For Mary our hearts,

Our Lady our love.

hand painted on silk 

from small album~
Wayside Shrines
 

Sweet prayer at the feet of Mary.
Bouasse Lebel 692 


from small album~
Wayside Shrines

Sunday of the Good Shepherd, 2th. Sunday of Easter ~ (Traditional Roman Liturgical Calendar)

The Good Shepherd 
"I give my life for my sheep." Bouasse Lebel

from small album~
The Good Shepherd

Pray thus, Our Father who art in Heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name.
Bertin

Easter Sunday ~ Christ is risen! Truly, He is Risen!

Easter Vigil

This is a magnificent image depicting the Water of Baptism as the Vine, the very Heart of God, flowing over the soul of the newly Baptized by the power of the Cross.
 
THE VINE AS THE HEART OF GOD
The young vine shoot bedded in the earth.
Small branch, always remember well
that you are of God,
that you are in God,
and that you are for God.
GRACE OF HOLY BAPTISM   Letaille See John 15:1-5
 
Note: At every Easter Vigil service, Christians renew their Baptismal Promises.

From the small album ~ PASCHAL TRIDUUM: EASTER VIGIL

Good Friday

JESUS COMMUNICATES TO THE SOUL THE MERITS OF HIS SUFFERING
By His stripes we are healed.
~Isaiah 53:4-5 

From the small album~
PASCHAL TRIDUUM: GOOD FRIDAY

Holy Thursday: April 21, 2011

I am gentle and humble of heart.
I GIVE YOU THE EXAMPLE
that in the end, you will follow it. Based on John 15.
Bouasse Lebel 800

from Small Album ~
PASCHAL TRIDUUM: HOLY THURSDAY

Redeemer of the World

Salvator Mundi

Palm Sunday

[The Passion Flower] I prefer it to all else.
Vve. Montrier

MOTHER OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE
HELP OF CHRISTIANS
Bouasse Lebel 49 

Hail, O Mother of mercy, our life, our joy and our hope
Salve Regina
Help of Christians, pray for us.

Precious Blood of our Redeemer, it is by you that our souls will be saved.
Langlume

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

To the Holy Cross
O my heart, remember the wondrous cross and think on it untiringly.
The cross is for us the Garden of delights, is the Garden of all blossoms:
the tree of beauty, blessed by the blood of the Savior...
Author unknown 

I am a friend of purity 
I am with you if you want to be with me.
Bouasse Lebel 460

Let us not fear to be small and simple,
for the Almighty One
treats us as beloved children.

Jesus, father of the poor,
Have pity on us.
Langlume

5th Sunday in Lent

Jesus Bread of Life 
Benziger

Our Lady of the Destitute
Bouasse Lebel 129

A small image of the degrees of love.
My God, grow my wings.
In loving the Cross one finds His Heart, for the Divine Love can not live
without suffering. Letaille, pl. 386
[Heart of Jesus, hearts of Mary, Joseph, and John the Beloved Disciple,
hearts of all believers]

Fixing the Eyes of our Heart on Jesus Crucified
~Leo the Great From ENLARGING THE HEART

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

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

Poor freezing soul, from the cold breath of the world, come warm up near the Heart of Jesus.

It is at this Divine touch that the cold heart comes alive, and little by little feels within itself that which befits the Heart of Jesus.
Letaille 19

ALMSGIVING
To please the Lord, one must be
charitable.
Bouasse Lebel, Paris

Let me at least remove one for you.
Hand painted on silk

5th Sunday in Lent: (Laetare Sunday)

The Generous Vine
Now, my soul burns with desire to follow You, O, my God.
Letaille, Paris

Laetare Sunday

MARY OUR CONSOLATION!
Mother of Mercy, to thee do we sigh in this valley of tears.
Letaille, Paris

St. Francis de Paola: Feast Day, April 2

St. Francis de Paola

First Friday

MAY THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS BE EVERYWHERE LOVED.
Bouasse Lebel

small album~
Sacred Heart of Jesus

 

APRIL: Devotion, Blessed Sacrament

Feast days in April: 
2 - St. Francis de Paola

21 - St. Anselm

26 - Our Lady of Good Council, April 2
29 - St. Catherine of Siena 

Small Albums - April:
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

Small Albums - Lent:

The 14 Stations of the Cross Prayer Before a Crucifix 
Stations of the Cross

Precious Blood

Small Albums -Paschal Triduum:                                                                                                               Paschal Triduum: Easter Sunday
Paschal Triduum: Easter Vigil
Paschal Triduum: Good Friday
Paschal Triduum: Holy Thursday
Easter Season:
Lamb of God

 Sundays in April 2011: 

3 - 4th Sunday of Lent (Laetare Sunday) 10 - 5th Sunday of Lent,  17 Palm Sunday,  24 Easter Sunday

Eternal Happiness is the reward of the faithful hearts who cling to the Cross with love. Basset

St. Berthold: Carmelite Feastday, March 29

Clear your mind of all created things, and live with God alone in the secret of your retreat. ~St. John of the Cross
ST. BERTHOLD one of the first of the Hermits of Mount Carmel, he directed the building of a monastery and a church in honor of the Prophet Elijah.