The reason we celebrate Christmas

MY LAST POST

Hint - See "Archives" on the left of this page to start back from the

beginning of this blog.  There are several years worth of holy cards and inspirational quotes.
Comments left can still be read by the author of the blog.


 

To all my dear dear friends,

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). It has been my joy and privilege to share my collection and love of holy cards with each and every one of you.

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, 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.

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.

Remember the words......"See, O See, How I Love Thee". We love Him, He loves us, and I love you.

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.

Love,
Micki

(keep scanning down please)

Hanging on my kitchen wall, except it says "Welcome". I thought "Easter Blessings" was more appropriate than "Good-bye"
PS 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.
That will keep you busy for the next 2.5 years :-)
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.

If you haven't already discovered HOLY CARD HEAVEN, click here and add this beautiful blog to your daily appreciation of holy cards. You will truly enjoy.

His Mother-My Mother-Your Mother....February 28

Holy Mother, pierce me through,
In my heart each wound renew,
Of my Saviour crucified.

O Mary,
make me to live in God,
with God, and for God.

Christ Before Pilate.......February 27

We too will stand before God to be judged.

Are we prepared?

Lenten Thought:

"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."

It is not too late to start.

Rev. Robert F. Dueweke, OSA

Suffering..........February 26

What does love look like?
It has the hands to help others.
It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy.
It has eyes to see misery and want.
It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men.
That is what love looks like.

Saint Augustine

It Is Finished..........February 25

"My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will but as thou wilt" (Mt 26:39).

"My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me?"
(Mk 15:34)

"Father, into Thy hands I commit my spirit" (Lk 23:46)

"It is finished" (Jn 19:30).


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.
(1 Peter 2:24)



Here is the meaning of the Latin words on this card:
"Father, forgive them, for they know not what they are doing."

Jesus Falls.....................February 24

There are no crown wearers in Heaven
that were not cross bearers here below.

Jesus Comforted by an Angel......February 23

New Testament teaches that Jesus suffered on behalf of humanity,

it never said he suffered instead of us.

Hard Lenten Promises..........February 22

"You can't say your Lenten promise
is too hard after looking at this photo."
Kathleen



Where there is no love, put love and
you will find love.



This is a photo that came in an email. It is not my holy card.
It just touched my soul.

First Sunday of Lent.......February 21 (198)

Why was Jesus tempted by Satan in the desert?
To teach us to withstand sin.


If you don't think you have any sins,
That makes another one.

Our Lady of Sorrows.................February 20

Our Lady of Sorrows

Sorrowful Mary, be with us in our sorrows.
"Place your heart gently in Our Lord's wounds.
Have great confidence in His mercy for
He will never abandon you."


Padre Pio

Here is the meaning of the Latin and German words on this card:

"Sorrowful Mother, comforter of the afflicted, pray for us!"

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Trials..........February 19

"Trials help greatly to detach us from earth. They make us look to God,

rather than to this world."

St. Therese of Lisieux

Be More...........February 18

"Aspire not to have more

but to be more."

Bishop Oscar Romero

Ash Wednesday..........February 17

A DAY OF FAST AND ABSTINANCE

"Through fasting and praying,

we allow Him to come and satisfy

the deepest hunger that we experience,

in the depths of our being:

the hunger and thirst for God."

Pope Benedict XVI

Does He Hear Your Heart?........February 16

"God is so close,

in fact,

that God,

even hears the desires of our hearts."

St. Vincent Ferrer



Here is the meaning of the German words on this card ...
[At the top:]
"Holy Viaticum"
[At the bottom:]
"Come one more time to me, o Jesus. Then take me to Thyself."

Thanks John for translation.

Holy Longings......February 15

"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."

Blessed Teresa of Calcutta

Here is the meaning of the French words on this card ...

[At the top:]
"Holy Longings for First Communion"

[At the bottom:]
"Oh, how beautiful is Heaven! ...
"Speak no more of the pleasures of Earth.
"They promise me a pleasure still greater!
"It is to approach ... oh, how deep the mystery ...
"To feed upon God -- I, a poor child!"

Thanks to John for translating.

Love..............February 14

"Love cannot remain by itself--

it has no meaning.

Love has to be put into action

and that action is service.

A mission of love can come only from

union with God.

From that union, love for the family,

love for one's neighbor,

love for the poor is the natural fruit."

Blessed Teresa of Calcutta

"My soul longs to be nourished with Thy body:

my heart desires to be united with Thee."

T.A.Kempis

The Rosary.........February 13

Click on picture to enlarge




"Say the Rosary every day to obtain world peace and an end to war."

Our Lady of Fatima, May 13, 1917

God's Best Creation..........February 12

"You, Mary, are God's best creation.

No one has ever loved God so

intimately as you,

O glorious Lady."

St. Bridget of Sweden


Here is the meaning of the French words on this card (which, I think, was received by a First Communicant) ...
"O Virgin without equal, most gentle of all creatures, grant that we may live in the innocence of this day,

blessed by the first visit of the Lord."

Thanks John

Our Lady of Lourdes..........February 11

"Give me the bread of seeing You

in all things and at all times."

~~ St. Bernadette Soubirous