Ever in these places
my heart sacrifices itself,
and far from overwhelming,
the Cross returns life to it...
Pillot, Paris
date penned on back 1834

O, kind Mother, the contrite sinner
finds, in your compassion, his anchor of salvation
[Our Lord, Jesus Christ].
Saintin

Harm will not reach you.
God has entrusted you to His angels.  

Breval

Jesus will give me the robe of innocence.

Langlume

The Annunciation, Solemnity: March 25

I am the handmaid of the Lord.
Bouasse Lebel 794B

The Virgin Mother to her Child ~ Ephrem the Syrian from ENLARGING THE HEART    
Image from: Small Album ~ Annunciation

Vigil of the Feast of the Annunciation

All Hearts are Drawn to Him.

THE ONLY SALVATION

Sheltered by the Cross, 

the lily grows in peace towards heaven.

Bouasse Lebel, Paris Pl. 1472

St. Joseph: Solemnity, March 19

The Patriarch, St. Joseph

I see and retrace the virtues of Mary. 

Vve. Bouasse Lebel

St. Patrick: Feast Day, March 17

Erin Go Bragh 

{Ireland Until the End of Time} St. Patrick, pray for us. 

 Bouasse Lebel 644

Your hearts are gardens precious to Jesus.

Sprinkle with the Living Waters of His Cross the lilies He has sown.

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. 

Mme. Bouasse Lebel

Jesus, our Refuge

Laetare Sunday, March 15, 2015

Garden of Prayer

The waters flow forth with joy from the Fountain of Salvation.

O, good Cross, so much love of my Savior 

do I receive when I hold you in my arms.

Pannier 961

Eternal Happiness is the reward of the faithful hearts
 who cling to the Cross with love. Basset

O Life Giving Cross, I place at your feet, 

my joys and my sorrows. 

Mon. Vve. Bouasse Lebel

 

THE GOOD SHEPHERD LEADS HIS FLOCK

AND CARRIES THE LAMB TOO WEAK TO WALK.

Jesus, I give you my heart.

First Day of the Novena to St. Joseph, March 10

Good St. Joseph, grant my desire
[to know the Lord Jesus as my savior].

I am the Good Shepherd

Dopter

SPEAK, LORD. YOUR SERVANT IS LISTENING

LOVE OF TENDERNESS

How empty are the delights of the world

to the soul who has once tasted the caress of his God.

Draw me into the bonds of Thy love.

O, Jesus, that your love might be the peace and repose of my soul, 

the strength and happiness, the aspiration of my life...  the whole of my heart.

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.