THE SWEET JOYS
OF MARY

O Mary, help us comprehend the look of Love exchanged between your heart and the Heart of Jesus.  

Boumard

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Mary's Meadow

My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior. Cantical of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Luke 1:46-55)  
[Virgin Mary receiving Eucharist
from the hand of St. John]

6th. Sunday of Pascha: Sunday of the Man Blind from Birth (Eastern Church)

In the Eastern Catholic and Orthodox Churches the 6th Sunday after Pascha is known as the Sunday of the Blind Man - Homily by St. Gregory Palamas

HAIL HOLY QUEEN
MOTHER OF MERCY

Mary leads us to Jesus, her Divine Son.
Bouasse Lebel, Paris


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Wayside Shrines

She is your mother.
Turn to her
in all your needs.

Bouasse Lebel, Pl. 875

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Gentle Mother

5th. Sunday of Pascha: Sunday of the Samaritan Woman (Eastern Church)

If you knew the Gift of God!
Bouasse Lebel 375

In the Eastern Catholic and Orthodox Churches the 5th Sunday after Pascha is known as the Sunday of the Samaritan Woman 

St. Augustine on the Samaritan Woman
 

Untitled engraving [garden enclosed] 
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Most Holy Virgin

He who is the Lover of Souls,

Head Over All,

my mother loves His Son.

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Mary's Meadow

4th. Sunday of Pascha: Sunday of the Paralytic (Eastern Church)

In the Eastern Catholic and Orthodox Churches the 4th Sunday after Pascha is known as the Sunday of the Paralytic.

ALONE WITH GOD
At the foot of the Cross in the livery of Mary. O, the sweet retreat! Bouasse Lebel 1761

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Devotion to Mary

Mary, Flower of the Field and Lily of the Valley

O Holy Mary, holiest of the saints,  richest treasure of holiness, you remain the image by which I too may become holy for the glory of God.
Druck, Prague No. 578

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Flowers of Mary

I have but my heart. Take it, O, Mary, with all its weaknesses and fill it with grace for eternal life.
Bouasse Lebel Pl. 1233

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Devotion to Mary

Happy are those who quench their thirst
at the Source of Life.
Bouasse Lebel

Mother's Day (National Holiday in USA, 2nd Sunday in May)

Queen of Mothers

C. Bertin, editeur
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Gentle Mother

Haappy Mother's Day! 

Happy the friend of the Heart of Jesus.

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Sacred Heart of Jesus

For Mary our hearts,

Our Lady our love.

hand painted on silk 

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Wayside Shrines
 

Sweet prayer at the feet of Mary.
Bouasse Lebel 692 


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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

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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 

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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

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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