FIRST FRIDAY

RETURNING TO JESUS

You have lighted my heart, O, my God,

it traveled...  it is Yours.

Turgis

THE CROSS IS THE MAGNET OF LOVE!

Grant, O my God,
that my prayer, like a sweet melody, rises to You,
so that it draws on all whom I love
a merciful glance. 

LOVE FOR LOVE

That is the whole law of Jesus.

Nest of the Dove

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

Letailler

The Call of the Sheep
Dopter

March Devotion, St. Joseph

March:
10. Novena to St. Joseph begins  March 10
17. St. Patrick: Memorial, March 17
19. St. Joseph: Solemnity, March 19
25. Annunciation: Solemnity, March 25

Small Albums in March

• St. Joseph (March Devotion)
• Annunciation

Small Albums in 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

God of Love,
animate me, vivify me

just as if it were my last day.

Visit of the Good Master

Bouasse Lebel

Implore God, repent, and you will rest in the Heart of Jesus.

Turgis

SOURCE OF GRACES

O my jesus is how dry the heart that moves away  
from you.

Sweet Savior,
to know you
is to love you
and to prefer you
above all.  
Letaille

THROUGH JESUS I RAISE MY HEART IN PRAYER.

Through my heart, flooded by Divine Light, allow the incense of the prayers to evaporate.

Mon. Bouasse Lebel

JESUS MARY JOSEPH

Teach us how
to share the suffering.

Turgis

Fruit of Love

Love is helping the poor 

and blessing our greatest enemy 

because they are our brothers, 

and that is the only way 
to please God.

Jesus is the Divine Gardener
of Our Hearts

  Bouasse Lebel 1254

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