Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Farewell, sweet Month of Mary

Text on verso:
...At the end of this month so dear, so precious, we raise our voice to heaven; receive the tribute of our sincere love.

Mon. Vve. Bouasse Lebel et Fils # 583

Monday, May 30, 2011

THE SWEET JOYS
OF MARY
O Mary, help us comprehend the look of Love exchanged between your heart and the Heart of Jesus.  
Boumard

From small album~

Sunday, May 29, 2011

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

Saturday, May 28, 2011

HAIL HOLY QUEEN
MOTHER OF MERCY

Friday, May 27, 2011


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


From small album~
Wayside Shrines

Monday, May 23, 2011


She is your mother.
Turn to her
in all your needs.
Bouasse Lebel, Pl. 875

from small album~
Gentle Mother

Sunday, May 22, 2011

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
 

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Untitled engraving [garden enclosed] 
from small album~
Most Holy Virgin

Monday, May 16, 2011


He who is the Lover of Souls,
Head Over All,
my mother loves His Son.

from small album~
Mary's Meadow

Sunday, May 15, 2011

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.

Friday, May 13, 2011

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

from small album~
Devotion to Mary

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

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

from small album~
Flowers of Mary


Monday, May 9, 2011


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


from small album~
Devotion to Mary

Sunday, May 8, 2011


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
from small album~
Gentle Mother

Haappy Mother's Day! 

Friday, May 6, 2011

Happy the friend of the Heart of Jesus.

small album~
Sacred Heart of Jesus

Thursday, May 5, 2011

For Mary our hearts,
Our Lady our love.
hand painted on silk 


from small album~
Wayside Shrines
 

Monday, May 2, 2011

Sweet prayer at the feet of Mary.
Bouasse Lebel 692 


from small album~
Wayside Shrines

Sunday, May 1, 2011

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

Saturday, April 30, 2011

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

Saturday, April 23, 2011

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

Friday, April 22, 2011

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

Thursday, April 21, 2011

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

Tuesday, April 19, 2011


Redeemer of the World

Monday, April 18, 2011

Salvator Mundi

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Palm Sunday

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

Saturday, April 16, 2011

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.

Friday, April 15, 2011

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

Thursday, April 14, 2011

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 

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

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

Tuesday, April 12, 2011


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

Followers