That this cross may be sweet to Him,
These torments to Him
would be delicious
if all gathered in the fruit.

Bouasse Lebel 1133

Good Friday

 

Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.

Old Flemish hand-colored engraving

Holy Wednesday (Spy Wednesday)

This image of Judas the betrayer restraining the soldiers while Jesus prays recalls these words by Bishop Fulton J. Sheen:
 
Judas, if true love never ceases, 
how could you, my friend, have come to this?
To sell me for thirty silver pieces, 
betray me with a kiss?
Judas, remember what I've taught you; 
do not despair while hanging on that rope.
It is because you sinned that I have sought you; 
I came to give you hope.
Judas, let's pray and hang together, 
you in your halter, I upon my hill.
Dear friend, even if you loved me never, 
you know I love you still.

Spy Wednesday 2015

FORCE (the prayer is addressed to the Holy Spirit) 

Come, Divine Force, Come and communicate to my soul a little of that courageous will that vanquished all the enemies of salvation.

Mme. Bousse Lebel (very early holy card)

On this day in a past year, Fr. Lawrence asked us to ponder the response of the disciples when Christ told them that one of them would betray Him: "Lord, is it I?" He went on to explain that by their example of humility in the presence of their Lord, we know

April Devotion: Blessed Sacrament

The Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar

Small Albums April Devotion ~ The Blessed Sacrament

• Blessed Sacrament (April Devotion)
• Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
• Doves and the Eucharist

Small Albums ~ Easter Season

• Lamb of God
• A Garden Enclosed
• Good Shepherd
• Pelican of Heaven 
• Precious Blood of Jesus
• Flowers of Calvary

Small Albums for Holy Week

• Pascha ~ Easter Sunday
• Holy Saturday ~ Easter Vigil
• Good Friday
• Holy Thursday
• Holy Wednesday (Spy Wednesday)

Feast days in April:

• 2. St. Francis de Paola
• 21. St. Anselm
• 26. Our Lady of Good Council 
• 26. Good Shepherd Sunday ( 4th. Sunday in Easter) 2015
• 29. St. Catherine of Sienna

Italic indicates a Movable Feast

The Passion Flower

I Prefer it to All Others

Savior of the World

Benziger

Palm/Passion Sunday

The Passion Flower
Meaning of the Passion Flower

 

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.