Exaltation of the Holy Cross: Solemnity, September 14

 
St. Helena
J. Koppe, Prague

Link to explanation of  the feast of Exaltation of the Holy Cross (Roodmas) 


Small albums~
Images of the Holy Cross

JESUS MARY JOSEPH

Teach us how
to share the suffering.

Turgis

HERE IS THE ROYAL ROAD OF THE CROSS
Faith enlightens us,
Hope supports us,
Love draws us. 
Chez Ch. Letaille, Paris

FLOWERS OF CALVARY

The Cross is the gift

God made for His friends.

Cure d'Ars

“But in order that you should have life, it is not enough that My Son should have become the Bridge, unless you pass over this Bridge.”

~ God the Father to St. Catherine of Siena in The Dialogue 

As fragile as the wings of a butterfly, this delicate piece of paper lace also alludes to the metaphor of the bridge. In the dialogues St. Catherine of Sienna, Jesus Christ was described as the magnificent bridge between heaven and earth.

The Cross is the bridge that connects heaven and earth. np


















For Lent & every day of the year:  ENLARGING THE HEART ~ Mark Armitage's gracious offering of devotional readings from the early fathers and the saints.

PSALTER OF THE LOVERS OF JESUS I myself am book for you! Have confidence; my death gives you life. O Marie, teach us to meditate, to taste this Book divine. Letaille








For Lent and all year:  ENLARGING THE HEART ~ Mark Armitage's gracious offering of devotional readings.

Father, Son and Holy Spirit















For Lent and all year:  ENLARGING THE HEART ~ Mark Armitage's gracious offering of devotional readings.

I know my sheep, and my sheep know Me.
John 10:7-16
Bénerd, Paris



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

Walk in my Presence, and you will be perfect.







SMALL ALBUM:
Doves and the Cross

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.

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.

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

The Cross Sanctifies the Soul.
Handpainted










Small album~ 
Doves and the Cross

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

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

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

THE CROSS
Through it we have salvation.

The Divine Shepherdess I will cure all your ills.  I will bandage your wounds with the oil of mercy and the wine of love. Letaille 211

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

small albums~
 Prayer Light

Heart of Jesus and Mary
Holy Cross