Blessed Virgin Mary Mother of the Divine Shepherd

First Friday

My heart is all shining
with love.

For you the heart of my mother

was pierced with sorrow.


















Small album~
Mater Dolorosa

Mary, Mother of the Good Shepherd: Feast Day, Sept. 3

The Chosen Flock: in joy and pain it remains faithful to the divine shepherdess. Bouasse Lebel 1084 

  Small album:
 Divine Bergere

What is sweeter

than putting one's whole heart

into the hands 

of the Blessed Virgin Mary?

SHE HAS SHARED MY SORROWS

Imitate  her if you want to share my glory.

Bouasse Lebel

SEPTEMBER Devotion: Our Sorrowful Mother

Feast Days in September:

• 3. Our Lady Mother of the Good Shepherd (F)
• 8. Nativity of the Holy Virgin (S)
• 12. Holy Name of Mary (F)
• 13 St. John Chrysostom: Feast Day
• 14. Exaltation of the Holy Cross (S)
• 15. Our Lady of Sorrows: (M) 
• 18 St. Helen: Feast Day
• 29. Archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael (F)

Small Albums ~ September

• Mater Dolorosa (Our Sorrowful Mother)
• Divine Bergere (Mother of the Good Shepherd)
• Divina Pastora (Spain)
• Nativity of the Holy Virgin 
• The Holy Name of Mary
• Holy Cross
• Flowers of Calvary
• Doves and the Holy Cross
• Faith Hope and Love  
• To Jesus Through Mary  ~ Totus Tuus

 
Holy Heart of Mary,
Furnace of the hearts of love,
Pray for us.

I will sail in peace under the guard of Mary.

Vaurs, Paris

St. Augustine: Feast Day, August 28

St. Augustine, 354-430
Doctor of Grace

2 favorite quotations:

"If you are the Body of Christ and his members, your divine mystery is set on the table of the Lord; you receive your own mystery...  Be what you see and receive what you are."
St. Augustine

"And he departed from our sight that we might return to our heart, and there find Him. For He departed, and behold, He is here."
St. Augustine

Love Her as She Loves Us
Bouasse Lebel 684

You Rescue the Orphan

vers 1850, "recueillez l'orphelin"

Holy Heart of Mary

Mater Amabilis

Tony

 Mother of Mercy, we turn to you in this valley of tears.

Amiable heart of my mother, 

you are the Heaven I wish to inhabit forever.

The Treasures of the Holy Heart of Mary.

Bouasse Lebel 108

Heart of Mary, Refuge of Sinners,

pray for us

Heart most similar to Jesus,

Pray for us.

Bouasse Lebel, 787B

The Lily Flourishes Near to the Cross
Happy sheep, for you the divine shepherdess 
will remove the thorns of the road.

Feast of the Queenship of Mary August 22

Coronation
of the Blessed Virgin Mary

 Dopter

from Small album: Queen of Heaven and Earth

Love me, serve me. I will lead you to happiness.

Dopter

Lessons of Mary

Turgis

Sweet Mary, Mother dear, pray for us.

St. Bernard of Clarvaux: August 20

Bernard of Clairvaux: “Saviour” Is His Name From Everlasting; He Has It Of His Own Proper Nature To Save ~ ENLARGING THE HEART

St. Bernard of Clairvaux
The Mellifluous Doctor

St. Bernard of Clairvaux

Link to The Memorare

"The soul must grow and expand, so as to be capable of God. And its largeness is its love, as the Apostle says, 'Widen yourselves in love' (2 Cor 6:13). It grows and extends spiritually, not in substance, but in virtue. The greatness of each soul is judged by the measure of love that it has: he who has great love is great, he who has little love is little, while he who has no love at all is nothing.” ~ Bernard of Clairvaux ~

Let us Pray to Mary to Watch Over Us

Life of Union With Mary

I will take no action except in union with Mary.

Wentzel

You are our Mother..

Prayer to Mary reassures, consoles.

Show yourself our mother.

Vivifying Source! 

My heart is a fountain of living water
where my servants come to find strength.

Bouasse Lebel 1085

Feast of the Assumption, August 15

The Assumption

Original painting in gouache

on paper lace

According Tradition, after the falling asleep of the Virgin Mother, she was buried, but her body did not suffer corruption.  When the tomb was opened, it was empty, filled with flowers and the fragrance of holiness.