O, Infant Son,
of the Virgin Mother,
have mercy on us.












Bouasse Jeune, Paris
1118

As the eagle
teacher her young
to rise in the air,
Mary teaches us
to raise our hearts
to God.







Bouasse Lebel, Paris

Happy Mother's Day!

In America
a day to celebrate the joy
and privilege of motherhood.

The Bread of True Life









Letaille, Paris 
710
E. Boumard, edit.

The Faithful Soul

This garden enclosed
is the faithful heart
where all
comes from God
and all is for God.





Letaille, Paris

Beginnings...

I leave this post here to remember the morning that the thought came to me to begin this work. I chose the name Holy Card Heaven and posted the image you see. Our close friends, Joshua and Teresa, were visiting from New Mexico. They were still asleep. We were planning to celebrate their summer birthdays in the evening. When I had shown them the collections I was putting together in Nest of the Doves they said that what meant the most to them was the sense of God's love that the holy cards made real again.
When they woke up I told them that their response had made me want to start each day by gathering all of us into the sense of God's love, into that holy friendship that these old holy cards help us to realize.