Draw me into the bonds of Thy love.
O, Jesus, that your love might be the peace and repose of my soul, 
the strength and happiness, the aspiration of my life...  the whole of my heart.
Garden 
of the Soul
Happy the state of the heart in which Divine Love reigns. Alone, the pure souls united to Jesus taste the ineffable delights.
Bonamy, Poitiers
Good St. Joseph, I offer you my heart to give to Jesus.
Turgis
FONTS OF DIVINE LOVE
Love of Desire [for union with Christ]
When will we come...
When will I fly there?
Letaille
My God, receive me into your Divine Heart.
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.
Come to my Heart.
THE DIVINITY OF JESUS CHRIST
O God so great, who has made you so small?..  Love.
What do you ask in return?..  Love.
~St. Bernard
Letaille
Oh, my Jesus, you are so good, so worthy of love!
I love you! I love you! I love you!
My Beloved is mine and I am His.

The Prayer of Quiet
The soul alone with God
My Divine Master, whether it be that I run or that I stop myself, 
I'm all yours, and you are all to me. O Divine Heart of Jesus, your memory 
is my delight, I hunger, I thirst for your love.
Pannier, Pl. 115

O, Jesus, I will keep Thy words in my heart.

Bouasse-Lebel 3574
FAITHFUL FRIEND
Bouasse Lebel
HAPPY THE SOUL WHO LOVES ME. Bouasse Lebel 999


For You, my God, all for You.
Bouasse Lebel, Paris Pl. 788
PURE LOVE
The Degree of purity determines the degree of union.
Letaille
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Speak, Lord, your servant listens.
Turgis
Lord, open to me the holy house that your love has prepared for me. Turgis.jpg

Note: The word bercail means sheepfold, so the meaning is perhaps more intimate, more like home than house; it is referring of course to the church, the Body of Christ.  Also there is a small printing error in the card ~ ma should have been m'a.
I love the card because it recalls the promises in John 10 that Jesus is both the shepherd and the door. He is the true shepherd to whom the doorkeeper opens the door (John 10:3). He is also the door itself (John 10:9).

Refuge of the dove.
I wish to hide you in my Heart, faithful soul, my good friend.
L. Turgis, Paris
God is the strength of my heart
and my portion forever.
Psalm 72:25
THE CARESSES OF JESUS - Love and keep for a friend the one who does not leave you when all abandon you. Bouasse Lebel 1015

THE TRUE FRIEND
A faithful friend is a rich treasure. What, then, when that friend is God?
Bouasse Lebel, Paris 1138

I belong to Jesus.
L. Turgis, Paris Pl. 1000
If you are at peace in your conscience,
you will be at peace with Jesus.
Bouasse Lebel 3346
Heart of Jesus
Attraction of hearts.
Bouasse Lebel

...I am the friend of purity...I am He who gives all comfort and all holiness...I seek a pure heart and make it the place of my repose...
Ch. Letaille, dir. pl. 17 E. Boumard,edit. Paris
O, my Jesus, I want to console you, to love you, for all the hearts that afflict you, that do not love you. Bonamy
Spiritual Marriage That they may be one. John 17:21
Bonamy edit. Pontifical, Poitiers

JESUS IS MY ONLY LOVE.
To repose on your Heart, O Jesus, is all my happiness.
Mon Viv. Bouasse Lebel 529

Blessed is he who understands what it is to love Jesus.
He does much who loves much. ~Imitation of Christ
Come to Me, I love the pure and loving heart.
Dopter, Paris Pl. 405
JESUS SPOUSE OF OUR SOULS
I search for a pure heart, and there I take My rest.
It is in the milieu of the lilies of innocence in which God forms the most noble alliance.
Letaille
Close the door of all your senses by deep meditation and live, my daughter, in this place as if there was nothing but God.
handpainted 18th cent. Belgium
I consecrate my life to You.
hand colored print, early nineteenth century.
Printer: In Caen, Chez Picard
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