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

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Doves of Peace..........October 31

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"...he overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves." (Matthew 21:12" Christ, the dove i...
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Friday, October 30, 2009

Virgin of Louanges..........October 30

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We are all God's children so it is important to share His gifts. Do not worry about why problems exist in the world- just respond to peo...
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Thursday, October 29, 2009

Trust........................October 29

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"Trust the past to God's mercy, the present to God's love and the future to God's providence." St. Augustine
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Dwelling place of the Holy Trinity.........October 28

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"Mary is the glory of Virgins, the joy of Mothers, the bulwark of the Faithful, and the crown of the Church. She is the model of the tr...
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

God Speaks...........October 27

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"Read some chapter of a devout book..... It is very easy and most necessary, for just as you speak to God when at prayer, God speaks to...
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Monday, October 26, 2009

The Rosary..........October 26

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"The word 'Rosary' means 'Crown of Roses,' that is to say that every time someone says the Rosary devoutly, they place ...
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Sunday, October 25, 2009

My Trust..........October 25

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"My trust remains in Christ whose plan for each of us is always perfect, even when it may seem unclear to us." St. Elizabeth A. Se...
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Saturday, October 24, 2009

Plant kindness..........October 24

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"A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plant...
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Friday, October 23, 2009

King of Glory...........October 23

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"O King of glory, though you hide your beauty, yet the eye of my soul rends the veil. I see the angelic choirs giving you honor wit...
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Thursday, October 22, 2009

Holy Spirit and Mary..........October 22

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"In an instant the Holy Spirit overshadows her, making her a living ciborium privileged to bear within herself for nine months the Gue...
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Live and Pray..........October 21

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"Work as if you were to live a hundred years, pray as if you were to die tomorrow." Benjamin Franklin
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Heart of Mary..........October 20

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"If you put all the love of all the mothers into one heart it still would not equal the love of the Heart of Mary for her children....
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Monday, October 19, 2009

What, Who and Have Been.............October 19

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"God sees me for what I will become. God accepts me for who I am today. God forgives for what I have been in the past." Victor M. ...
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Sunday, October 18, 2009

Mary's Tender Love..........October 18

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"If we really want to love we must learn how to forgive." Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta
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Saturday, October 17, 2009

Feast of St. Ignatius of Antioch........October 17

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WHAT WOULD I DO WITHOUT MY WONDERFUL COMMENTERS? LOOKS LIKE I'VE CONFUSED THE TWO ST. IGNATIUS'. I'VE PICTURED IGNATIUS OF LOY...
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Friday, October 16, 2009

Feast of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque....October 16

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Chosen by God to reveal to the Christian World the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. "What a weakness it is to love Jesus Christ o...
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Thursday, October 15, 2009

Feast of St. Theresa of Avila.....October 15

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"Desire to see God, be fearful of losing Him, and find joy in everything that can lead to Him. If you act in this way, you will always ...
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Showing Love...............October 14

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"The first commandment is that we love the Lord our God. We can only show our love for God by our love for our fellows." Dorothy D...
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Mother of our Creator.........October 13

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"Sometimes when I find myself spiritually in dryness so great that I cannot produce a single good thought, I recite very slowly an Our ...
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Monday, October 12, 2009

Lamb of God..........October 12

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"If you ate only one meal a week would you survive? It is the same for your soul. Nourish it with the Blessed Sacrament." Blessed ...
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Sunday, October 11, 2009

Ask Mary...............October 11

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"Everything that the Son asks of the Father is granted. Likewise, everything that the Mother asks of her Son is also granted." St....
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Saturday, October 10, 2009

BACK FROM VACATION

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. Hello dear viewers of this Holy Cards For Inspiration Blog. (Insert big smile here from me to you.) Thank you for all the comments left du...
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Prayer at Mass...............October 10

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"As our body cannot live without nourishment, so our soul cannot spiritually be kept alive without prayer." St. Augustine Here is ...
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Friday, October 9, 2009

Trust in God.........October 9

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"We shall steer safely through every storm, as long as our heart is right, our intention fervent, our courage steadfast, and our trust ...
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Thursday, October 8, 2009

Duty and Virtue...........October 8

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Pour into my soul the strength and life of your flesh and blood, that she may bloom into a paradise of duty and virtue. Friends - I'll b...
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Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Our Lady of the Rosary...............October 7

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THE CHAIN THAT LINKS HEAVEN AND EARTH "I am probably not getting anything out of the rosary because I am not putting anything into it....
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Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Sons of God...........October 6

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The Son of God became man so that the sons of men, the sons of Adam, might become sons of God. He is the Son of God by nature; we, by grace....
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Monday, October 5, 2009

The Gift of Silence..............October 5

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"We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, ...
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Sunday, October 4, 2009

Flowers from Jesus.............October 4

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Jesus model of meekness and humility. "Jesus, cut from me what displeases Thee." (anonymous) Friends - I'll be gone for the n...
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Saturday, October 3, 2009

Our Lady of Jerusalem..........October 3

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"She (Mother Mary) is an echo of God, speaking and repeating only God. If you say "Mary" she says 'God'." Saint ...
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Friday, October 2, 2009

Feast of Guardian Angels.............October 2

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"And so the angels are here; they are at your side; they are with you, present on your behalf. They are here to protect you and to serv...
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Thursday, October 1, 2009

Death of St. Therese..............October 1

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September 30, 1897 Death of St. Therese, the Little Flower (Her last words:) "O, I would not wish to have suffered less." (Then lo...
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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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