Holy Card Heaven

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Poor frozen soul, from the cold breath of the world
come and warm up at the Heart of Jesus.

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

LOVE FOR LOVE

That is the whole law of Jesus.

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

The door to Heaven will be opened to the Christian soul who has been purified by Love.

Small album:

The Most Holy Trinity

Monday, June 4, 2012

Divine Heart of Jesus, save us!
Sweet Heart of Jesus, be my love!

Sunday, June 3, 2012

Trinity Sunday, June 3, 2012

"JESUS' LOVE GIVES US ALL A HEART AND A REASON"
"And they were all from One Heart and Will."
Flemish engraving Cornelius de Boudt (1660-1735)
Link to thoughts on the mystical symbolism in this image

"One is the
signature of God."
~ Fr. Lawrence Vadakkan

Saturday, June 2, 2012

Let us offer
to the Divine Heart
a Crown of
Love and Praise

Turgis

Friday, June 1, 2012

First Friday

The Heart,
Furnace of love where man becomes angel,

is the eternal flame that illuminates the heavens.

Santin 317

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

There is all my happiness.

Monday, May 28, 2012

Prayer to Mary reassures, consoles.

Sunday, May 27, 2012

Feast of Pentecost

Small album Come, Holy Spirit!
links to homilies
Taize chant: Veni Sancte Spiritus!

Have a blessed day, full of joy!

Friday, May 25, 2012

O, my Mother, guard innocence.

Bouasse Lebel

St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi: Memorial, May 25

St. Mary Magdalene de'Pazzi
Protector Carmelite Third Order
A Powerful Prayer
to be said before praying:
"Almighty Father, I place the Precious Blood of Jesus before my lips before I pray, that my prayers may be purified before they ascend to Your divine altar."
~St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi

External Links
Life of St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi (ebook)
Index of Websites on Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi
Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Mary Magdalen de' Pazzi

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Sweet prayer at the feet of Mary.

Bouasse Lebel 692

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

I recommend myself to thee, O, Lady,

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

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

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

Monday, May 21, 2012

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

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

Saturday, May 19, 2012

SHE IS MY MOTHER ! !

Friday, May 18, 2012

Lessons of Mary
Turgis

Thursday, May 17, 2012

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

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

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

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

For Mary our hearts

Our Lady our love.

hand painted on silk

Friday, May 11, 2012

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

Thursday, May 10, 2012

SWEET MARY, MOTHER DEAR, PRAY FOR US

from small album~
Wayside Shrines

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

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

HEAVENLY REFUGE

I will not leave you orphans.

from small album~
Gentle Mother

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

HOLY VIRGIN
Brevel

from small album~
Gentle Mother

May 8 Apparition of St. Michael

Apparition of St. Michael

Monday, May 7, 2012

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

from small album~
Most Holy Virgin

Sunday, May 6, 2012

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

WELCOME TO HOLY CARD HEAVEN

One of our favorite holy cards says simply, "Heaven is the home of loving souls." In a way, an album of holy cards is like a little heaven; the truth that inspired the cards greets us anew with each tender image, and we feel at home. Little by little I hope to bring together a collection of this gentle faith art for the delight and comfort of any loving soul who happens by.

Ethereal messengers of God's Love and Light, the small engravings that gather here fly in day by day. Little paper shrines that shelter the sacred, they are gathered here in the hope of sharing their beauty and meaning with another generation. To those who love them, they have much to give; like time spent in a restful garden, they are a feast for the eyes and a feast for the soul.

This gentle art can be used today to enter safely into the inner landscape allowing its imagery to guide the soul. Visual poetry employing symbol and metaphor as carriers of meaning, the path to which they invite us is always one in which God's own Love leads the way.

You can click on an image to enlarge it and see the artist's loving attention to detail. It is especially meaningful to be able to see the faces at a higher resolution. In many of the images, the sweetness of expression is at once joyful and serious, and, for a brief moment, we seem to draw close to the Presence of pure goodness, pure happiness.

The blessing I ask for any who come this way is again taken from a favorite holy card: "May a tender Friendship surround you always, and may all your days be a smile of heaven."
Fr. François Fénelon

Our favorite holy card illustrates the hope we hold as Christians that the door to heaven will be opened to the soul refined by love. It is the refinement of the soul by divine love that the art of the holy cards helps us to contemplate. The card has an engaving of the dove in flight into the mystery of Trinitarian love. The Uncreated Light overlaid by the symbol for the Holy Trinity is at the heart of the card. The writings of the early fathers, as well as those of the the Carmelite saints and Christian mystics throughout the ages - both in the Church in the east and the west - help us to approach the mystery of Trinitarian love not only as the theological underpinning of Christian belief but also as the action of the Spirit of Love in and through which we live and move and have our being.

About the Cards in this Collection

While some are from Italy, Germany, the Netherlands or other parts of Europe, Paris was perhaps the main place of publication. Dates are seldom available but most are from the mid 1800's to the close of that century. The depiction of persons is Eurocentric, but the symbols in the early holy cards are universal and inclusive: the image of the Heart as symbol for the incarnation of divine love, the image of the small bird as a symbol for the human soul eager but fragile and in constant need of God's love and care, the Living Water, the garden enclosed, the door that opens into Light... through visual poetry, the early holy cards continue to speak a language that reaches across the barriers of time and space and can be received by everyone.

Scheduling of the Cards and the Small Albums

Holy Card Heaven enters its seventh year on the first Sunday in Advent, 2015. Day by day the cards will continue to be moved into the new church year depending for their placement on the dates of the movable feasts and seasons. This way no cards need get lost in the distant past, new cards can be added, and we can appreciate the collection a little differently with each passing year.
Small Albums, each with a different topic, will change from month to month and will be linked in the top right column.

Holy Card Heaven

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Monday, June 4, 2012