Holy Cards For Your Inspiration

IMAGO 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.P

Thursday, July 31, 2008

St. Ignatius of Loyola..........July 31

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Patron of Retreats Founder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) Prayer of St. Ignatius Take, Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory, my un...
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Hummel, Angel..........July 30

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"When tempted, invoke your angel. He is more eager to help you than you are to be helped! Ignore the devil and do not be afraid of him:...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Three Persons-One God..........July 29

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"Holy, holy holy! Lord God almighty! Early in the morning Our song shall rise to Thee: Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty! God in th...
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Monday, July 28, 2008

Working With Mary..........July 28

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Virgin Mother of God and mine, Let me be completely thine, Thine in joy, thine in grief, Thine for time and eternity! (words taken from anot...
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Sunday, July 27, 2008

Breaking Bread..........July 27

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"He was the Word that spoke it, He took the bread and broke it, And what the Word did make it, I do believe and take it." John Don...
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Saturday, July 26, 2008

Holy Family..........July 26

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"Father, help us to live as the Holy Family, united in respect and love. Bring us to the joy and peace of Your eternal home." Rev....
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Friday, July 25, 2008

Walk With God..........July 25

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I'll walk with God from this day on. His helping hand I'll lean upon. This is my prayer, my humble plea, May the Lord be ever with m...
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Thursday, July 24, 2008

Shipreck of Sin..........July 24

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"Noah's ark was a type of Mary. As, by its means, human beings were preserved from the Flood, so are we all saved by Mary from the ...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Hearts of Jesus and Mary..........July 23

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"By blood I am Albanian. My citizenship is Indian. I am a Catholic nun. As to my calling, I belong to the world. As to my heart, I belo...
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Offer Yourself to God..........July 22

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Cast me not off in my old age; as my strength fails, forsake me not. Psalm 71-9 "Do not wait for old age to offer yourself to God. Offe...
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Monday, July 21, 2008

Ask for Graces..........July 21

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"Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament has His hands full of graces, and He is ready to bestow them on anyone who ask for them." St. ...
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Sunday, July 20, 2008

Hands and Heart..........July 20

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"Show me your hands. Do they have scars from giving? Show me your feet. Are they wounded in service? Show me your heart. Have you left ...
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Saturday, July 19, 2008

Our Example..........July 19

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"Words call us but examples draw us." Author Unknown What an example we have in Jesus! In Latin, at the top:"In the Cross, sa...
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Friday, July 18, 2008

Madlener (artist) He Is..........July 18

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He is Light, Longevity, and Lord. He is Goodness, Kindness, Gentleness, and God. His is Holy, Righteous, Mighty, Powerful, and Pure. Author ...
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Thursday, July 17, 2008

Our Lady of Treille, France..........July 17

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Our Lady of Treille, France Patron of Lille, France "Hold Him fast, O sweet Lady:: hold Him Whom thou lovest, ............" St. Ae...
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Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Our Lady of Mount Carmel..........July 16

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O God, the order of Carmel was singularly honored when the title of the most blessed ever-virgin Mary, your mother, was given to it. Grant t...
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Prayer..........July 15

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"When we pray, the voice of the heart must be heard more than the proceedings from the mouth." St. Bonaventure Translation: ...
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Monday, July 14, 2008

Feast of Bl. Kateri Tekakwitha..........July 14

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From the Litany of Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha Kateri, lily of purity, pray for us. Kateri, bright light for all Indians, pray for us. Kateri,...
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Sunday, July 13, 2008

Heart of a Mother..........July 13

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"The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you always find forgiveness." Honore De Balzac
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Saturday, July 12, 2008

Looking Down to Heaven..........July 12

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"Every mother, when she picks up the young life that has been born to her, looks up to the heavens to thank GOD for the gift which made...
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Friday, July 11, 2008

Disease..........July 11

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"The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted, uncared for and deserted by everyb...
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Thursday, July 10, 2008

Borrowed Time..........July 10

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"When God gave you to me He never said that you were mine, that I could keep you always--only borrowed for a time. Now, He's called...
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Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Hands of a Priest..........July 9

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Meditation of St. Francis of Assisi Let everyone be struck with fear, the whole world tremble, and the heavens exult when Christ, the Son of...
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Tuesday, July 8, 2008

The Way To Go..........July 8

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"If then, you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, because He Himself is the way." St.Thomas Aquinas
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Monday, July 7, 2008

Earthly Possessions..........July 7

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"Live in the world as if only God and your soul were in it; then your heart will never be made captive by any earthly thing." Sain...
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Sunday, July 6, 2008

Feast of St. Maria Goretti..........July 6

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St. Maria Goretti Patroness of Youth "...raised to sainthood by Pope Pius XII, with her mother, brothers, and sisters present, a unique...
Saturday, July 5, 2008

Angel..........July 5

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"Make yourself familiar with the angels, and behold them frequently in spirit, for without being seen, they are present with you."...
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Friday, July 4, 2008

God Bless America.........July 4

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"If My people, which are called by My name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways; then ...
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Thursday, July 3, 2008

Feast of St. Thomas Apostle..........July 3

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Unfortunately always thought of as "Doubting Thomas." Yet because of that doubt he proclaimed words that we use today to give our ...
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Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Prayer..........July 2

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"Do not turn to prayer hoping to enjoy spiritual delights; rather come to prayer totally content to receive nothing or to receive great...
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Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Jesus Fishing..........July 1, 2008

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Fisher of Men "...............the call which Peter and his brother Andrew heard from Jesus continues to resound in the world: 'Pu...
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Monday, June 30, 2008

Beuron Sacred Heart..........June 30

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"Our Beloved does not need our brilliant deeds nor our beautiful thoughts. If He wanted sublime concepts, has He not the angels, who su...
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Sunday, June 29, 2008

Feast of St. Peter and Paul..........June 29th

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O God, this day is sacred because of the martyrdom of your apostles Peter and Paul. May your Church follow the teachings of these two saints...
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Saturday, June 28, 2008

Will of the Soul..........June 28

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One ship drives east, and another west With the self-same winds that blow: 'Tis the set of the sails And not the gales, Which decides th...
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Friday, June 27, 2008

Our Lady of Japan..........June 27

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O Mary, you are forever connected with Jesus as His Mother and as His closest disciple. Let me never hesitate to honor you for in doing so I...
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Thursday, June 26, 2008

Birds Sing..........June 26

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"The other day--the little birds were singing in the woods. I began to weep. Poor little creatures, I thought within myself, the good ...
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008

God's Company..........June 25

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"Prayer purifies us, reading instructs us. If a man wants to be always in God's company , he must pray regularly and read regularly...
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Nativity of John the Baptist..........June 24

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Jesus said "Among those born of women there had not risen a greater than John the Baptist." The Baptist practiced virtues of purit...
Monday, June 23, 2008

Be Watchful..........June 23

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Card dated 1858 (guess they liked to paint Jesus with long hair) "Be watchful and vigilant. It is by design that Jesus concealed th...
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Sunday, June 22, 2008

Rays of Sun..........June 22

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The sun's rays light up the world without separating themselves from the sun. In like manner, the Son of God comes down to earth to enli...
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Saturday, June 21, 2008

St. Aloysius Gonzaga..........June 21

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To read about St. Aloysius click here He who wishes to love God does not truly love Him if he has not an ardent and constant desire to suffe...
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Friday, June 20, 2008

He is Waiting for You....June 20

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"Nowhere on earth are you more welcomed, no where on earth are you more loved, than by Jesus, living and truly present in the Most Bles...
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Thursday, June 19, 2008

Adore Jesus June 19

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"Adore Jesus through Jesus Himself; that is the most perfect adoration. He is both God and Man, your Savior and Brother." St. Pete...
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Mother of Mercy..........June 18

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"Have recourse to that dear Mary who is the Mother of Mercy. She will take you into her Son's presence and use her Motherly interce...
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Tabernacle..........June 17

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Jesus are you there? "What is faith save to believe what you do not see?" St. Augustive of Hippo "Oh, a splendor very surely,...
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Monday, June 16, 2008

Hummel Guardian Angel..........June 16

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"Happy the soul who after obeying the counsels of her Guardian Angel, shall be led by him to heaven." St. Louis of Gonzague
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Sunday, June 15, 2008

Father's Day..........June 15

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HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO ALL FATHERS A model for fathers, Saint Joseph is invoked as a protector of the family. Almighty God, You entruste...
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Saturday, June 14, 2008

Mary and Jesus..........June 14

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"Mother of Christ, Mother of Christ, Come with thy Babe to me; Though the world be cold, my heart shall hold A shelter for Him and for ...
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Friday, June 13, 2008

Feast of St. Anthony of Padua..........June 13

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"Happy the man whose words come from the Holy Spirit and not from himself." Saint Anthony of Padua Go here to read more about St. ...
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