Jesus, our Refuge

All Hallow's Eve

Carefully, in the forest,
a guardian angel
leads lost children home.
Matthew Scheistl




A sweet way to brighten this night:
Saint-o-Lanterns

Guardian Angel
Antique German postcard 
the artist was
Lindberg Heilige Schutzengel
TIKK publishing EGMS No 9505
 circa 1908

CARITAS

God is Love, and those who love dwell in God and God dwells in them.

God has commanded His angels to protect you in all your ways.
Psalm 91:11

Let your eyes be fixed on the sign of salvation.

  Bouasse Lebel 1030

Holy Guardian Angel

Holy Guardian Angel

Lord, teach me to do Thy will.

Under thy protection we seek refuge, Holy Mother of God

Let us ask our guardian angel's assistance;
we will find our cross lighter.

St. Luke the Evangelist: Feast Day, October 18

image from So Great a Cloud of Witnesses: St. Luke

St. Gerard Majella, October 16

Overview of the Life and Miracles of St. Gerard Majella

 

St. Gerard Majella, Miracle at the Well.

Bl. Gerard Majella, of the Congregation of the Redemptorists

One of his ecstasies before the image of the Most Holy Virgin.

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In Macedonia, in the House of the Cappucines, St. Gerard before an image of the Madonna, shouting: Behold how beautiful, goes into ecstasy in the presence of many priests and lords.

My good Angel does not abandon me.

St. Teresa of Jesus: Feast Day, October 15

“There is a Sun
in the interior
of the soul
from which
a brilliant light
proceeds..."

St. Teresa of Avila
from The Interior Castle p. 124












Image from So Great a Cloud of Witnesses: St. Teresa of Jesus

THE GOOD ACTIONS OF A CHILD OF MARY

form a crown most precious

FOR THE HEART OF THIS GOOD MOTHER

Bouasse Lebel 1288

World Consecrated to the Heart of Mary

October 13, 2013, 

Pope Francis consecrated the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary

LINK to full text of his homily

Vigil Prayer, Oct 12, 2013

Pope Francis led a prayer vigil Saturday, October 12, stressing that the Virgin Mary leads Christians to the mercy of God who can untie “all knotted hearts.” Each one of us has “knots” in our souls, caused by sin, said Pope Francis. “These knots take away our peace and serenity...” He acknowledged that some might believe they are without hope and say 'But Father, mine can’t be untied.' “That’s a mistake. All knots in the heart, all knots in the conscience, can be untied.” If we ask Mary, “the woman of faith” for help, he continued, “she will surely say to us, ‘go forward, go to the Lord, he will understand you.’ And she takes us with the hand of a mother to the embrace of the Father, to the Father of mercy.”

Link to Our Lady Undoer of Knots

Our Lady of the Holy Rosary

Each Pater is a diamond, each Ave a flower 

added to the crown we offer to Mary.

Bouasse Lebel 112B

My good Angel, 

you are my guide and my tender guardian.

Boumard

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

Our Lady of the Rosary: Feast Day, October 7

Mary, Mother of Grace and of Mercy, help me against the efforts of my enemies.


Small album~
The Rosary, Our Lady's Psalter

Saintin

Our Lady of Victory: Feast Day, October 7

Our Lady of the Rosary was known for several centuries by the alternate title of “Our Lady of Victory,” in honor of her intercession in a 16th century naval victory which secured Europe against invasion by Islam. "The rosary became the spiritual weapon of the Christians as thousands joined together in prayer on the day of the Battle of Lepanto, October 7, 1571." The Rosary was prayed  from dawn to dusk and victory was won. In honor of her intercession, Pope Pius V named that day a feast day, Our Lady of Victory. This name was later changed to Our Lady of the Rosary, so both titles refer to the same event.
Read the story at this link
Another source for history Una Voce Carmel:

St. Bruno: Feast Day, Oct. 6

St. Bruno

18th cent. engraving

Link to story of St. Bruno

LET US LISTEN TO HIS VOICE

and he will guide us to heaven.

Good Angel, 
guide me to my mother. 

Bouasse Lebel 1241

I entrust him to you: keep him for all eternity.

St. Francis of Assisi: Memorial, Oct. 4

Fr. Lawrence reminded us of St. Francis' love of Lady Poverty, the giving up of everything for the love of Jesus, and then he gave this beautiful understanding of the stigmata: 
He said that when we are in great pain we rarely allow anyone to know what we are actually experiencing except those who are closest to us. He felt that it was possible to consider that it was because St. Francis was so close to Him, that Our Lord chose to share His greatest pain with him.

Mother of the Angels

First Friday

RETURNING TO JESUS

You have lighted my heart,
O, my God,

it traveled...  it is Yours.

Turgis

Feast of the Guardian Angels: October 2

St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face: Memorial, Oct. 1

Portrait by her sister Celine (Sr. Genevieve)
commissioned in 1907
European postcard

Symbolism of harp: song of her heart as she poured out her life in prayer and sacrifice.

Saint Thérèse Home Page

Video with music:
St. Therese of Lisieux

Angel guardian, kind protector,

Guide me to true happiness.

October - Month of the Holy Rosary

October Devotion:  Month of the Holy Rosary

Feast Days in October

• October 1st. - St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face: Memorial
• October 2nd. - Guardian Angels (M)
• October 4th. - St. Francis of Assisi (M)
• October 6th. -  St. Bruno, Oct. 6
• October 7th. - Our Lady of the Rosary (M)
• October 7th. - Our Lady of Victory (M) 
• October 15th. - St. Teresa of Jesus, Memorial, Oct. 15 
• October 16th. St. Gerard Majella (M) Oct. 16
• October  18th. - St. Luke, the Evangelist (M)

Small Albums ~ October

• Holy Guardian Angels
• Prayer Light
• The Rosary, Our Lady's Psalter
• Holy Cards for Children
• Gentle Mother
• Doves and Mary