THE GOOD SHEPHERD Rejoice, for I have found my sheep that was lost. Luke 15:6
Letaille, Paris

My sheep will not perish, and no one can snatch them from my hand.  

words of Jesus in John 10

Oh, Divine Shepherdess, I want to be numbered among your flock.

Good Mother, take me under your protection. L. Turgis et Fils, Paris
1032

Ask, ask, and ask again.
Jesus loves to give.
Bouasse Lebel

The Tree of Life is their refuge.

Small album~
The Holy Cross

My heart is all shining with love.
For you the heart of my mother
was pierced with sorrow.

I WILL SAIL IN PEACE
UNDER THE GUARD OF MARY


"When you find yourself tossed by the raging storms on this great sea of life, far from land, keep your eyes fixed upon this Star ...  When the winds of temptation or the rocks of tribulation threaten, look up to the Star, call upon Mary!"
~ St. Bernard

Vivifying Source! 

My heart is a fountain of living water
where my servants come to find strength.

Bouasse Lebel 1085

As a mother
caresses her child,
so I comfort you.  

Bouasse Lebel 782B

Mary, consolation of the afflicted.
hand painted on silk

What is sweeter than putting one's whole heart into the hands of the Blessed Virgin Mary?

The Divine Shepherdess relieves of their sufferings the sheep of her flock. Maison Basset 338


Small album~ La Divine Bergere

Our Lady, Mother of the Good Shepherd, Feast Day, Sept. 3

The Divine Shepherdess  
Villemur


Background on the Feast of Our Lady, Mother of the Good Shepherd

Small album~
La Divine Bergere

The Divine Shepherdess Pannier, Paris Pl. 20-004

SHE HAS SHARED MY SORROWS
Imitate  her
if you want to
share my glory.
Bouasse Lebel 
















Link to Carmelite Feast Day:
St. Teresa of the Sacred Heart

Mary leads us to Jesus, her Divine Son.

Bouasse Lebel, Paris

Gregory of Nyssa: Dead to Sin and Alive to the Spirit

from Mark Armitage: Enlarging the Heart

 

In order not to go astray, 

let us take Mary as our guide.

The pure simplicity of the soul is my joy and delight.  

Bouasse Lebel 826

Isaiah the Solitary: The Remembrance of God and Praying with Sweetness of Heart
from: Mark Armitage: Enlarging the Heart

Sweet Heart of Mary,
be my salvation.
Serz 

THE GOOD ACTIONS OF A CHILD OF MARY

form a crown most precious

FOR THE HEART OF THIS GOOD MOTHER

Bouasse Lebel 1288

St. Teresa's Transverberation: Feast Day, August 26

Transverberation of the Heart of St. Teresa of Jesus

The Tempest

O, you of little faith,
why do you fear when
I am with you?

Mary, make us worthy to be called your children.

Queenship of Mary, August 22

from small album: 
Queen of Heaven and Earth

Your Heart, O Holy Mother, will always be favorable to the repentant sinner.

Saintin

Blesssed forever
 be the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ and that of the Most Holy Virgin.

House of Gold,
Arc of the Covenant,
pray for us.

May my heart, O Mary, like that of yours, become, through one Holy Communion, the true House of God.

Turgis

I am the Good Shepherd. John 10:14

von Serz, Nurnberg

Humbly I pray
in the Heart of Mary

Untitled: Christ, the Good Shepherd

Saintin, Paris

TREASURES

OF THE HEART OF MARY

Consider the beauties of Mary's heart, and see if you will ever be able to refuse her your love.  

Aubry

Feast of The Assumption, August 15

The Assumption and the World
by Bishop Fulton J. Sheen

Holy Heart of Mary, 

Refuge of Sinners,

pray for us.