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

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

St. Jerome Feast Day........September 30

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"Save your soul in saving others." St. Jerome Read about St. Jerome Friends - I'll be gone for the next 10 days. Please conti...
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Feast of Archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael...September 29

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The memorials of Gabriel (March 24) and Raphael (October 24) were added to the Roman calendar in 1921. The 1970 revision of the calendar joi...
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Monday, September 28, 2009

Beuron Sacred Heart of Jesus.........September 28

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"Tell Jesus everything. If you have some troubles, if your heart is full of hope.... confide even those worries that you date not say t...
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Sunday, September 27, 2009

Carry Your Cross..........September 27

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Little headaches, little heartaches Little griefs of every day Little trials and vexations. How they throng upon our way. Yet all life is fo...
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Saturday, September 26, 2009

Who Comes and Who Goes?.............September 26

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"Christ comes to visit me in the Holy Eucharist I repay the visit by going to find Him in the poor." Blessed PierGiorgio Frassati,...
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Friday, September 25, 2009

Confidence............September 25

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"Let us run to Mary, and, as her little children, cast ourselves into her arms with a perfect confidence." Saint Francis de Sales ...
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Thursday, September 24, 2009

Good Shepherd...........September 24

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"The good shepherd goes looking for the one sheep, and on finding it 'rejoices more over it than over the ninety-nine.' God...
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009

St. Padre Pio..........September 23

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Read about St. Padre Pio "Do you think the Lord gave them to me for a decoration?" St. "Padre" Pio of Pietrelcina (when ...
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Call on Christ...............September 22

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"I will remember how St. Peter, at a blast of wind, began to sink because of his lack of faith, and I will do as he did: Call upon Chri...
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Monday, September 21, 2009

St. Matthew Feast Day..........September 21

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He proclaimed the Good News by his life and by his word. Our faith rests upon his witness and that of his fellow apostles. From SAINT OF THE...
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Sunday, September 20, 2009

Pray for the Missions..............September 20

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PRAY FOR THE MISSIONS "Pray for the many spiritual and material needs of your families, your communities, t he whole Church, and all of...
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Saturday, September 19, 2009

St. Joseph...........September 19

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The Litany to St. Joseph ends with the words "He made him the lord of His household and prince over all His possessions." It is b...
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Friday, September 18, 2009

Prisoner in the Tabernacle..........September 18

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(Today's words taken from an earlier post) I have not seen your face today, Where were you? A hundred others came to pray, Where were yo...
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Thursday, September 17, 2009

Desire..........September 17

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"Pray for the desire to have the desire you had when you fell in love with Jesus and Mary." (homily from a local priest)
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Into His Arms.............September 16

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"Cast yourself into the arms of God and be very sure that if he wants anything of you, he will fit you for the work and give you streng...
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows.........September 15

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THE PROPHECY OF SIMEON. Mary and Joseph took the Child Jesus to the Temple. Simeon,inspired by the Holy Spirit, met them and told Joseph and...
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Monday, September 14, 2009

Black Lace Symbol Holy Card........September 14

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"God, my God, because you are mine, I lack nothing." St. Gertrude the Great German words - "In the Cross there is Salvation....
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Sunday, September 13, 2009

Christ Is............................September 13

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"The Christ of Bethlehem is the Christ of Galilee, is the Christ of the Crucifixion, is the Christ of the Resurrection, is the Christ o...
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Saturday, September 12, 2009

Holy Name of Mary...........September 12

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Jesus, enable us to love Mary as you do. Mary, help us to love Jesus, as you do. Hail Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with you. Blessed ar...
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Friday, September 11, 2009

September 11

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“Time is passing. Yet, for the United States of America, there will be no forgetting September the 11th. We will remember every rescuer who ...
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Thursday, September 10, 2009

Prayer That is Answered..........September 10

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"If anyone thinks that prayers are never answered, let him offer a prayer to the Lord that some suffering be sent to save a soul."...
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Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Life of Action..........September 9

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"Remember that the Christian life is one of action, not speech and daydreams. Let there be few words and many deeds, and let them be do...
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Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Birth of Mary..........September 8

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"Let us celebrate with joy the birth of the Virgin Mary, of whom was born the Sun of Justice.... Her birth constitutes the hope and the...
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Monday, September 7, 2009

Labor Day..........September 7

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JESUS CALLS "He who labors as he prays lifts his heart to God with his hands." (St. Benedict of Nursia) "Jesus calls us from ...
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Sunday, September 6, 2009

King of Kings............September 6

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"For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; and the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called ...
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Saturday, September 5, 2009

Feast of Bl. Mother Teresa of Calcutta...September 5

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"If we pray, we will believe; If we believe, we will love; If we love, we will serve." Bl. Mother Teresa
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Conscience vs. Reputation.......September 5

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"Conscience and reputation are two different things. Your conscience depends on you, whereas your reputation depends on your neighbor...
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Friday, September 4, 2009

Who Points the Way?..............September 4

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JESUS POINTS THE WAY Follow the Star. The Star of Bethlehem and the Star of the Sea. Here is the meaning of the card's German words: ...
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Thursday, September 3, 2009

Feast of St. Gregory the Great.........September 3

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Pope and Doctor of the Church Patron of Teachers "He who would climb to a lofty height must go by steps, not leaps." Pope St. Greg...
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Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Death Dream..........September 2

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I dreamt death came the other night And Heaven's gate swung wide. An Angel with halo bright Ushered me inside. And there! To my astonish...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Pray For The Missions..........September 1

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Dearest Jesus, Please send us people who love You and want to share their love with others. There are so many in this world who have never h...
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Monday, August 31, 2009

What To Pray For?.............August 31

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"Prayer is not asking for what you think you want but asking to be changed in ways you can't imagine." (Kathleen Norris)
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Sunday, August 30, 2009

Pope St. Clement 1 of Rome.......August 30

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"Without love, nothing is pleasing to God." Pope St. Clement 1 of Rome French words: "His Holiness Clement XII. Lorenzo Corsi...
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Saturday, August 29, 2009

Your Highest Work..........August 29

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"The patient and humble endurance of the cross-whatever nature it may be-is the highest work we have to do." Saint Katharine Drexe...
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Friday, August 28, 2009

Feast of St. Augustine.................August 28

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"Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee. " St. Augustine Read about St. Augustine
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Thursday, August 27, 2009

Extra Post

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The other day I received an email asking about a certain military card. I am sorry to say I lost the message and can't reply via email. ...
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Blood of Christ..........August 27

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Blood of Christ, only-begotten Son of the Eternal Father, save us. Blood of Christ, falling upon the earth in the Agony, save us. Blood of C...
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Queen of the Missions..........August 26

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People all over the world come to Jesus through Mary. Mary always leads everyone to Jesus. Pray for the missionaries that they might brin...
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Feast of St. Louis of France........August 25

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"In order to avoid discord, never contradict anyone except in case of sin or some danger to a neighbor; and when necessary to contradic...
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Monday, August 24, 2009

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart........August 24

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"Let Christ always abide in your heart by the fire of his love." St. Peter Damian French words mean: "Our Lady of the Sacred ...
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Sunday, August 23, 2009

Elevation of Host..........August 23

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"My eyes, I have filled with Jesus upon Whom I have fixed them at the Elevation of the Host at Holy Mass and I do not wish to replace H...
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Saturday, August 22, 2009

Queenship of Mary........August 22

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"Because the virgin Mary was raised to such a lofty dignity as to be the mother of the King of kings, it is deservedly and by every rig...
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Friday, August 21, 2009

St. Pius X ..............August 21

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His last will and testament bears the striking sentence: "I was born poor, I have lived in poverty, and I wish to die poor." St. ...
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Thursday, August 20, 2009

Christ's Blessings..........August 20

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"God will give us all blessings which were promised us through Christ." St. Justin Martyr French words: "For the poor, if you...
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Give Jesus To Others..........August 19

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"Mary, my dearest mother, give me your heart so beautiful, so pure, so immaculate, so full of love and humility, that I may receive Jes...
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Prayer ..............August 18

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Let your angel guide you in prayer. "Prayer is the raising of the mind to God. We must always remember this. The actual words matter le...
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Monday, August 17, 2009

Alpha and Omega...........August 17

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Alpha and Omega are the first and the last letters, respectively, of the Greek alphabet. They have been employed from the fourth century as ...
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Sunday, August 16, 2009

Action and Deeds...........August 16

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"Our actions have a tongue of their own; they have an eloquence of their own, even when the tongue is silent. For deeds prove the lover...
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Saturday, August 15, 2009

Assumption of the Virgin Mary.......August 15

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"I hold that Mary is now with Christ and in Christ. She is in Christ, because "in Him we live and move and have our being." S...
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