Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Walk in my Presence, and you will be perfect.













Each day during Lent I will place a holy card that includes the Holy Cross, and each day I will link to  ENLARGING THE HEART ~ Mark Armitage's gracious offering of devotional readings from the early fathers and the saints.






SMALL ALBUM:
Doves and the Cross

Monday, March 19, 2012

St. Joseph: Solemnity, March 19

ST. JOSEPH He has suffered with Jesus. He reigns in heaven with Jesus. Bouasse Lebel 1117

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Laetare Sunday 2012

Garden of Prayer
The waters flow forth with joy from the Fountain of Salvation.
O, good Cross, so much love of my Savior do I receive when I hold you in my arms.
Pannier 961

Saturday, March 17, 2012

St. Patrick: Feast Day, March 17


Erin Go Bragh
{Ireland Until the End of Time}
St. Patrick, pray for us.
Bouasse Lebel 644

Friday, March 16, 2012

LET US PRAY IN THE MORNING,
LET US PRAY IN THE EVENING;
GOD LOVES US TO GO TO HIM.
Dopter

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Meditating in solitude on the cross comforts us.
Wentzel

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

The Cross defends me against temptation.
Langlume

Tuesday, March 13, 2012


LOVE OF HUMILITY 
Oh, Lord... that I might know myself 
and that I might know You. 
~ St. Augustine 
 Letaille


SMALL ALBUM:

Doves and the Cross

Monday, March 12, 2012


Tree supporting a fragile plant and sheltering reeds,
image of the grace support of the weak souls.
Bouasse Lebel, Paris












Good readings for Lent: ENLARGING THE HEART ~ Mark Armitage's gracious offering of devotional readings from the early fathers and the saints both in the eastern and western Church.




Sunday, March 11, 2012

Novena to St. Joseph begins today.

























St. Joseph. Protector of Virgins

Saturday, March 10, 2012


O Life Giving Cross, I place at your feet, my joys and my sorrows. Mon. Vve. Bouasse Lebel













Small album~ 
Doves and the Cross


Friday, March 9, 2012

Jesus, your hand is always open
to give, to bless, to pardon.
Bouasse Level 5040

O, Cross, I salute you,
my only hope.


Small album~ 
Doves and the Cross

Each day during Lent I will place a holy card that includes the Holy Cross, and each day I will link to  ENLARGING THE HEART ~ Mark Armitage's gracious offering of devotional readings from the early fathers and the saints.

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Since I must suffer,
my God, I suffer resigned that,
if need be, I will die
full of love.

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

ALMS
To please God
we must be charitable.
Bouasse Lebel

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

The Cross teaches us how to pray, how to love God as we should. Wentzel

Monday, March 5, 2012

The Cross Sanctifies the Soul.
Handpainted










Small album~ 
Doves and the Cross

Sunday, March 4, 2012


They saw Moses and Elijah speaking with Jesus. (Matt 17:1-9)
Felix, Paris

Saturday, March 3, 2012


POWER
Come, Divine Power, come and communicate to my soul some of that Courageous Will that overcomes all the enemies of salvation.

very early Mme. Bouasse Lebel















Friday, March 2, 2012

THROUGH JESUS I RAISE MY HEART IN PRAYER.
Through My Heart, flooded by Divine Light, the incense of your prayers is allowed to evaporate.
Mon. Bouasse Lebel















Thursday, March 1, 2012

OH JESUS INSPIRE ME! The modest virtues of St. Joseph Bouasse Lebel 3449

March Devotion, St. Joseph

March:
10. Novena to St. Joseph begins today March 10
17. St. Patrick: Memorial, March 17
19. St. Joseph: Solemnity, March 19
25. Annunciation: Solemnity, March 25

Small Albums in March

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

JESUS MARY JOSEPH
Teach us how
to share the suffering.
Turgis


















Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Visit of the Good Master
Bouasse Lebel 



Monday, February 27, 2012

Christ, the Divine Gardner, is depicted here within the heart of the believer gently and carefully working to uproot the weeds that mar its beauty.

Sunday, February 26, 2012


Sheltered by the Cross, the lily grows in peace towards heaven.
Bouasse Lebel, Paris Pl. 1472



Saturday, February 25, 2012

Give Me, my child, your heart. Proverbs 23:26
Benziger

Friday, February 24, 2012

My Good Angel, teach me to pray to Jesus my Saviour.


















Thursday, February 23, 2012


St. Paul
God forbid that I should glory in anything save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Galatians 6:14





Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Ash Wednesday 2012

The Call of the Sheep
Dopter
WAKE UP
It is time to think of Jesus.
Bouasse Lebel, Pl.1411


And a wonderful way to "wake up and think of Jesus" during the Lenten season is to visit  ENLARGING THE HEART ~ Mark Armitage's gracious offering of devotional readings from the early fathers and the saints.

Holy guardian angels,
watch over us as our
Lenten journey begins...

Shrove Tuesday, Feast of the Holy Face of Jesus






The Feast Day of the Holy Face of Jesus is observed on Shrove Tuesday, a movable feast celebrated this year Liturgical Year on Tuesday, February 21, 2012




The name "Shrove Tuesday" is derived from the custom of confessing sins and being "shriven" (absolved) just before Lent.

Monday, February 20, 2012

JESUS * MARY * JOSEPH
Hear us. Help us. Save us.
Morel

Sunday, February 19, 2012

God of childhood, Jesus, Good Shepherd, 
give the innocence that creates happiness.

Saturday, February 18, 2012

SWEETNESS AND HUMILITY
Learn from Me for I am meek and humble of heart. Matt. XI:29
Baumard

Friday, February 17, 2012

Let us go to our Lord in perfect simplicity of faith, 
with fervour and with love.

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Holy Family by Leber
old color lithograph

Wednesday, February 15, 2012


Jesus, Mary, Joseph, Help us ever to lead a pure and blameless life. 
Bouasse Lebel, Paris pl. 1119

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Sts. Cyril and Methodius: Feast Day, February 14

By you O Mother and Virgin, heaven trembles with elation and the angels and the archangels rejoice. ~St Cyril
Sts. Cyril and Methodius, Co- Patrons (with St Benedict, St Edith Stein, and St Bridget of Sweden) of Europe
"...the funeral Mass was held in all three liturgical languages: Latin, Greek, and Slavonic.  Rivers of faithful who had received Christ through the achievements of these two missionaries flowed for days as they paid their respects after the funeral.Their lives are a testimony of love, pure and simple.  They loved their God and the souls they served more than themselves, and so they gave their lives in honor of that love.  Such is the perfect valentine, if you ask me.  So I say again what I already said, and I mean it: have a very happy Valentine’s Day, today and every day. "
by Father John Bartunek, LC | Source: Catholic.net

Monday, February 13, 2012

May our actions be beautiful roses to adorn the lawn of Jesus.
Bouasse Lebel

Sunday, February 12, 2012

















(after the Holy Shroud of Turin)
This image is a reproduction of the drawing by Sr. Genevieve of the Holy Face 
(Celine Martin) sister of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Friday, February 10, 2012

Let us find Jesus in the Holy House in Nazareth

Thursday, February 9, 2012

THE BEST PLACE Close to Jesus with Mary and Joseph.
Bouasse Lebel

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

MODEL OF SOULS
Mary & Joseph, grant that my love for Jesus may equal your own.
Turgis

Monday, February 6, 2012

EARTHLY TRINITY Three hearts beat as one.
Bouasse Lebel 794

Sunday, February 5, 2012

Jesus invites us to His table. It is His Body that nourishes us.
Bouasse Lebel1398

Saturday, February 4, 2012

Friday, February 3, 2012

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, unite us with the sweet chain of love. Turgis

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