, to do nothing which would contradict your wishes, this is my destiny and the meaning of my life.
It was there, in particular, that I confirmed the truth that love, which we cry up as the source of our pleasures, is nothing more than an excuse for them.
You know, my friends, with what a brave carouse I made a Second Marriage in my house; favored old barren reason from my bed, and took the daughter of the vine to spouse.
I love you and I always will and I am sorry. What a useless word.
I think there must have been some other girl printed somewhere in his heart, for he was a man of love and his wife was not a woman to show her feelings.
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