Happy are those who belong to the Heart of Mary

Who can trouble a heart devoted to God?

LIFE OF UNION WITH MARY

I will take no action except in union with Mary.

Wentzel

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

Blesssed forever be the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ and that of the Most Holy Virgin.

Heart most similar to Jesus,

Pray for us.

Bouasse Lebel, 787B

THE GOOD ACTIONS OF A CHILD OF MARY

form a crown most precious

FOR THE HEART OF THIS GOOD MOTHER

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Heart of Mary with Doves

hand painted

Let us honor our Mother.

Turgis

Treasures of the Heart of Mary Consider the beauties of Mary's heart, and see if you will ever be able to refuse her your love. Aubry

Vigil of the Solemnity of the Queenship of Mary

Your soul, O, Queen of the World, is like an ardent lamp that burns with love for its God and is never consumed.

Your crown, all brilliant with charity, dispels the fears of our heart, leading us to the foot of your altars.

Aubry

Show yourself our mother.

I rest in peace in the heart of Mary.

THE LOST SHEEP

Marie finds her and brings her back to Jesus
Who will tell the joy of this good Savior? 

Bouasse Lebel

Heart of Mary showers the faithful with Living Fragrance.

All my happiness is there.

Vve. Bouasse Lebel

Feast of the Assumption

Feast of the Dormtion
( Assumption of Mary )

According to the Tradition coming to us from the Early Church, 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.

Original painting in gouache

on paper lace

Vigil of the Feast of the Dormition (Assumption of Mary)

In in the early Church, and still today in the East, the Feast of the Assumption is celebrated as the Feast of the Dormition, or The Falling Asleep of the Virgin Mother. This icon is a traditional pattern for the icon for this feast.

The Apostles gather around her, while, in heaven, Christ receives his mother into His arms. He holds her now as if she were a small child. 

Since icons are outside of time and several scenes may be shown together, the icon also shows not only all the apostles who were with her at her passing but also the image of St. Thomas who arrived late;  according to Tradition, the Virgin dropped her sash down to him a sign of her continuing presence.

Woodblock of the icon of the Dormition  from a book of meditations on the Rosary, 1521.

Heart of Mary,
Our refuge,

pray for us

The humble and the little ones are the object of her most divine solicitude.

Holy Heart of Mary, 

Temple of the Divinity,
pray for us. 

Bouasse Lebel

Your Heart, O Holy Mother, will always be favorable to the repentant sinner.

Saintin

FLOWERS OF THE EARTH

I breathed the fragrance of their virtue, and drew them to myself to form the heart of my Mother.

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Feast of the Transfiguration August 6

They saw Moses and Elijah speaking with Jesus.

Felix, Paris

THE MOST HIGH HAS SANCTIFIED HIS TABERNACLE 
~ Psalm 45

She is a garden enclosed and a fountain sealed.
~ Song of Songs

Open to me your Immaculate Heart, O Mary. I have chosen it as home.

Sweetest Homage
to the Heart of Mary

Mary, Queen of Angels, Feast Day August 2

Queen of Angels

The angels contemplate her beauty and obey her in all things.

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First Friday

Humbly I will pray
in the Heart of Mary