Nest of the Dove

I will retire into solitude and there I will listen to what the Lord tells me.

Letailler

HEART OF JESUS ABODE OF THE CONTEMPLATIVE SOUL
I want to expire in the Heart of Jesus.

Since I must suffer, my God, I am resigned

to suffer so that if necessary I will die full of love.

Bouasse Lebel

Holy Spirit, purify my heart.

LOVE OF TENDERNESS

How empty are the delight so the world

to the soul who has once tasted the caress of his God.

Jesus is the Divine Gardener of Our Hearts

  Bouasse Lebel 1254

FAITHFUL FRIEND

Bouasse Lebel

Visit of the Good Master

Bouasse Lebel

Christ, the Divine Gardner, is depicted here within the heart of the believer 

gently and carefully working to uproot the weeds that mar its beauty.

The Divine Gardner gives the young shrub
a guardian to support it.  

The frail sapling needs a stand and a support
against the dangers to which it is exposed.

Bouasse Lebel

Come to Me for I am meek and humble of heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Matt. 11:29
Serz, Nurmberg 327

I sought you outside and you were within. ~ St. Augustine

O my Jesus! I sought you outside and you were the midst of my heart.

Lataille (series: Secret of the interior life)

O Jesus, remain captive in my heart, captive of my love.

Bouasse Lebel, Paris Pl. 2024

Antonius Wierix (ca. 1552–1604) from his series Cor Jesu amanti sacum - Euge puer rosis pinge..

Antonius Wierix (ca. 1552–1604) from his series Cor Iesu amanti sacum - Bone Jesu, fontes fluant....
O good Jesus, in our hearts fall streams of Graces. Fountains flow over them to expiate.  Be thou made clean from the sins of the soul; behold, the angels rejoice.

I will cultivate in my heart the divine virtue of wisdom.

In the warmth of its divine rays,

I will cultivate in my heart the

sweet virtue of peace.

Bouasse Jeune

If I have not love, I am nothing. (St. Paul)

Bouasse Lebel

As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. 

Now remain in my love. John 15:9

 

MARY, HOME OF THE ARDENT SOUL

Antonius Wierix (ca. 1552–1604) from his series Cor Jesu amanti sacum - Cor exulta, quid moriris?...

Moses and the 10 Commandments

17th  Century Flemish engraving
Fréderic Bouttas 1610~1676

Meditating in solitude on the cross comforts us.

Wentzel

The Cross draws my heart.

The Brook lost in the River
My Lord and my God
~St. Thomas [the Apostle]

Eucharistic symbol also possibly alludes to the commentary on Sirach 13:40-42  in the writing of St. Thomas Aquinas


From small album~ 
Holy Card Retreat

The Way of the Cross leads to divine light.