PENTECOST: Solemnity, May 12, 2011

Based on this passage: And there appeared to them parted tongues as it were of  fire, and it sat upon every one of them: And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak with divers tongues, according as the Holy Spirit gave them to speak” (Acts 2:2).
K. Van de Vyvere, Brugge, Belgium

"Then He came to the creation of man, and He created one man; and from one man the human race.  Nor did He will to create two separate beings, male and female, but one man; and from this one man He made woman (Gen. i. II). Why did He do this?  Why did He begin the human race from one man, if not to commend unity to mankind?  And the Lord Christ was born of one person. In the Virgin therefore is unity..." from Homily for the Day of Pentecost: St. Augustine

Other links:
St. Cyril of Jerusalem's sermon ~ The Holy SpiritMakes Himself Known by His Fragarance from Enlarging the Heart 
Sermon on the Feast of Pentecost ~ from The Saint Gregory Palamas Outreach

Chalice full of virtues.

Oh, she is beautiful, Mary; her heart is the temple of the Holy Spirit.
Bouasse Lebel, 674

The heart that is watered by the tears of the Heart of Jesus
will by its sweet fragrance enrapture the Church on earth
and in Heaven.
Letaille 707

[Sacred Heart of Jesus]
Dopter

Let us love God because He has first loved us. ~ John 4:19
Bouasse Lebel 247

There in recollection and solitude in the Heart of Jesus
I lose myself.
hand painted

Sweet unity in the cross of Jesus.
Hand painted

SACRED HEART OF JESUS
Bouasse Lebel 3000

Ascension of Jesus Christ: Solemnity, June 2/ June 5, 2011

 Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. ~Hebrews 12:2
18th cent. original engraving 

The Ascension of Our Lord  is celebrated on the 40th day after Pascha throughout the entire Christian world and in the U.S. in the ecclesiastical provinces of Boston, Hartford, New York, Newark, Philadelphia, and the state of Nebraska. For all other Catholics in the U.S. the Solemnity has been moved to the following Sunday.

St. Mary of the Sacred Heart
Through your hands, O, Holy Mother, we are flooded by Jesus' grace.
Bouasse Lebel 1867

First Friday

The Heart, furnace of love where man becomes angel, is the eternal flame that illuminates the heavens.

Santin 317

small album~
Sacred Heart of Jesus

Ascension of Jesus Christ: Solemnity, June 2/ June 5, 2011

The Ascension of Our Lord  is celebrated on the 40th day after Easter throughout the entire Christian world and in the U.S. in the ecclesiastical provinces of Boston, Hartford, New York, Newark, Philadelphia, and the state of Nebraska. For all other Catholics in the U.S. the Solemnity has been moved to the following Sunday.

I have loved you with an everlasting love. Jer. 39

...Give me your heart. Prov. 23:26

JUNE: Devotion, Sacred Heart of Jesus

Easter Season until Pentecost
Feasts in June:

2 -  Ascension  (S) (Traditional) 2011  /   5 -  Ascension (S)  (Some U. S. dioceses) 2011

12 - Pentecost  (S)  2011

13 - St. Anthony of Padua (M)

19 - Holy Trinity  (S)  2011

23 - Corpus Christi (S) (Traditional) 2011  /  26 - Corpus Christi (S) (USA) 2011

24 - Nativity of St. John the Baptist (S)
29 - Sts. Peter and Paul, Apostles (S)
Small Albums for June
Sacred Heart of Jesus
Heart of Jesus in the Eucharist
Most Holy Trinity
Holy Spirit
Sundays in June:
5. Sunday (S) Ascension  12. Sunday (S) Pentecost   19. Sunday (S) Trinity  26. Sunday (S) Corpus Christi

Green: Movable Feast

The Queenship of Mary: Solemnity, May 31/Aug. 22

Link to Solemnity:
The Queenship of Mary
Link to: 
History of the Feast
The Divine Master
establishes Mary as
mistress of the abode
she purifies.
O, Mary, reign over us forever, you and your divine Son,
Letaille, Paris

From small album~
Queen of Heaven and Earth

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

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~

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


From small album~
Wayside Shrines

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

Bouasse Lebel, Pl. 875

from small album~
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] 
from small album~
Most Holy Virgin

He who is the Lover of Souls,

Head Over All,

my mother loves His Son.

from small album~
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

from small album~
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

from small album~
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

from small album~
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
from small album~
Gentle Mother

Haappy Mother's Day! 

Happy the friend of the Heart of Jesus.

small album~
Sacred Heart of Jesus