Jack’s Deck

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This selection of holy cards
is the last of a three-part series;
all in a style of printing called
“dévotes dentelles”, which
looks similar to lace but
is made of paper
.

The first collection of
18
holy cards highlighted
the use of symbols in
religious art
:

Mary’s Heart

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The second collection of
64
holy cards focused on the
work of a single printer,
Bouasse-Lebel
:

Lebel’s Lace

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I’m adding this final set of
52
simply because I think
they are beautiful and
should be shown
.

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Saints Peter and Paul
Never forget the solemn moment where the Holy of Holies has deigned to give HImself to you
I am the mother of Fair Love and of Holy Hope Eccle14
To you my God, I confide. Alas, on earth everything happens everything ends
The Lord perpetuates the memory of his wonders He gives food to those who fear him
Tabernacle of Jesus, may he who is thirsty come to me
At death the Christian soul is raised to heaven
God penetrates the depth of the heart
God, the Holy Spirit
Immaculate Conception (Hungarian)
Angel of Heavenly Union
The last Adieu of Mary to her Divine Son
Life of Grace, the Lamb will lead to the fountains of Living Water those who have washed their robes in His Blood
Like the bird our souls have wings to fly toward heaven
The Divine Shepherdess
Mary mother of Grace and mercy help me against the efforts of my enemies
I am my beloved and my beloved is mine
See the most perfect example of a Christian family
The Lord lives! His angel has guided me
Little Christ child and the rose
The Good Shepherd leads his flock and carries the lamb too weak to walk
The work, the hardships of life, are forgotten at the foot of the Cross.
This is My Body. This is My Blood
Gift of Piety Let My Prayer Arise
St. Paul Glory in the Cross
The path that leads to life is narrow and difficult, but whatever it costs me there will I go
The Happy Sheep
Lessons of Mary
Blessed Vision, O Heart of Jesus, you are the paradise of delights for the soul in exile on earth
Keeping my Jesus inside me is all my happiness
Jesus Mary Joseph, pour us the treasures of your graces
my heart is all yours
St. Gertrude Lord, I intreat thee to possess my heart with the love of thee
Good St. Joseph, grant my desire
Woman here is your son, Son here is your mother
Divine Shepherdess
Let us go to Jesus through the Cross and through prayer
Life in union with Mary, Humbly I pray in the heart of Mary
Life of Union with Mary. I will take no action but in union with Mary

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I used Google Translate
to learn what the text on
many of the cards meant,
but I just realized that the
way I typed the translated
text into the image captions
doesn’t appear in the Galleries
!

I will update my Media Library
to include the captions, but
in the meantime they
are shown below
:

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*Never forget the solemn moment where the Holy of Holies has deigned to give Himself to you*

*I am the mother of Fair Love and of Holy Hope Eccle14*

*The Good Shepherd heals the wounds of the returning sheep*

*The door of heaven will be opened to the Christian soul who is refined by Divine Love*

*To you my God, I confide. Alas, on earth everything happens everything ends*

*The Lord perpetuates the memory of his wonders He gives food to those who fear him*

*Tabernacle of Jesus, may he who is thirsty come to me*

*Mary, Comforter of the Afflicted. Mary Mother of Grace, sweet parent of clemency, protect us from the enemy and at the hour of death*

*At death the Christian soul is raised to heaven*

*Heart of Jesus, remain in the contemplative soul I want expire in the heart of Jesus*

*Christmas Communion, birth of Jesus in our hearts*

*The creche innaugurated by St. Francis*

*Angels, tend you your chalice. Receive this precious blood on the altar of my sacrifice. Carry it to the heights of Heaven*

*The last Adieu of Mary to her Divine Son*

Life of Grace, the Lamb will lead to the fountains of Living Water those who have washed their robes in His Blood

*Like the bird our souls have wings to fly toward heaven*

*Mary mother of Grace and mercy help me against the efforts of my enemies*

*I am my beloved and my beloved is mine*

*See the most perfect example of a Christian family*

*The Lord lives! His angel has guided me*

*The Good Shepherd leads his flock and carries the lamb too weak to walk*

*The work, the hardships of life,*
*are forgotten at the foot of the Cross.*

*The path that leads to life is narrow and difficult,*
*but whatever it costs me there will I go*

*Blessed Vision, O Heart of Jesus, you are the paradise of delights for the soul in exile on earth*

*Keeping my Jesus inside me is all my happiness*

*Jesus Mary Joseph, pour us the treasures of your graces*

St. Gertrude Lord, I intreat thee to
possess my heart with the love of thee

*Woman here is your son, Son here is your mother*

*Let us go to Jesus through the Cross and through prayer*

*Life in union with Mary*
*Humbly I pray in the heart of Mary*

Life of Union with Mary
I will take no action but in union with Mary

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I’ve truly
enjoyed working
with these images;
using “Google Translate”
to discover what the cards say,
giving the images meaningful
and consistent file names,
removing blemishes,
cropping, resizing,
and adjusting
brightness and
contrast with
Paintshop Pro
.

I have to comment
on my own reaction
to learning what the
messages on some of
these cards say. They
don’t always agree with
my understanding of what
the Bible teaches. Some go
so far as to suggest that “The
way to heaven is through
Jesus’ mother Mary”,
which I don’t
believe
at all
.
I wanted to show
them anyway, and
suggest that we are
able to appreciate art
without subscribing to
the beliefs of the artist
.

If you search the
internet for “holy cards”,
you will be bombarded with
sales sites and publishers
of modern cards
.
Of the few sites I found
that display these images,
some of them are so small
you can’t see the artwork,
and some even stamp ugly
watermarks across the
images as if they
own them
.

The natural librarian
in me finds joy in giving
these historic treasures
a home, available
to anyone
.

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thanks for visiting.
come back soon…

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