I recommend myself  to thee, O, Lady,

because thou watchest over me forever.
~ St. Goderic of Walpole [Finchale]

Simple, Sweet, Modest... Mary recognizes her doves.

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

Bouasse Lebel, Paris 29 rue St. Sulpice Pl. 875

SHE IS MY MOTHER ! !

Lessons of Mary
Turgis

Mary, Flower of the Field and Lily of the Valley

Druck, Prague

No. 578

Flowers of the Virgin Mary

Jasmine is the symbol of kindness.

Mary is the model of Christian kindness.

She exhales the sweet fragrance

L. Turgis, Paris
Pl. 556

VIRGIN CONCEIVED WITHOUT SIN
Deign to accept that I publish your praises. Felix

For Mary our hearts

Our Lady our love.

hand painted on silk

My Mother, let me share in the glory of your divine affections for my Jesus.

Bouasse Lebel 939

Mary, Queen of Lilies
More brilliant than the roses, more pure than the lilys,
your heavenly fragrance has touched the heart of God.
Saintin 372

SWEET MARY, MOTHER DEAR, PRAY FOR US

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Wayside Shrines

Love, obeisance to our mother
hand painted 
with mother of pearl inlay

HEAVENLY REFUGE

I will not leave you orphans.

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Gentle Mother

HOLY VIRGIN
Brevel

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Gentle Mother

May 8 Apparition of St. Michael

Apparition of St. Michael

Under the sweet influence of her radiance the lilies of innocence grow and the flowers of other virtues. Bouasse Lebel 632

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Most Holy Virgin

from small album~
Most Holy Virgin

Infant of Prague: Annual Feast of the Coronation, 1st Sunday in May

Holy Child Bless Us
"The more you honor me, the more I will bless you."
A. Breger Freres
Infant of Prague Annual Feast of the coronation in Prague 1st Sunday in May
Infant of Prague Home Page

The Lord is my portion. Obtain for us, between God and ourselves, the dearest affections.
A. Saintin, Paris Geoffoi, S.C.


from small album~
Most Holy Virgin

She is my refuge. Oh, my Mother, receive me into your arms.

Bouasse Lebel

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Gentle Mother

Most Sacred Heart of Jesus

Bruge

An original 19th cent. composition: collage over paper lace. Through kindness of a visitor who responded to this image, I am able to give you links to the Orthodox icon upon which it was patterned:

• The Life-Giving Fountain
• Church Fresco of the Theotokos, Life-Giving Fount 
• Mary and Fountain in Art
• Mary's Well. The Fountain of the Virgin, Nazareth

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Most Holy Virgin

God gives us an idea
of her beauty. 
Dopter

From small album _
Flowers of Mary 

DEVOTION TO THE VIRGIN
IS THE RELIGION OF THE HEART

from small album~
Wayside Shrines

4th Sunday in Easter 2012: Good Shepherd Sunday

I am the Good Shepherd

Dopter

LET US DRAW FROM THIS SOURCE DIVINE that always overflows and never runs out.

With everlasting love I have loved you and drawn you to myself.

She has listened to her good angel, and her good angel has led her to Jesus.

Look at the little birds of heaven
they neither sow nor reap.
Vaurs

Third Sunday in Easter 2012

This is My Body

BREAD OF HEAVEN
Support my strength to do good.
Bouasse Lebel 3350

Multiplication of the loaves and the fishes.

This morning Fr. Lawrence asked us to sit down as he read the Gospel account of the multiplication of the loaves and the fishes. We are lower than the angels, he explained. The detail of asking the crowd to sit down on the grass was Christ's way of helping us realize that as we prepare for receiving Him in the Eucharist we need to recognize our lowliness and acknowledge our total dependence upon Him.