Happy New Year!

"The world passeth away... 

but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever."

1 John 2:17

 

 

St. Joseph

"The liberal soul shall be made fat:
and he that watereth shall be watered also himself."
Proverbs 11:25

 

Merciful

"For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive;
and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon him." 
Psalm 86:5

 

Delight

"Delight thyself also in the Lord;
and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart."
Psalm 37:4

St. Joseph

Mom's Holy Card Collection

"In the day of my trouble I will call upon Thee:
for Thou wilt answer me."
Psalm 86:7

Mom's Holy Card Collection

In All Ways

"In all thy ways acknowledge him,
and he shall direct thy paths."
-Proverbs 3:6

The Angel of The Lord

"The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear Him,
and delivereth them." 
Psalm 34:7

St. Joseph and Baby Jesus

"He healeth the broken in heart,
and bindeth up their wounds."
Psalm 14:3 

 

The Almighty

"If ye shall ask any thing in my name, 
I will do it."
John 14:14

Mind not to ask for anything which could hurt others as you will harm yourself then.

Holy Family

"The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy going in this time forth,
and even forever more."
Psalm 121:8

The Refuge

"The eternal God is thy refuge,
and underneath are the everlasting arms."
Deuteronomy 33:27

Saint Joseph

The card is a token of the Christmas priest visit which took place in the 60s.

Joseph was born in I BC/ died in 20 AD. He was the husband of Mary, Jesus' mother.

The feast day of  Saint Joseph's is on 19 March and 1 May. He is the saint patron of fathers, families, farmers, workers, and carpenters. Saint Joseph's attributes are a lily, a hammer, a plane (carpenter's tool), and Baby Jesus

Holy Family Again

"He that cometh to God must believe that He is,

and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him."

Hebrews 11:6

Holy Family

"Forgive, and you shall be forgiven."

Luke 6:37

Holy Family and Angels

'If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask God, that giveth to all men liberally.'

James 1:5

The card received from a Franciscan priest during the annual Christmas call (Kolęda) in 1953.

Holy Family

'He is able... to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him,

seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them.'

Hebrews 7:25

1939 Before WW2 Time Card

This holy card is part of my mom's collection. She received it in 1939 from the parish priest Kl. Przewoski as a token of the annual Christmas call which is part of Christmas celebrations in the Catholic church in Poland. Such calls are paid by priests after Christmas in December and/ or at the beginning of January. Since Poland was annexed by Nazi Germany in September 1939 and all the usual Polish customs were forbidden during WW2, very likely, the 1939 call happened in January, not in December.

St. Joseph

At that time, mom lived with her family in Gdynia Oksywie, not far from the war port.

 

"To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen."

I Timothy 1:17

In memory of pastoral visit

from

Priest Kl. Przewoski 

 

"Sweet Heart of my Jesus, make me love you more and more."