Every Friday night 

holds a little angel awake with Your image.

M. Spotl Ars Sacra 3055

Christ, the Divine Gardner, is depicted here within the heart of the believer gently and carefully working to uproot the weeds that mar its beauty.

"Behold, I stand at the door and knock..."

Ash Wednesday, February 18, 2015

WAKE UP
It is time to think of Jesus.
Bouasse Lebel, Pl.1411


And a wonderful way to "wake up and think of Jesus" during the Lenten season is to visit  ENLARGING THE HEART ~ Mark Armitage's gracious offering of devotional readings from the early fathers and the saints.

Holy guardian angels,
watch over us as our
Lenten journey begins...

Shrove Tuesday, Feast Day of The Holy Face of Jesus

Link:
Feast of the Holy Face of Jesus 

Small Album: The Holy Face 

The Feast Day of the Holy Face of Jesus is observed on Shrove Tuesday, a movable feast celebrated this year Liturgical Year on Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015




The name "Shrove Tuesday" is derived from the custom of confessing sins and being "shriven" (absolved) just before Lent.

Give Me, my child, your heart. Proverbs 23:26

Benziger

St. Valentine's Day. February 14

CARITAS

God is Love; and he that abides  in love
abides in God and God in him.

1 John 4:16

Bouasse Lebel M92

Sts. Cyril and Methodius: Feast Day, February 14

By you O Mother and Virgin, heaven trembles with elation and the angels and the archangels rejoice. ~St Cyril
Sts. Cyril and Methodius, Co- Patrons (with St Benedict, St Edith Stein, and St Bridget of Sweden) of Europe
"...the funeral Mass was held in all three liturgical languages: Latin, Greek, and Slavonic.  Rivers of faithful who had received Christ through the achievements of these two missionaries flowed for days as they paid their respects after the funeral.Their lives are a testimony of love, pure and simple.  They loved their God and the souls they served more than themselves, and so they gave their lives in honor of that love.  Such is the perfect valentine, if you ask me.  So I say again what I already said, and I mean it: have a very happy Valentine’s Day, today and every day. "
by Father John Bartunek, LC | Source: Catholic.net

The three hearts tell us over and over again

Love, Love, Love

Let your eyes be fixed on the sign of salvation.

Turgis 1030

The Holy Family
multilingual cololithograph

Our Lady of Lourdes: Feast Day, February 11

JESUS MARY JOSEPH

Pour on us treasures of your graces.

Turgis 

 

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, I belong to you.

Jesus, Mary, Joseph, 

Help us ever to lead a pure and blameless life. 

Bouasse Lebel, Paris pl. 1119

Holy Family by Leber

old color lithograph

First Friday

At the mere sound of my appearing

Once opened the door softly.
There calleth: Come child to me,
Here you will find peace and rest.

The Three Hearts
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph

 EARTHLY TRINITY 

Three hearts beat as one.

Bouasse Lebel 794

Holy Family in Heaven and on Earth

St. Augustine Society

Feast of the Presentation (Candlemas) Feb. 2

Blessed are those to whom the

divine Savior will be revealed.

Felix, Paris

JESUS MARY JOSEPH

Unite us with the sweet chain of love. 

Turgis

Novena to the Holy Face begins today, Sunday Feb. 1, 2015

NOVENA to the HOLY FACE

begins today

Novena begins 2 Sundays before the start of Lent, but it can be said at any time of the year.

The Holy Face of Jesus

(after the Holy Shroud of Turin)

This image is a reproduction of the drawing by Sr. Genevieve of the Holy Face 

(Celine Martin) sister of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face

February Devotion ~ The Holy Family

Holy Days ~ February 2015

2. Presentation of the Lord (Candlemas Day) (F) Feb. 2
11. Our Lady of Lourdes (F) Feb. 11
14. Sts. Cyrl and Methodius: (F) Feb. 14
17. Shrove Tuesday, (F) Holy Face of Jesus  Feb. 17
18. Ash Wednesday

February Small Albums:

• The Holy Family
• Amo Te Jesu 
• Cor ad cor loquitur 
• Heart of Divine Love

Small albums ~ Lent:

•  Good Shepherd
• 14 Stations of the Cross
• Prayer to Christ Crucified
• The Holy Cross
• Doves and the Holy Cross
• Prayer Light
• Amo te Jesu
• Heart Speaks to heart
• Holy Face of Jesus 
• Angels Point the Way
• Mater Dolorosa
• Gentle Mother 
• Holy Card Retreat
• Cor ad cor loquitur 
• Heart of Divine Love

My Beloved is Mine and I am His

Jesus Caressing Mary
You are all beautiful O my beloved, and ages shall call you blessed.

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Day 8

Christ's Prayer for Christian Unity

Matthew 28:18,  John 5:20,  and John 17:2 recount the post Resurrection account of Christ sending forth the Apostles on Mt. Tabor where He prayed to the Father for Christian Unity:

John 17: 20-24
After blessing the Apostles who will carry the Gospel into the world, Jesus prays to the Father for us all:

20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;

21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:

23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.

24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

Barnes' Commentary:

"Neither pray I for these alone ..."   Not for the apostles only, but for all who shall be converted under the preaching of the gospel. They will all need similar grace and be exposed to similar trials. It is a matter of unspeakable joy that each Christian, however humble or unknown to men however poor, unlearned, or despised, can reflect that he was remembered in prayer by "him whom God heareth always." We value the prayers of pious friends. How much more should we value this petition of the Son of God! To that single prayer we who are Christians owe infinitely more real benefits than the world can ever bestow; and in the midst of any trials we may remember that the Son of God prayed for us, and that the prayer was assuredly heard, and will be answered in reference to all who truly believe.

All may be one - May be united as brethren. Christians are all redeemed by the same blood, and are going to the same heaven. They have the same wants, the same enemies, the same joys. Though they are divided into different denominations, yet they will meet at last in the same homes of glory. Hence they should feel that they belong to the same family, and are children of the same God and Father. There are no ties so tender as those which bind us in the Gospel. There is no friendship so pure and enduring as that which results from having the same attachment to the Lord Jesus. Hence, Christians, in the New Testament, are represented as being indissolubly united - parts of the same body, and members of the same family, Acts 4:32-35; 1Co. 12:4-31;Ephesians 2:20-22; Romans 12:5.

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Day 7

Under your eyes, Lord
see their union.

On verso:

Behold how good it is for brothers to dwell together in unity! 

Psalm 133:1

Bourdet, Paris

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Day 6

Let Christians be united

as the Lord is with His Church.

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Day 5

My God,
make unity of spirits
in the Truth

and the union of hearts
in Love.

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity: Day 4

Sweet unity
in the cross of Jesus.

Hand painted