Feast of the Assumption

Feast of the Dormtion
( Assumption of Mary )

According to the Tradition coming to us from the Early Church, after the falling asleep of the Virgin Mother, she was buried, but her body did not suffer corruption.  When the tomb was opened, it was empty, filled with flowers and the fragrance of holiness.

Original painting in gouache

on paper lace

Vigil of the Feast of the Dormition (Assumption of Mary)

In in the early Church, and still today in the East, the Feast of the Assumption is celebrated as the Feast of the Dormition, or The Falling Asleep of the Virgin Mother. This icon is a traditional pattern for the icon for this feast.

The Apostles gather around her, while, in heaven, Christ receives his mother into His arms. He holds her now as if she were a small child. 

Since icons are outside of time and several scenes may be shown together, the icon also shows not only all the apostles who were with her at her passing but also the image of St. Thomas who arrived late;  according to Tradition, the Virgin dropped her sash down to him a sign of her continuing presence.

Woodblock of the icon of the Dormition  from a book of meditations on the Rosary, 1521.

Heart of Mary,
Our refuge,

pray for us

The humble and the little ones are the object of her most divine solicitude.

Holy Heart of Mary, 

Temple of the Divinity,
pray for us. 

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

Saintin

FLOWERS OF THE EARTH

I breathed the fragrance of their virtue, and drew them to myself to form the heart of my Mother.

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Feast of the Transfiguration August 6

They saw Moses and Elijah speaking with Jesus.

Felix, Paris

THE MOST HIGH HAS SANCTIFIED HIS TABERNACLE 
~ Psalm 45

She is a garden enclosed and a fountain sealed.
~ Song of Songs

Open to me your Immaculate Heart, O Mary. I have chosen it as home.

Sweetest Homage
to the Heart of Mary

Mary, Queen of Angels, Feast Day August 2

Queen of Angels

The angels contemplate her beauty and obey her in all things.

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First Friday

Humbly I will pray
in the Heart of Mary

Ask, ask, and ask again.

Jesus loves to give.

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Jesus Christ is my love 
and He is book for me.

Wentzel

The Eucharist & Solitude 

O Christian soul, let be the desert, if you ask Heaven to rain on you,  the manna of the Eucharist.

No one would be left behind 

in this whole vast world 

 if they rose to You as this bird 

to Your feet.

M. Spotl

The Faithful Sheep

The faithful sheep quench their thirst at the life-giving sources of the  Savior.

Nest of the Dove

I will retire into solitude and there I will listen to what the Lord tells me.

Letailler

FOUNTAINHEAD 
OF ALL MERCY
SOURCE OF GRACES

O my Jesus, how dry the heart that moves away from you.

Let us draw from this divine source 

that always overflows and never runs out.

Related tangentially to  this image, I share the beautiful words Fr. Lawrence shared at Mass this morning:
"Earth's crammed with heaven, and every common bush afire with God; but only he who sees, takes off his shoes – the rest sit round it and pluck blackberries." elizabeth barrett browning

The Divine Gardener

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.

The Divine Master sprinkles and makes fruitful
this visit of His choice.

I am the Fountain of Living Water which brings the virtues into being.

Letaille, Paris

Fountainhead of all Mercy

Fountainhead 
of all Mercy,
Source of Graces

O my Jesus, how dry the heart that moves away from You.

Christ loved us and washed us in his Blood.

CHRIST LOVED US AND WASHED US IN HIS BLOOD.
hand painted illumination

First Friday

O, Good Pelican

Divine Blessing

Divine Blessings

Jesus ​Nourishes our soul...

Jesus ​Nourishes our soul with His Precious Blood 

What greater proof of love could Jesus give us than the sacrifice of himself?

Basset

In the Sacred Heart of Jesus,
we find life,
and the way to heaven. 

May this heart so loving
reign in our hearts!

Love and Glory 
to the Divine Heart of Jesus 

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