Third Sunday in Easter

The Vine of God's own Heart

desired and implored the Sun.

She expects everything
 FROM HIM... Nothing has meaning WITHOUT HIM...
She seeks HIM ONLY.

Letaille

I am pleased with those who are as sweet and gentle as the lamb.

As a mother caresses her child, so I comfort you.  

Bouasse Lebel 782B

Come, all ye who seek a comfort for your pain, 

strength for your weakness, hope in your sins, 

come to the Cross of Jesus. ~ Abbe Perreyve  

Bouasse Jeune 4087

Note: In this graceful visual metaphor we see the flowering thorn branches, symbolic of the New Creation, forming the Greek letter Omega Ω : "I AM THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA, THE BEGINING AND THE END. Revelation 22:13

Jesus Christ the Apple Tree from YouTube

Blessed is he who posses Jesus!  

Obedience will lead him straight to Heaven.

Bouasse Lebel

I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. John 14:6

Saintin,Paris

Second Sunday in Easter 2015

Risen Christ appears to St. Thomas, the Apostle

Chas. Van de Vyvere , Bruge, Belgium

 SALVATOR MUNDI

Lucas van Leyden (Holland, Leiden, 1494 - 1533)
Series: Christ, Paul and the Twelve Apostles

Come to the most sweet medicine.

Alleluia! 
He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us, 
how shall he not with him freely give us all things?

Romans 8:32

My God, what do you ask of me?

The sweetness of the Lamb.
Turgis

The kingdom of God, my children, is eternal springtime.
Dopter

Lamb of God, have mercy on on.

Jesus is for me like a bouquet of myrrhe that I carry in my heart.

Ineffable sweetness.

Felix, Paris

Bright Monday

How Can I Keep From Singing?
From YouTube "My Easter Tribute"

 Music by Enya is available on AmazonMP3, iTunes

Easter Morning

Christ is Risen!

Indeed, He is Risen!

Easter Vigil

This is a magnificent image depicting the Water of Baptism as the Vine, the very Heart of God, flowing over the soul of the newly Baptized by the power of the Cross.
 
THE VINE AS THE HEART OF GOD
The young vine shoot bedded in the earth.
Small branch, always remember well
that you are of God,
that you are in God,
and that you are for God.
GRACE OF HOLY BAPTISM   Letaille See John 15:1-5
 
Note: Holy Saturday is the day when many are baptized into Christ.  At the Easter Vigil service, all  Christians renew their Baptismal Promises.

HOLY SATURDAY

Holy Shroud

True Image of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ 
Vintage print. 

Good Friday 3:00 P.M.

Woman, behold thy son! Son, behold thy mother!

John 19:26-27
Vaurs 374

In this powerful engraving the fallen tree of the knowledge of 

good and evil lies broken and uprooted, like the forked 

tongue of the serpent at the foot of the Cross while in glorious 

contrast, the Easter lilies, like the dawn of Easter,  

rise from earth to heaven proclaiming the victory Christ has won.

Signed in ink on the back, Pr. Jean Bosco, this card may have been in the hands of the saint during his lifetime

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