Long expected Prince of Peace,
Save us, O Sweet Jesu.
Bouasse Lebel

I am the flower of the field and the lily of the valley.

INFANT JESUS

Infant Jesus, meek and mild

look on me a little child.

Pity mine and pity me,

suffer me to come to Thee.

Heart of Jesus I adore Thee,

heart of Mary, I implore thee,

heart of Joseph pure and just,

in these three hearts

I place my trust.
Amen!

This sweet prayer from long ago was sent to Holy Card Heaven this Christmas by the author of:

• Saints' Prayers

O JESUS FULL OF KINDNESS
I want to love you faithfully.

The Christ Child

Handmade by cloistered

Carmelite nuns in the 1800's

Come to me all, my arms are open, full of mercy and blessings.

Salvation has been given to us.
Let us unite our songs
with those of the angels.

Bouasse Lebel 1337

The Infant Jesus
Tony

Come my Jesus, 

come into my heart. 

Let us prepare for him a bed of roses and lilies! ... 

Angels of the Lord,
 come help me to worship
the Lord of heaven and earth.

Bouasse Lebel 916

Near to Jesus one finds happiness.

Hand colored Bouasse Lebel

Salvation descends
from Heaven for us; 

Let us welcome,
with the Church,
the One who
comes to fulfill
all our desires.
~ Dom Gueranger  

                                                                                                 

            And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us full of Grace and Truth.

Feast of the Nativity

OH, MY SON! OH, MY GOD!

Christians together,
Happy together.

See above the CHIRSTMAS VIDEO, MOSTRA on line Natale - Le Monde Ravissant des Images Pieuse  created by Paola and Renato Galanzi and posted on their beautiful site,  Le Monde Ravisson des Images Pieuses

HE DESCENDS FROM HEAVEN, THE LITTLE CHILD
He weeps for your sins. He smiles on your tears.
Bouasse Lebel 2023

MARY
MOTHER OF SWEETNESS

Rose Mystérieuse
Felix

The Innocent One watches.

Gaudete Sunday Third Sunday in Advent

"Gaudete in Domino semper" ("Rejoice in the Lord always")
Philippians 4:4-5

Oh it is beautiful,
this happy day.
With happiness
we await His
return.
Hand embroidered on silk

Holy Virgin
Breval, Paris

Second Sunday in Advent

As the deer longs for the source 
of living water. So to you, Lord, I fly and I'm coming.
Benziger

FLOWERS OF THE EARTH
I breathed the fragrance of their virtue, and drew them to myself to form the heart of my Mother.
Bouasse Lebel 103

First Friday

Untitled: based on ~ Psalm 42 
As the deer longs for streams of water, so my soul longs for you, O God.

OUR LADY 
OF THE DESOLATE
Bousse Lebel 129

I have left the glory to embrace the ignomy of THE CROSS. This is the key that closes the infernal realm and opens HEAVEN. Bouasse Lebel 814

I AM THE 

CONQUEROR OF HEARTS

Bouasse Lebel

Jesus Doctor of Evangelists

Faith and Love  

The door of heaven will be opened 

to the Christian soul refined by love. 

Basset

Let us not attach ourselves to the foreign land, 

not search for sweetness, except in the Light.

HERE IS THE ROYAL ROAD OF THE CROSS
Faith enlightens us,
Hope supports us,
Love draws us. 
Chez Ch. Letaille, Paris

Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Feast Day, November 21

This beautiful feast is observed on the same date both by the Church in the East and in the West.

Today, the most pure temple of the Savior, the precious bridal chamber and Virgin, the sacred treasure of God, enters the house of the Lord, bringing the grace of the Divine Spirit. The Angels of God praise her. She is the heavenly tabernacle. 
Kontakion - sung in the Greek Orthodox Church on this Feast Day.   
Presentation of the Theotokos

The Carmelite Order recalls with joy that on this day in 1904 Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity composed her beloved Prayer to the Trinity.
From an article on the meaning of this Feast by Fr. James McCaffrey, OCD.

At death, the Christian soul rises to Heaven.

The Reefs Avioded

My child, watch with me ... 

One must watch and pray without ceasing.

Small album~

Divine Pilot

The Door of Heaven

She is the Door of Heaven. 

Bouasse Lebel Plate 872

St. Gertrude the Great: Feast Day, November 16

St. Gertrude
Turgis, Paris
2003

Prayer of St. Gertrude the Great for the Holy Souls in Purgatory

Our Lord dictated the following prayer to St. Gertrude the Great to release 1,000 Souls from Purgatory each times it is said:

Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Most Precious Blood of Thy Divine Son, Jesus, in union with the masses said throughout the world today, for all the holy souls in Purgatory, for sinners everywhere, for sinners in the universal church, those in my own home and within my family. Amen.

St. Gertrude the Great 
St. Gertrude the Great Abbess
From these sources we learn that St. Teresa of Avila "chose her as her model and guide" and " sought her intercessory prayer often."

"Look at my heart,
and it will be your
temple."
~St. Gertrude

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

HOLY MEETING PLACE

Toward the heavenly Jerusalem
let us unite our efforts here below for a good end ~
to find ourselves
in the living room
of the blessed  [the happy souls].

Courage, Courage
We will get there

on verso

The Sheep of Heaven

Happy are those who aspire to heaven.

Bouasse Lebel

On the road to Heaven

Faith enlightens us...  Hope supports us,

Love draws us!

Mary followed Jesus... Let us follow our Mother!

Letaille, Paris

Come, blessed of my Father. These crowns belong to you: 

Faith, Hope, Love, Chastity, Sweetness, Humility,  Lejeune, Paris

Based on Matt. 25:34 Come, ye blessed of my Father, 

inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the beginning.

Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity: Memorial, November 8

BL. ELIZABETH OF THE TRINITY
Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity, the Saint of the Divine Indwelling
DAILY QUOTATIONS~Bl. Elizabeth
Elizabeth, the House of God 
The Fellowship of His Suffering 
Elizabeth of the Trinity and St. Paul
Note:St. Teresa of Avila often referred to the Carmelite monestaries as the Dovecotes of Our Lady. For that reason, and because, like St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity lived near Paris during the time in which most of the cards in this collection were published, I looked for one for her feast day that I hope expresses something of the Carmelite charism she so perfectly embodied:
Nest of the Dove
I retire into solitude, and there listen to what the Lord says to me.
Letaille 

Link: Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity

THE DIVINE PILOT 12 The End of the Voyage. The night is here, we gain the port… We touch it: Alleluia!  
Letaille

"It rests the soul to think how heaven is the Father's
house; that there He awaits us as beloved children" ~ Bl. Elizabeth of the Trinity

 

Small album~
The Divine Pilot

YOU ARE ALL CALLED

TO HAPPINESS!   

Poor sinner, 
why flee the true path?

Even so, the Good Shepherd himself wants to guide you.  

Bouasse Lebel 1346





Note: Through the trinitarian symbol above the Gate of Heaven it seems the artist is showing us that even as the Uncreated Light of the Holy Trinity is calling to us from Eternity, we need guidance of the Good Shepherd, God Incarnate, to lead us safely home.

Port of salvation
even Jesus himself is the pilot

I am here! Come share my triumph and my glory! In the Court of the Queen of Heaven, you will have the office of the Faithful Subject in time and in eternity.
Letaille

The Holy Cross

By it we will be saved.

hand colored np