In previous years I have printed them out myself (colour printers are so good these days) and then spent a few hours trimming them with a guillotine, and trying not to bleed too heavily over them when inflicting paper cuts on myself...
This year I was determined to try and get them printed professionally. I plumped for the Immaculate Heart of Mary design this year. I'll do something different next time.
I was a little unsure of what to put on the back of the card: that was one of the reasons I'd left things so late, I just couldn't decide on a suitable quote. And then the Holy Father came to my aid: I lifted the following straight out of Sacramentum Caritatis...
I love that picture! It's on the front cover of a book I found in an Oxfam shop ages ago and then completely forgot about for several months.
ReplyDeleteI only remembered that I'd bought it when I was half-way through it.
Oh, the title of the book? The Secret of the Rosary by St Louis de Montfort. Currently my favourite book.
I simply adore the works of St. Louis de Montfort!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful gesture. I can't beleive you ordered someone to hand them out though. Heh heh. Was the bishop shaking all the way to the sanctuary?
ReplyDeleteErrr... no, Dúnadan. I "ordered" the cards from a printers... and the Chrism Mass is later this week, so the cards haven't been handed out yet....
ReplyDelete;-)
(never mind, I know it's early morning!!)
Gorgeous! If he weren't in the wrong Diocese, I would ask you to send one to a certain Priest...
ReplyDeleteSacramentum Caritatis is now well and truly in my revolving book reading scheme. It's something to be read and read again and again.