Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Feast of the Visitation

The greeting of St. Elisabeth:
Blessed is the fruit of thy womb.
18th Cent. Flemish engraving on vellum 

Monday, May 30, 2016

Sunday, May 29, 2016

Feast of Corpus Christi May 29, 2016

This is My Body
BREAD OF HEAVEN
Support my strength to do good.
Bouasse Lebel 3350

Saturday, May 28, 2016

Vigil of the Feast of Corpus Chrisiti

“Behold the Love of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament”  
large 18th Century holy card signed the Antwerp engraver Pierre Balthasar Bouttats (1681-1756).  
Front in Dutch 

Friday, May 27, 2016

Bouasse Lebel 3080

Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Lover of souls.
As a mother loves her son.

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

O, Lady, I recommend myself  to thee
because thou watchest over me forever.  ~ St. Godric of Walpole[Finchale]

Sunday, May 22, 2016

Trinity Sunday 2016


Let us not attach ourselves to the foreign land, 
not search for sweetness, except in the Light.


Small Album~
Most Holy Trinity

Saturday, May 21, 2016

HEAVENLY REFUGE
I will not leave you orphans.

Thursday, May 19, 2016

Ave Maria
You Rescue the Orphan
vers 1850, "recueillez l'orphelin"

Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Tuesday, May 17, 2016


Homage to Mary
One of the flowers of Mary,
The forget-me-not symbolized
The Eyes of Mary

Monday, May 16, 2016

Sunday, May 15, 2016

Feast of Pentecost


Happy the pure heart. How infinite in the Holy Spirit.
Bouasse-Lebel 

Beside the Living Water through the action of the Holy Spirit, 
the soul is nourished and purified. 
Made one with all life in the infinite love of God, this unity is true happiness; 
it is the expansiveness of joy.

small album~
Come Holy Spirit


Pentecost Sunday, 2016

COME!
AND RENEW THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
Come, Father of the poor,
Come, giver of gifts,
Come, light of the heart.

Saturday, May 14, 2016


Vigil of Pentecost 2015

Feast of Pentecost
Brugge

Friday, May 13, 2016

Simple, Sweet, Modest... Mary recognizes her doves.

Thursday, May 12, 2016

Love, obeisance to our mother
hand painted 
with mother of pearl inlay

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Text is different in each language:
O, Mary, obtain for us perseverance. French
Mother, suffer me to come to thee. English
Mary's children are called to be worthy. German
Bouasse Lebel, Paris  pl. 150

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

O, Mary, take our flowers and our hearts
to offer them to Jesus your divine son.

Monday, May 9, 2016

The pilgrimage to the Virgin is the road that leads to happiness.

Sunday, May 8, 2016

Mothers Day USA


Queen of Mothers
Bertin

Ascension Sunday, 2016 (USA)


Throughout the world, the Feast of the Ascension falls on Thursday May 5, 2016 and is celebrated on that day in the USA in the ecclesiastical provinces of Boston, Hartford, New York, Newark, Philadelphia, and the state of Nebraska.
In all other dioceses of the United States, the Feast of the Ascension is transferred to the following Sunday, May 8, 2016. Happy Feast Day wherever you are!

Saturday, May 7, 2016

Sweet Mary, Mother dear, pray for us.

Friday, May 6, 2016

Good Angel, lead me to my mother.
Bouasse Lebel

Thursday, May 5, 2016

Feast of the Ascension, 2016

copper engraving, verso of title page ~  from book
by Theophilo Spizelio Vetus Academia lesu Christi dated MDCLXXI (1671)



Throughout the world, the Feast of the Ascension falls on Thursday May 5, 2016 and is celebrated on that day in the USA in the ecclesiastical provinces of Boston, Hartford, New York, Newark, Philadelphia, and the state of Nebraska.
In all other dioceses of the United States, the Feast of the Ascension is transferred to the following Sunday, May 8, 2016. Happy Feast Day wherever you are!
[Garden Shrine]
Benziger

Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Hand-colored engraving signed by artist
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Offerings to Mary
Blot

Monday, May 2, 2016

Sunday, May 1, 2016

MAY: The Month of Mary

Images gathered for the month of May celebrate devotion to Mary.
miniature ink and watercolor unsigned

Small Album ~ Pentecost

Samall Albums ~ Trinity Sunday


Feast Days and Solemnities in May for which holy cards are included:
1. St. Joseph the Worker: (optional Memorial), May 1
5./ 8. Feast of the Ascension Celebrated 40 days after Easter in most of the world, the Feast of the Ascension falls on Thursday, May 5, 2016. In the USA it will be celebrated on that day in the ecclesiastical provinces of Boston, Hartford, New York, Newark, Philadelphia, and the state of Nebraska. In all other dioceses of the United States, the celebration of the Feast of the Ascension is transferred to the following Sunday, May 8, 2016.
8. Repose of St. John, Evangelist May 8 ( Eastern Church) 
15 Pentecost Sunday, May 15, 2016
22 Trinity Sunday, May 22, 2016
29 Corpus Christi, Sunday, May 29
31. Visitation of the Blessed Virgin: Feast, May 31
31. Queenship of Mary: Solemnity May 31/Aug.22

Italics indicate a Movable Feast 



Feast of St. Joseph, the Worker, May 1

Divine Child
You lived by the work of your hands.
A. Jourdain, Paris

Followers