tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-341355442024-02-19T06:41:47.434-05:00Holy Cards For Your InspirationIMAGO SACRA MILLE GRATIARUM VALET. ("A holy picture is worth a thousand graces")................... This blog is a means to show some of my holy card collection along with some interesting thoughts and inspirations. "....artists have the privilege in the Church and throughout history, to open up so that people can see the mystery of God. The artist speaks, not just literally, but symbolically. Visual images, if well done, can move us. That's a ministry." Quote from Brother Michael Moran, C.PMickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04362052610142449121noreply@blogger.comBlogger793125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34135544.post-12401536412962734082011-12-23T13:13:00.003-05:002011-12-23T20:41:33.738-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The reason we celebrate Christmas</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div align="left"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 130%;">To all my dear dear friends,</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 130%;">The time has come for me to bring this holy card blog to an end. I can't believe over two and a half years have gone by (it's actually three and a half years but I took the first year's cards off the blog). </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 130%;">It has been my joy and privilege to share my collection and love of holy cards with each and every one of you.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 130%;">To those who so loyally sent words of friendship and encouragement, I will miss you. To those out there who stopped by but didn't leave any messages, </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 130%;">I can only say "thank you". Seeing the number of visitors increase over time (over 337,000 "hits" from US and over 147 countries.....PRAISE GOD) told me that there were many of you who came frequently, if not daily. To those of you, my special blogging friends, who left comments and taught me as much if not more than what I shared with you, I will deeply miss checking the computer each day to read your words. Thank you.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 130%;">The card posted today is special because it was given to me by a nun decades ago. It was the very beginning of something that grew into this collection that I enjoyed bringing to you. The words on the card touched a little girl's heart and still touches a senior citizen today. And so I pass these words on to all of you. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Remember the words......"See, O See, How I Love Thee". </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">We love Him, He loves us, and I love you.</span></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 130%;">Archiving is shown on the left-sidebar. It makes it easier to go back and see over 825 cards. God bless you all. Thank you for being there for me. I will truly miss you.</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 130%;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 130%;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 130%;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 130%;">Love,<br />
Micki</span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> </span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">(keep scanning down please)<span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KvTBomTnF1o/S6EdJtCF5aI/AAAAAAAAJGY/3KmAF4IlCw4/s1600-h/easter+blessings.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449669076639409570" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KvTBomTnF1o/S6EdJtCF5aI/AAAAAAAAJGY/3KmAF4IlCw4/s400/easter+blessings.jpg" style="display: block; height: 373px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Hanging on my kitchen wall, except it says "Welcome". </i></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>I thought "Easter Blessings" was more appropriate than "Good-bye"</i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: 130%;">PS </span><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black;">If I could be allowed one further suggestion....use my blog to come back daily and start with the first post of 2008 (shown in the left side-bar)....use the quotes as mini-prayers for the day.<br />
That will keep you busy for the next 2.5 years :-) </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 130%;">It's just impossible to scan all the quotes quickly and still be touched by words left for our inspiration. Maybe I'll even meet you while I'm doing the same.<br />
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If you haven't already discovered </span><a href="http://holycardheaven.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size: 130%;">HOLY CARD HEAVEN, click here</span></a><span style="font-size: 130%;"> and add this beautiful blog to your daily appreciation of holy cards. You will truly enjoy.</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We too will stand before God to be judged.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Are we prepared?</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />
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Lenten Thought:</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Perhaps we need to fast from noise and busyness in order to hear God speaking in the silence. Perhaps we need to fast from television and entertainment in order to hear God in the cries of the poor and the stranger."</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It is not too late to start.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 85%;"><br />
Rev. Robert F. Dueweke, OSA</span></div>Mickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04362052610142449121noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34135544.post-56650803295200181072010-02-26T06:00:00.009-05:002010-02-26T06:00:07.623-05:00Suffering..........February 26<div align="center"><a><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 275px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435518664197141058" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KvTBomTnF1o/S27XbS158kI/AAAAAAAAI34/UzRT6BmDUDI/s400/288+Crucifixtion+Symbols+3.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">What does love look like?<br />It has the hands to help others.<br />It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy.<br />It has eyes to see misery and want.<br />It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men.<br />That is what love looks like. </span><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><em>Saint Augustine</em></span><br /></div></span>Mickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04362052610142449121noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34135544.post-87718427072626534702010-02-25T06:00:00.004-05:002010-02-25T12:03:50.803-05:00It Is Finished..........February 25<a><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 288px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434836863213231794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-OY-RKl-j49awvk8JD4Kl9l7VSQ9VgJvowICDkoBKIQYPXYKg3zU6W-DbuSvk5wtVGYGmGjhuSodjRuvRf3IwAFd0tuWlDBZsFUynQEW-66xqOPkOvE-5vv17UK71v3NkYPsi/s400/095+Jesus+3.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">"My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will but as thou wilt" (Mt 26:39).<br /><br />"My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me?"<br />(Mk 15:34)<br /><br />"Father, into Thy hands I commit my spirit" (Lk 23:46)<br /><br />"It is finished" (Jn 19:30).<br /><br /><br />Jesus carried our sins in his own body on the cross so that we could die to sin and live in holiness; by His wounds we have been healed.<br />(1 Peter 2:24)<br /></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">Here is the meaning of the Latin words on this card:<br />"Father, forgive them, for they know not what they are doing."</span>Mickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04362052610142449121noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34135544.post-76290336604734949082010-02-24T06:00:00.003-05:002010-02-24T06:00:05.002-05:00Jesus Falls.....................February 24<div><a><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 294px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434827916197448706" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KvTBomTnF1o/S2xjMeBTTAI/AAAAAAAAI3Y/ZTotxbwlGqc/s400/087+Jesus+on+Ground+2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">There are no crown wearers in Heaven<br />that were not cross bearers here below.</span></div>Mickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04362052610142449121noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34135544.post-30359124756414830972010-02-23T06:00:00.003-05:002010-02-23T06:00:04.444-05:00Jesus Comforted by an Angel......February 23<a><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 384px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434830628477891138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisStyPKEdBKeyvN-jRAN07iTx6WMhEq7AB3kHA1Q5_Oos1fZdtoS1J4K7EMr1TbNWaqB6_X4mKhJ7ZlFVYBOIvA7LOn4A4zyieDW-STwXbiZ4nhtlaLCCyxkS8W2pnZeOV-cY2/s400/131+Jesus+in+Garden+2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">New Testament teaches that Jesus suffered on behalf of humanity, </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">it never said he suffered instead of us.</span></div>Mickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04362052610142449121noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34135544.post-76843792596541323482010-02-22T06:00:00.004-05:002010-02-22T07:25:10.616-05:00Hard Lenten Promises..........February 22<div align="center"><a><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 308px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434822096657725074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTKZKq9i53utnAbax0UiqHvyteGuQSAxgivwR-7yeU5a0jzCUzCVMUZ8fttB2tLB2XgknEjhYHRWvXznL8RPsBITRYmwCi3zgAY0mqWn-cqWDNrJoe-cuz7vu6h7UNERgIwh_u/s400/079+Jesus+Sitting+on+Cross+2.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">"You can't say your Lenten promise<br />is too hard after looking at this photo."</span> </span></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Kathleen</em></span></span><em><br /></em><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">Where there is no love, put love and<br />you will find love.</span><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">This is a photo that came in an email. It is not my holy card.<br />It just touched my soul.</span> </div>Mickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04362052610142449121noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34135544.post-44743852622195107002010-02-21T06:00:00.006-05:002010-02-21T06:00:00.860-05:00First Sunday of Lent.......February 21 (198)<a><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 273px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427360335410354194" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KvTBomTnF1o/S1HbeDwt2BI/AAAAAAAAIr8/V-Fnkn7JfPg/s400/Temptation.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">Why was Jesus tempted by Satan in the desert?<br />To teach us to withstand sin.<br /><br /><br />If you don't think you have any sins,<br />That makes another one.</span> </div>Mickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04362052610142449121noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34135544.post-24884726015923619072010-02-20T06:00:00.014-05:002010-02-22T07:20:45.437-05:00Our Lady of Sorrows.................February 20<a><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 269px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434818212073879682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKdzFC523tfgyotlrGAO6waewD-dKh2Ty3q-QnozNGk0LmM08hKwGhwXUtpMLEdm7ogG2bImj1o8NDTDSvWVq13q0Q-R320ahv1FK9UhpOOgqqNYGr7WJ_QGUchWINbht244dv/s400/261+Sorrowful+Mother+2.jpg" /></a><br /><div align="center"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">Our Lady of Sorrows<br /><br />Sorrowful Mary, be with us in our sorrows.<br />"Place your heart gently in Our Lord's wounds.<br />Have great confidence in His mercy for<br />He will never abandon you."<br /><br /><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Padre Pio</span></em></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Here is the meaning of the Latin and German words on this card:<br /><br />"Sorrowful Mother, comforter of the afflicted, pray for us!"</span> </span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#ffffff;">.</span>Mickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04362052610142449121noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34135544.post-58001185493810810762010-02-19T06:00:00.003-05:002010-02-19T06:00:07.312-05:00Trials..........February 19<a><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 247px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427726868257902210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvHYSfKYTbuuDb-_fzMZ2ZkDg8iUr7ZzxbVKjSHOWLpAcp8V3Bvcdu4uEsglLntNI870FsIN8-vsteM01YtOETXoWtTOMnL_-EXoOuKQnnshVCFRUatAXTLB9Vc-oJDqo9TDCP/s400/Christ.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">"Trials help greatly to detach us from earth. They make us look to God, </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">rather than to this world."</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><em><br />St. Therese of Lisieux</em></span></div>Mickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04362052610142449121noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34135544.post-7556469643337265742010-02-18T06:00:00.003-05:002010-02-18T06:00:01.540-05:00Be More...........February 18<a><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 261px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427528561996674578" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMe8EUm2KITB9W_iaGmLCeO4sEO82lcuyLxQVRY-xIIiN6wefOlDVIB9GITSBR49V3FLKOE_6qW3969Ukq8PZdOX4Ys-oavsDrqlJGSLU51u02BKa66GmS5xazX6LDggR1qhyphenhyphenD/s400/Jesus-Red.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">"Aspire not to have more</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">but to be more."</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><em><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Bishop Oscar Romero</span></em></div>Mickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04362052610142449121noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34135544.post-75887479227232785902010-02-17T06:00:00.007-05:002010-02-17T06:00:10.190-05:00Ash Wednesday..........February 17<div align="center"><a><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 281px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427541148121960386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCkjV70SgeIgTZ6aXwlsTAGgtR_1f8GkFvawa8z2SunUFnCnMUoeMGKE-gKniz-V03J8wujL7V7rzg25MU4jDwVce2N3PA95AtZnvYixzM853Q4-aYJ078ko4OPoNMW4dsqvpF/s400/1162+February+19,+2010.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:130%;">A DAY OF FAST AND ABSTINANCE</span><br /></span><br /><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">"Through fasting and praying,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">we allow Him to come and satisfy</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">the deepest hunger that we experience, </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">in the depths of our being: </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">the hunger and thirst for God."</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><em><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">Pope Benedict XVI</span></em></div>Mickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04362052610142449121noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34135544.post-8185035016572367612010-02-16T06:00:00.004-05:002010-02-16T06:00:02.326-05:00Does He Hear Your Heart?........February 16<a><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 260px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433385638467592738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh50XA-llkyl3RjU8vqMIWfpeEgWKjDQvXhIkabhDwQU076MBNnhYNGWFKzxm1wWADefi6qcY5OjCK1VQF9YodUtVwU2L4-hDLx21tQ7rlF2f2lJdKw001iASEDnYG7ZF9zHJ9q/s400/Communion+in+Bed+2.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtx0hT0dsZYgpQ926lImk8zIkUg54CQkP08oHUrrv4O3cDk4jejt-N2vhpssa8GpmxdlDjFrZcc9q0xzlDxet8OnvmVtqyVOUoDe99k3d7Xg9cYqCfzVpB4WTj4ZB8z7mzAFM7/s1600-h/Communion+in+Bed+2.jpg"></a><br /><br /><div><div align="center"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">"God is so close, </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">in fact, </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">that God, </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">even hears the desires of our hearts."</span><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><em>St. Vincent Ferrer</em></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">Here is the meaning of the German words on this card ...<br />[At the top:]<br />"Holy Viaticum"<br />[At the bottom:]<br />"Come one more time to me, o Jesus. Then take me to Thyself." </span><br /><br /></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><em>Thanks John for translation.</em></span></div></div></div>Mickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04362052610142449121noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34135544.post-84753450848246111352010-02-15T06:00:00.009-05:002010-02-15T06:30:02.317-05:00Holy Longings......February 15<a><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 396px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433258550067749394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJHLAy2bR6Tp7T19BgcANAju0qgcBvMaN9JtQoq3OXXkThfi_mV-sy-AfnIhuksMdTNsQrCkJMs38zgrtYSa4aQLzM4CV5TI1xcIM0WTUX3Wfd34Aw_u1zP8drtaUYyQzRYvzb/s400/Praying.jpg" /></a><br /><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">"Holy Communion, as the word itself implies, is the intimate union of Jesus and our soul and body. If we want to have life and have it more abundantly, we must live on the flesh of our Lord."</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><em>Blessed Teresa of Calcutta</em></span></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="left"><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#ff0000;">Here is the meaning of the French words on this card ...<br /><br />[At the top:]<br />"Holy Longings for First Communion"<br /><br />[At the bottom:]<br />"Oh, how beautiful is Heaven! ...<br />"Speak no more of the pleasures of Earth.<br />"They promise me a pleasure still greater!<br />"It is to approach ... oh, how deep the mystery ...<br />"To feed upon God -- I, a poor child!" </span></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:#ff0000;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:#ff0000;">Thanks to John for translating.</span></div>Mickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04362052610142449121noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34135544.post-25886118134186626782010-02-14T06:00:00.007-05:002010-02-14T06:00:06.197-05:00Love..............February 14<div align="center"><a><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 266px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433366823377616434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCq65Mi2E8CxupQ_pzDmibWAqKpaG4DRsZIwU_oHda2WSYkmb5DjPQqCaE21oBa_TfvM4RTjzEPkYIkXvB33AJ_fzRxXqNKi1CdS4Q4qygM4RC1nu75UpCBTGcP04USTfOPlxU/s400/Jesus+at+Communion+Rail.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">"Love cannot remain by itself--</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">it has no meaning. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">Love has to be put into action </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">and that action is service. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">A mission of love can come only from </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">union with God. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">From that union, love for the family,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">love for one's neighbor, </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">love for the poor is the natural fruit."</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><em></em></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><em><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Blessed Teresa of Calcutta</span></em></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><p><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></p><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;"><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">"My soul longs to be nourished with Thy body: </span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#ff0000;">my heart desires to be united with Thee."</span> </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff0000;"><em></em></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff0000;"><em></em></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><em><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">T.A.Kempis</span></em></span></div>Mickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04362052610142449121noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34135544.post-68897552145152949802010-02-13T06:00:00.007-05:002010-02-13T07:04:46.128-05:00The Rosary.........February 13<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8d6auDtTo5W8C6eeM8xRxfuzpGhg_Khy-O-t3b-blNh_TG1XzmKqs22ALVQU8E8VUkOE6T6SgkrbxliUgiKxiwNO68CwfwXAGcrm6kiHZsH1W3_jYyGgh-QqCDW2ZD9dU0AxQ/s1600-h/2-13.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 276px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437697624236585794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8d6auDtTo5W8C6eeM8xRxfuzpGhg_Khy-O-t3b-blNh_TG1XzmKqs22ALVQU8E8VUkOE6T6SgkrbxliUgiKxiwNO68CwfwXAGcrm6kiHZsH1W3_jYyGgh-QqCDW2ZD9dU0AxQ/s400/2-13.jpg" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a></a>Click on picture to enlarge<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">"Say the Rosary every day to obtain world peace and an end to war."<br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></em></span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><em><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />Our Lady of Fatima, May 13, 1917</span></em></span></div>Mickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04362052610142449121noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34135544.post-75719089303524921732010-02-12T06:00:00.009-05:002010-02-12T08:53:04.165-05:00God's Best Creation..........February 12<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KvTBomTnF1o/S3VcKuk_W9I/AAAAAAAAI8k/YBtC6sSYGho/s1600-h/O+Virgin.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 256px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437353464491367378" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KvTBomTnF1o/S3VcKuk_W9I/AAAAAAAAI8k/YBtC6sSYGho/s400/O+Virgin.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KvTBomTnF1o/S3VbwD4OzNI/AAAAAAAAI8c/86aT8p7jUHE/s1600-h/O+Virgin.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><a></a><br /><div align="center"><br />"You, Mary, are God's best creation.<br /><div align="center">No one has ever loved God so<br /></div><div align="center">intimately as you,<br /></div><div align="center">O glorious Lady."<br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><em><span style="font-size:85%;"><div align="center"><br /><br />St. Bridget of Sweden</span></em><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Here is the meaning of the French words on this card (which, I think, was received by a First Communicant) ...<br />"O Virgin without equal, most gentle of all creatures, grant that we may live in the </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">innocence of this day, </span></span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#ff0000;">blessed by the first visit of the Lord."</span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;color:#ff0000;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff0000;"></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff0000;"> Thanks John</span>Mickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04362052610142449121noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34135544.post-5206584916378728362010-02-11T06:00:00.006-05:002010-02-11T06:00:06.597-05:00Our Lady of Lourdes..........February 11<a><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 269px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427511660545093842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBXMMQU2EJGrh76-bx_ADIvT7iXEWcuu__DfRneG0MkOd7XRIehfm9qR4fBK6IZUrSH5h5VAF6yMzD3ECB9UO0hXGn1yPsUt0SyD8WSlRK9QtnCisg3c4XAxXqcVMVeIRb-C7D/s400/Lourdes.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">"Give me the bread of seeing You </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">in all things and at all times." </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">~~ St. Bernadette Soubirous</span> </div>Mickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04362052610142449121noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34135544.post-33548380257529105882010-02-10T06:00:00.006-05:002010-02-10T06:00:01.311-05:00Our Lady of the Olives.....February 10<a><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 261px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432725187243011826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTCOFE4RYSGyvQY6x6FwDdvmvaobY_kgIW8IATD03fWipdaJrEaOIqC1VuU69SestBfksOrjhOAmr-Bvob7248Moatb48LZByBF1LgwriLyc0RZoheDLBmEo86gSV67cndZ3bN/s400/1153+February+10,+2010.jpg" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><br />The original of this famous 19th century work was "Quasi Oliva Speciosa in Campis" by Niccolò Barabino. The title is taken from the book of Sirach and translates: "As a fair olive tree in the plains" (Sir 24:19). Our Lady is seated in a garden with the Child Jesus surrounded by olive branches and the Prince of Peace holds a branch.<br /><br /><br />Read about Our Lady of the Olives <a href="http://www.viarosa.com/VR/AllSouls/VRpop_OurLadyOlives.html"> HERE. </a><br /><br />".....the title "Our Lady of Olives" comes from the Bible and the symbolism of the Olive Tree in the Scriptures. Especially from the book of Sirach which speaks about Wisdom as a "fair olive tree in the field".<br /><br />Taken from <a href="http://roses-from-heaven.blogspot.com/2007/05/our-lady-of-olives.html"> HERE.</a>Mickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04362052610142449121noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34135544.post-58756949369486716262010-02-09T06:00:00.005-05:002010-02-09T06:00:01.067-05:00Sacrament of Confirmation...February 9<a><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 282px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432722798496168962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ld_huVJEsPCWHZuvlq-eAL8f0tcxb7cFhvKKQbEAAS-MHNzGb51Bb5w8Nb5rzIyyyAa38cl2BWiMZFpVejy2Ej7km9Bw7BvpB3YkMnhn5N5H_qfhIy6-KETXQzh71Pn4hNUr/s400/1152+February+9,+2010.jpg" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">Gifts of the Holy Spirit<br />"The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit are wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude,<br />knowledge, piety, and fear of the Lord." (CCC 1831)<br /><br />"The fruits of the Spirit are perfections that the Holy Spirit forms in us as the first fruits of eternal glory. The tradition of the Church lists twelve of them: charity, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, generosity, gentleness, faithfulness, modesty, self-control, chastity." (CCC 1832)</span>Mickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04362052610142449121noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34135544.post-32221617874811151952010-02-08T06:00:00.015-05:002010-02-08T11:12:06.421-05:00Bear Jesus through Grace..........February 8<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"><strong>Feast Day of St. Josephine Bakhita. Read about her </strong></span><a href="http://extrablessingstoread.blogspot.com/2010/02/saint-josephine-bakhita-feast-day-feb-8.html"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><strong>HERE</strong></span> </span></a><br /><br /><br /><a><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 265px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430138756166938418" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KvTBomTnF1o/S1u6bbppbzI/AAAAAAAAIw8/saZNq3i-fBw/s400/Spain-Mary+2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">"Prayer: </span><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">O Mary, what joy must have been yours at the news that the Son of God </span><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">would be within you! </span><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">Let me rejoice too in the knowledge </span><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">that I also am called </span><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">to bear Jesus within me through grace."</span><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"></span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">askacatholic.com</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div align="center"><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#ff0000;">"Mater Amabilis" is Latin for "Lovable Mother." In the Litany of Loreto, it is rendered more freely as "Mother most amiable."<br /><br />Translation courtesy of John.</span></div>Mickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04362052610142449121noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34135544.post-72692651197077977942010-02-07T06:00:00.007-05:002010-02-07T07:09:08.240-05:00We All Need Your Love..........February 7<a><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 266px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427550053224561298" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KvTBomTnF1o/S1KIBFsaOpI/AAAAAAAAIsc/jy7JbHiTxlQ/s400/OL+Guadalupe+with+Pope.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">"Never give a hollow greeting of peace or turn away when someone needs your love."</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Rule of St. Benedict</em></span></span></div>Mickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04362052610142449121noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34135544.post-65092895342113705772010-02-06T06:00:00.015-05:002010-02-06T07:19:00.823-05:00Pray For Priests..........February 6<span style="color:#3333ff;">Click on picture to see detail.<br /></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbdxycLr0WtzGEGwWIOAyhRL-XWaCqFjrRhLWKUwIydOp8WuLAUfs05zmp7gaVYnzUe6S8w4mHlzkXsM4FRFNXnyaztaXydH4QmRN_NKj1Y-vj5tPS6EsXJ01AeZSPxx3HOJyb/s1600-h/Priest+3.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 278px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434833049404676658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbdxycLr0WtzGEGwWIOAyhRL-XWaCqFjrRhLWKUwIydOp8WuLAUfs05zmp7gaVYnzUe6S8w4mHlzkXsM4FRFNXnyaztaXydH4QmRN_NKj1Y-vj5tPS6EsXJ01AeZSPxx3HOJyb/s400/Priest+3.jpg" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a></a><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The year of the Priest started June 19, 2009 and ends June 19, 2010.<br />Are you praying for your priests? We need them and they need us.<br />PRAY FOR THEM.<br /><br />“Do not be afraid to give your life to Christ! Nothing will ever replace the ministry of priests at the heart of the Church! Nothing will ever replace a Mass for the salvation of the world! Dear young and not so young who are listening to me, do not leave Christ's call unanswered.” — Pope Benedict XVI<br /><br />"And all men are ready to pass judgment on the priest as if he was not a being clothed with flesh, or one who inherited a human nature."<br /><em>St. John Chrysostom</em> </span></div><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><p><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#ff0000;">Here is the meaning of the Latin words on this card ...<br /><br />[At the top:]<br />"A Memorial of the Priestly Life"<br /><br />[In the center, and below each of the vignettes showing events in the life of a priest, are words taken from a very old devotional work that was once used by clergymen:]<br />"O Priest, who are you?<br />"You are not from yourself, because you are from nothing.<br />"You are not directed toward yourself, because you are a mediator for men.<br />"You are not wed to yourself, because you are the spouse of the Church.<br />"You are not your own, because you are the servant of all.<br />"You are not yourself, because you are 'God' [when playing the role of Jesus in the Sacraments].<br />"Thus, you are nothing and yet everything."<br /><br />[The words in Old English font, under the arches at the bottom, are the Latin translation of 1 Cor 4-1:]<br />"This is how a man should regard us: as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God."<br /></span></p><br /><p><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#ff0000;">Thank You to John for Translating.<br /></span><br /></p>Mickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04362052610142449121noreply@blogger.com13