First Friday

Refuge of the dove.
I wish to hide you in my Heart, faithful soul, my good friend.
L. Turgis, Paris

small album~
Sacred Heart of Jesus

DIVINE BIRD KEEPER The birdsnatcher has taken advantage of your inexperience, but I am the Poor Dove and I will rescue you.
Bouasse-Lebel 1177

Blessed Mother, remember that we are also your children. Bouasse Lebel 811

Bring your gifts to the Lord.
L. Turgis, Paris Pl. 1005

I belong to Jesus.
L. Turgis, Paris Pl. 1000

JESUS
Frehling, 18th. cent. engraving

This little hand colored piece from the 1700s is the earliest engraving we've found of Christ and the beloved dove (symbol of the soul).

HAPPY THE SOUL WHO LOVES ME. Bouasse Lebel 999

IF YOU LOVE ME IMITATE ME.
Bouasse-Lebel 788

Sunday

Like little birds, let us hasten to Jesus; He will give us the Bread of Angels.
Basset

Little timid bird, fly to your master and take shelter in His Heart.
Bouasse-Lebel 1359

THE HAPPINESS OF JESUS 
Bouasse Lebel 6017

Ask, ask, and ask again. Jesus loves to give.
Bouasse Lebel , Paril Pl. 1483

COME TO ME ALL.

Let us pray to Mary to watch over us. Villemur 1115

First Friday

The Little Jesus

small album~
Sacred Heart of Jesus

THE MITE OF THE POOR.
There is no need of rich presents
to please Jesus; a pure heart
will satisfy Him.
Bouasse Lebel 1087

MARY OUR DOOR TO HEAVEN
Who will give me the wings of the dove to fly to my Mother?..

Note: in each corner of the card is the answer to this question ~  JESUS
JHS iota-eta-sigma, or ΙΗΣ — derived from the first three letters of the Greek name of Jesus

That our heart,
close to God,
may be purified
more and more
until the day we
are granted
eternal repose.


Could "repose" be
depicted any more
beautifully than
by this image of
the love between
Creator and creature?

Blessed are those who weep
on earth
for they shall be comforted
in heaven.
~Matt. 5:4

NOVEMBER: Devotion, Holy Souls

Feasts in November:

1- All Saints: (S) Nov. 1
1- All Souls: (M) Nov. 2
9 - Bl. Elizabeth of the Trinity, Nov. 9
10 - Pope St. Leo the Great: (M) November 10
14 - All Carmelite Saints Nov. 14
15 - All Carmelite Souls: Nov. 15
16 - St. Gertrude the Great (M) Nov. 16
17 - St. Elizabeth of Hungary: Nov. 17

21 - Christ the King: (S) Nov. 21, 2011

28 - St. Catherine Labore: (M) Nov. 28 
28 - 1st. Sunday in Advent (Beginning of the Advent Season)

Sundays in November: 2010
7. Sunday Nov. 7
14.Sunday Nov 14
21. Sunday Christ the King Nov. 21
28. First Sunday in Advent (beginning of new Liturgical Year and beginning of Advent)

Small albums ~ November 2010

Heavenly Light
Prayer Light

Give me, my child, your heart,
[and let your eyes delight in my ways.]
~Proverbs 23:26
Benziger

The Holy Joys of God's Returning
Bouasse Lebel.

This month, please visit the small album ~
The Divine Gardener
It is devoted to the Post-Resurrection image of the Jesus as the Divine Gardener
and the Old Testament Image of
Virgin Mary as "A Garden enclosed and a Fountain Sealed"

The soul sprinkled with the tears 
of the Heart of Jesus
will, by its sweet fragrance,
enrapture the Church on earth and in heaven. 
Letaille, Paris

The measure of our love
must be to love
without measure.
~St. Bernard
Dopter, Paris 370

O, how good is Jesus.
It is by His divine hand,
child, that he prepares
for you each day
your bread.
Bouasse Lebel pl. 3356

The divine Master gathers the flowers of His garden reserved for Him alone.
All for you, Lord, the flowers and the fruit.
Letaille

“I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst."~ St. John 6:35
Serz

Jesus calls us.
He loves us
and wants to be
loved by us.

Our Lady, Mother of the Good Shepherd: Feast Day, Sept. 3

If you want to be
my sheep,
I will be your shepherdess.
If you want to be
my pupils,
I will be your teacher.
If you want to be
my children,
I will be your mother.


Story of devotion to
La Divine Bergère, also called Notre Dame de Brebière
Link to small album 
~ La Divine Bergere

September 2010

September Devotion - Our Sorrowful Mother

September Feast Days and Solemnities:
1. St. Teresa Margaret Redi of the Sacred Heart, Sept. 1(Carmelite Memorial)
3. Feast of Our Lady, Mother of the Good Shepherd, Sept. 3
8. Birth of the Virgin Mary: Solemnity, Sept. 8
12. Holy Name of Mary: Feast Day, Sept. 12
14. Exaltation of the Holy Cross (or Triumph of the Cross) : Solemnity, Sept. 14
15. Our Lady of Sorrows: Memorial , Sept. 15
29. Archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphel: Feast of, Sept. 29

August 2011 Devotion: The Heart of Mary

August Devotion: Heart of Mary 

5- Transfiguration: Solemnity, August 5

7- St. Albert of Trapani: Feast Day, August 7

15- Assumption of Mary: Solemnity, August 15

20- St. Bernard of Clairvaux: Feast Day, August 20

22- Queenship of Mary: Feast Day, May 31 / August 22
26- Transverberation of the heart of St. Teresa: Feast Day, August 26