Lessons of Mary

Turgis

O, Mary, take our flowers and our hearts

to offer them to Jesus your divine son.

SHE IS  MY REFUGE
O, my Mother, receive me into your arms.

LOVE FOR MARY

Oh, my Mother,
that all might be for you,
the flowers and the fruits
of my heart.

Letaille

The Lord is our portion.

Obtain for us
to place in God
our most dear
affections.

DEVOTION TO THE VIRGIN
IS THE RELIGION OF THE HEART

HEAVENLY REFUGE

I will not leave you orphans.

small album~
Gentle Mother

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

Mary leads us to Jesus,
her Divine Son.

Bouasse Lebel, Paris

Sweet prayer at the feet of Mary.

Bouasse Lebel 692

Let us pray together.

For Mary our hearts

Our Lady our love.

hand painted on silk

Our Mother

[Garden Shrine]

Benziger

This is the flower of Mary I have chosen for you.

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

The Love of Mary.

The benedictions of the Divine Child Jesus are for those who love His Mother. 
~ Fr. Faber

I have but my heart. Take it, O, Mary, with all its weaknesses and fill it with grace for eternal life.
Bouasse Lebel, Paris
Pl. 1233

First Friday

St. Mary of the Sacred Heart

Through your hands, O, Holy Mother, we are flooded by Jesus' grace.

Bouasse Lebel 1867


from small album!
Sacred Heart of Jesus 

Offerings to Mary

Blot

The Month of Mary

For you, 
the flowers of Mary

[Ave Maria monogram]

Hand painted

St. Joseph the Worker - May 1 (optional memorial)

 St. Joseph
Back of Card
Printed in Italy, 1900

"Oh! the divine occupations of Mary and Joseph in Nazareth. Jesus was with them, and blest all their actions."
~ Fr. R. P. Faber

God watches over the lilies and the birds.

He watches over you.

Oh Jesus, our friend, be Thou our guide and our protector.

St. Catherine of Siena, Feast Day, April 29

St. Catherine of Siena
Gladbach

Beautiful words by St. Catherine of Siena from ENLARGING THE HEART  

Memorial of St. Catherine of Siena

O Holy Eucharist!

Divine resume of the mercy and love of our Savior.

Letaille

HOLY DESIRES.  

With the same ardor with which the Holy Patriarchs
wanted to see the Messiah, desire to receive your God;
may this desire dominate all others.   

Bouasse Lebel

Our Lady of Good Counsel: Feast Day, April 26

Our Lady of Good Counsel
P. Raoux, Brugge

Story of the miraculous icon

another link to the story

Let us be attached to the Cross 

as ivy to the tree for its support.