THE DIVINITY OF JESUS CHRIST

O God so great, who has made you so small?..  Love.

What do you ask in return?..  Love.

~St. Bernard

Letaille

SHE IS MY MOTHER!!

I have chosen her  

to dispense all my favors and share my power.

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St. Thomas Aquinus, January 28

Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas, January 28

 One Gracious Presence

The Brook lost in the River

My Lord and my God

~St. Thomas [the Apostle]

John 20:28

Link the Commentary on Sirach 14:40-42  in the writing of St. Thomas Aquinas

I, wisdom, have poured out rivers. I, like a brook out of a river of mighty water: I, like achannel of a river, and like an aqueduct, came out of paradise. I said: ‘I will water my garden...’ Sirach 14:40-42

St. Francis de Sales: Memorial, January 24

St. Francis de Sales, Doctor of Writers
Small album ~ Doctors of the Church


"I would rather account to God for too great gentleness than for too great severity. God the Father is the Father of mercy; God the Son is a Lamb; God the Holy Spirit is a Dove..."
~St. Francis de Sales

"Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength."
~St. Francis de Sales

By you O Mother and Virgin, heaven trembles with elation 
and the angels and the archangels rejoice.  ~St Cyril

The pure simplicity of the soul is my joy and delight.  

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Holy Virgin

Chez Jean, Paris

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

Victorian scrap die cut figure

Happy the soul who loves me.

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Baptism of the Lord: : Solemnity, January 10, 2015 (USA)

 

 

"He came to save all through himself – all, I say, who through him are reborn in God; infants, and children, and youths, and old men. Therefore he passed through every age, becoming an infant for infants, sanctifying infants; a child for children, sanctifying those who are of that age . . . . so that he might be the perfect teacher in all things, perfect not only in respect to the setting forth of truth, perfect also in respect to relative age." ~Tertullian (Against Heresies A.D. 189)

THE SOURCE

Full of grace and gentleness,
the child Jesus has given
drink to his small precursor.
In Heaven, happy conqueror,
I will get drunk on glory
at the source of his Heart.

I AM THE CONQUEROR OF HEARTS.

I want to plant my Cross there.

Bouasse Lebel

This image recalls the beautiful words of St. Cathrine of Sienna: 

"We were the ground where the banner of His Holy Cross was set."

This holy card also carries something of the pattern of the Orthodox icon known as Christ Emmanuel ~ Jesus, fully God, fully man, his forehead large showing the Wisdom of God, his expression at once sweet and serious.

 "Behold the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and his name shall 

be called Emmanuel, which being interpreted is God with us." 

Matthew 1:23

Bensiger

O INFANT, SON OF THE VIRGIN MOTHER, 

HAVE MERCY ON US

Faith, Hope, and Love

These are the keys to my paradise that I bring to the earth. 

Bouasse Lebel, Paris 1058

Mother of the Savior

Dopter

from ~ Small album:

Mary Mother of God

untitled ~ Dopter

Three Kings Day, January 6

ALL FOR JESUS

Hearts for the cherishing,

flowers to adorn His sanctuary.

Bouasse Lebel

THE MITE OF THE POOR. 

There is no need of rich presents to please Jesus; 

a pure heart will satisfy Him.

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Mary, Mother of the Savior, pray for us.

Epiphany Sunday 2016

YOU HAVE CALLED US Lord!
At your feet surrendered,
I leave my life, my love!

Fruits of Salvation
The Angels collect our virtues
and good actions to offer them
to Jesus.
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Holy Name of Jesus: Feast Day, January 2

He is come who his mother calls Jesus,
that name so sweet 
and yet so powerful.    
~ Fr. Faber

from small allbum:
The Holy Name of Jesus

Your name, JESUS, is like a fragrant oil.

Bouasse Jeune

Holy Mother of God
O Virgin who the King of Glory deigned to choose for His palace, 

Ark [of the New Covenant], Altar of Propitiation where Heaven gave us Peace.

Mon. Bouasse Lebel

Solemnity of Mary Mother of God

THEOTOKOS
The Vladimir icon 

The Feast of Mary Mother of God was instituted by Pope Pius XI in 1931 in view of fifteenth centenary of the Council of Ephesus. Oct.11, 431 AD was the date historians believed to have been the date of the close of the the Third Ecumenical Council. In the Council of Ephesus Mary was proclaimed Theotokos the Mother of God.

Mary is devoutly honored as Theotokos in the Eastern Church, and the pope, in instituting the feast, asked prayers for Christian unity.

The feast day was moved by Pope Paul VI to January 1, Solemnity of the Mother of God.

 

Hymn to the Mother of God

JANUARY: Devotion, The Holy Name

The month of January is traditionally dedicated to Holy Name of Jesus and also to the childhood of Jesus.
Feasts in January:
1. Mary, Mother of God: (S) Jan. 1
3. Holy Name of Jesus: Feast Jan. 3
3. Epiphany Sunday: (S) Jan. 3, 2016 (USA)
6. Epiphany falls on Wednesday, January 6, 2016. In many countries, including the United States, the celebration of Epiphany in 2016 is transferred to Sunday, January 3
10. Baptism of the Lord  (S) Jan. 10, 2016 (USA)
24. St. Francis de Sales: (M) Jan 24 (formerly Jan. 29)
28. St. Thomas Aquinus: (M) January 28
31. St. John Bosco: (M) Jan 31  


Small Albums ~ January

• Mary, Mother of God
• Akathyst  Hymn to the Mother of God
• Let Christians be United
• The Holy Name of Jesus
• The Christ Child
• Doves and the Christ Child

Small albums for Christmas Season (until Baptism of the Lord)

• Christus Natus Est
• Petit Jésus
• Come Let us Adore Him!
• Mass of the Dawn
• Gloria in Excelsis Deo
• Music for the Feast of Christmas
• Postcard Album

First Friday

COME TO ME ALL.