December 4, 2020

Emmanuel's Song

This beautiful song comes from heaven written in the stars dictated by Jesus Christ himself. They are beautiful and inspired lyrics that if said with the heart their intonation will be a sweet melody to God. So REJOICE!

Emmanuel come,
come, My Beloved,
come and revive my soul,
come and endow my soul with life!

Oh, Beloved of the Father,
I have opened the door of my heart,
will I have to wait very long
before You step in my chambers?
Your mere passage in my heart
will leave behind a trail
of the most delicate fragrance of Your perfume;
because Your Love will remedy my pitiable soul;
Spirit of Love, grant me only my share of Your Love;
Emmanuel come, come my Perfect One,
come and ravish my soul,
or else destitution shall overtake my miserable heart!

O Beloved of the Father, how Beautiful You are!
Son of the Most High, who is like unto You?
come and draw me in Your Footprints,
we shall take the road together,
we shall follow the signs laid down by Your Father's Hand,
leading to His Garden of Delights,
we shall, my Beloved, with one single heart and one single mind
follow the sweetly scented trail Your Father laid out for me;
to encourage me, He has covered my path with sapphires,
He has for my reassurance signed His Holy Name
with oil all over me;

Oh, Beloved of the Father,
You, whose Hands are still dripping with pure Myrrh
since Your Resurrection,
come and ravish my soul with a single one of Your glances,
enough for me to keep my soul tranquil and quiet,
enough for me to rejoice my eyes in Your Presence;
Breath of my garden, Fountain of my soul,
Source of Sublime Love,
altogether adorable and Holy,
of which all fruitfulness comes from You,
pour out Your Spirit on all mankind,
display Your Great Love in Heaven and on earth;

Oh, Beloved of the Father, You are wholly Beautiful;
to what shall I compare You my Life?
to a column of incense smoke,
to a ray of glittering Light,
to a breath of pure myrrh;
Your Presence, Lord, stands majestically before me,
and ah, as though I were queen myself,
You raise me to embrace my soul,
delicately whispering Your Love in my ear:

"My dove, I am sick with love for you;
I come from the highest heaven to visit you,
I have laid aside My Crown and descended from My Throne
I will not delay,
only a little while now, a very little while,
and the ban will be lifted,
I will renew you and I will give you back your divinity;

"My beloved, I will give water from the well of Life free
to you who thirst for My Love,
your King will take no rest, none at all, beloved of My Soul,
not until you allow Him to seal on your heart
His Divine Kiss, a Kiss from His Mouth( Song of Songs 1:1) 
Have you not noticed how the sun darkens
every time you doubt of My Love?

"approach Me, dearest soul,
and I will pour out on you
countless treasures from My Sacred Heart;
for you alone I have stored them,
to turn your soul fair as in springtime and into an ivory tower,
a Heaven for Myself alone,
have you not realised how I have grafted you to Me?
let Me hear your voice again ...."

How Splendid You are, Anointed One,
Sacrificial Lamb of God,
encircled by Your angels and all the saints,
Irresistible One, Reflection of the Father,
Light thrice holy, One in Three, Three in One Light,
Brighter than a thousand suns,
how have I been deemed worthy
of seeing the Son and in the Son, the Father?

"Have you not heard, My dove,
that the lowly will rejoice in Me
and that the poorest will exult in My Presence?
have you not noticed My weakness I have for the wretched
and how I delight to instruct the poor?" (Isaiah 29:19)

My God, My God!
who is this arising like dawn
shimmering in the twilight, like the morning star?
who is this fairer than the moon,
adorned with the sun
and a Gate wide open in Her Heart?

"She is the Queen of Heaven,
She is My Mother and your Mother,
the loveliest of women, beautiful as Heaven,
radiant as My Glory, unique in Her Perfection,
the Delight of My Soul,
She is the Woman with the twelve stars on Her Head for a crown,
the Vessel of My Glory, a Reflection of My Eternal Light;
She is the One whose Presence in My Courts
outshines all the constellations put together;
She is the Vessel of the True Light,
The Word, made flesh, and who lived among you,
She is Grace in Grace,
and the Sweetest Song of the psalmists;
She is My Theme of Joy,
My Honour and My Boast,
She is the Gate to Heaven
the One who shows Her children 
how to enter into My Kingdom,
She is My Masterpiece,
She is the Consoler of your Consoler,
Co-Redemptress of your Redeemer,
the Bride of My Holy Spirit;

"daughter, I will take no rest,
not until I take you too into My Mother's House
into the Room of Her who conceived Me,
to reveal to you too Her Beauty,
then, all the mysteries that seemed to you like a well of enigmas,
will suddenly like a clap of lightning
be revealed to you too, My beloved,
and you will understand why the Woman clothed with the Sun
descends now from My Courts to you all at a moment so obscure;
let your eyes, My dove, be fixed ahead,
your gaze be straight before you;

"by the Path that I trod on I will return, My love,
I will come and look after My Vineyard Myself,
Emmanuel will be with you;"

November 29, 2020

Bible Journaling 💞Thanksgiving Tribute

It's never too late to give thanks. 💞
Psalm 136:2-3 
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.

 

1st Sunday of Advent- Come Lord Jesus


Pray as you go –mp3 listen is a daily prayer meditation from the Jesuits that takes about 10 minutes.

November 28, 2020

Four Weeks To A Joyful Christmas 🕯🕯🕯🕯

🕯Advent Begins🕯
Watch, therefore; you do not know when the Lord of the house is coming, whether in the evening or at midnight, or at cockcrow, or in the morning. May he not come suddenly and find you sleeping. What I say to you, I say to all: ‘Watch!’”- read Mark 13: 33-37


WORDS FROM THE SUCCESSOR OF PETER aka Pope Francis


Today (weekend of Nov.29) Advent begins, the liturgical time which prepares us for Christmas, inviting us to lift our gaze and open our hearts to welcome Jesus. During Advent we do not just live in anticipation of Christmas; we are also called to rekindle the anticipation of the glorious return of Christ — when He will return at the end of time — preparing ourselves, with consistent and courageous choices, for the final encounter with Him. We remember Christmas, we await the glorious return of Christ, and also our personal encounter: the day in which the Lord will call. During these four weeks, we are called to leave behind a resigned and routine way of life and to go forth, nourishing hope, nourishing dreams for a new future. This is a favourable time to open our hearts, to ask ourselves concrete questions about how and for whom we expend our lives. (Angelus, 2 December 2018) - from Vatican News

November 11, 2020

Whimsical Winter Owl

 I painted this on sketch paper prepped with Gesso and I used Acrylic paint I got from Dollarama. You can find the tutorial here



October 29, 2020

Drawlloween Day 29- The Brilliant Professor Pumpkin

This might not look like a professor pumpkin but it's a pumpkin and you have to admit it's brilliant blazing luminous

"All tricks. No treats."
Hollow head from Fortnite.

Countdown to Halloween #Drawlloween 2020 Day 29 - Crow

This Crow looks mean and is not the 3-eyed Raven. Ravens are actually different than Crows.  

Learn the Difference

  • Ravens are bigger and their wingspans are longer.
  • their tails are shaped like an arrow and the Crows tails look cut off. 
  • Raven's actions are calmer, and crows appear more nervous. 
  • Ravens can soar, Crows cannot. 
  • Crows are limited in the sounds they make too like caw caw caw. Ravens can make different sounds and can actually talk.
  • Ravens beaks are larger and thicker and sometimes have a hook on the end. Crows beaks are smaller, sharp, and pointy. Here is the video where I got the information from theravendiaries. Anyway, I thought he needed to look as black as midnight.

video tutorial @ Shoo Rayner Drawing


October 28, 2020

Drawlloween 2020 Day 28- Graveyard in the Playground

 


Countdown to Halloween #Drawlloween Day 28 - Witch

reference video: Art for Kids Hub

 

this was just a coloring page

reference

The reference I used for the witch and the cauldron is on Art for Kids Hub. The rat was from another video channel called Easydrawings101
A cartoon Witch, Black Cat, and Raven all in one. You can find these on Youtube extraordinaire Arts For Kids Hub 

October 27, 2020

The Orphan of Cemetery Hill - My reflection

The Orphan of Cemetery Hill

The Orphan of Cemetery Hill by Hester Fox

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

We are introduced to Tabby as a child in Boston Massachusetts. In the 1800s. She and her sister have escaped their aunt and uncle for fear of performing works of spiritualism.

They were using her gift to make them money. 

It must have been awful for her to be taken advantage of like a slave while being made fun of. So to protect Tabby, Alice leaves her on the steps of a church to go find help and doesn't come back. I don't know what she was hoping to find. They were in danger of men like Mr. Whitby who were hunting them. Mr. Whitby knew they had the gift and it's what he wanted them for. Science. It happened that they caught the wrong girl. It was Tabby they wanted. Anyway, Tabby never tells anyone about her gift, and lives in a cemetery, with the caretaker of the graveyard Eli, and meets a young boy whose name is Caleb.

Caleb inherits his father's shipping business but he was a cruel and abusive father and Caleb didn't want any of it. He was always interested in architect and design. He dreams of having his name on a plaque for such architect masterpieces as seen in London. 
He meets Tabby in the Cemetery and is pulled by a strong attraction that would carry them both through the tough times and the dark ones. It was a budding romance and I'm here for it. Caleb was to marry Rose Hammond however, but she was found dead and made to look like Caleb was the chief suspect. The real perpetrator walked Scott free and that is the injustice of it. Highly intelligent, Harvard educated and wealthy men aka the resurrection men, were the bulwarks of a mad and evil society, the likes of which Tabby dares to confront and accuse of the murder of Rose Hammond.

Tabby believed Caleb was innocent because she spoke to the spirit of Rose that told her who killed her so there's that. Since then she's been trying to save his ass but every time he runs away. He flees to London on a boat from Boston and accidentally finds a portrait in a window of someone who looks just like Tabby. It was her sister Alice! 

I was elated at the news that Caleb would meet her. After seeing a portrait in a pawn shop window he was off in search of her and that leads him to Edinburgh. He gets a job after being robbed and beaten of all his pocket change. I liked Caleb for many reasons but mostly because he was not a drinker and he loved to draw. He did have a bad habit of gambling though. If it weren't that Tabby was in trouble and needed him, I am sure he would have stayed in Edinburgh in his dream job of being an architect. Just before he sailed back to Boston with Alice, his boss offered him a promotion. I like to think he goes back someday because the book didn't tie up that thread I can only imagine the HEA for Caleb and Tabby.



Countdown to Halloween #Drawlloween Day 27 - Oops, Where's My Skeleton

 




October 26, 2020

Countdown to Halloween #Drawlloween Day 26 - Fish


Angler Fish video tutorial @ Art for Kids Hub




The Koi fish was an Art For Kids Hub video tutorial on how to draw a Koi Fish

Drawlloween Day 26- Beach House Beasts

I wish I could illustrate these "beasts' in one artsy beachy fabulous drawing, but that would take years. Regardless they are fun to draw and I really don't like bugs of any sort. To me, they are a nightmare.




I followed Art for Kids Hub video tutorials on how to draw the Tarantula, Ant and Fly

October 24, 2020

Book Review: Déjà Dead

Déjà Dead (American in Paris Mysteries #1)

Déjà Dead by Susan Kiernan-Lewis

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Goodreads Summary: 

Things can get pretty dark in the City of Light Claire Baskerville is a sixty-something American who finds herself alone in Paris when her husband is brutally murdered. Reeling from the onslaught of devastating secrets he left behind Claire is stunned to realize she no longer knows who to trust. She only knows she can’t move forward until she finds out the truth behind who killed her husband. In spite of a genetic brain anomaly that makes it impossible for her to remember faces –even ones she’d seen just moments before, and all alone in a foreign city, Claire doggedly collects the clues that will lead her to her husband’s killer. Unfortunately, the closer she gets to the truth, the more determined that the killer is to make sure she never leaves Paris alive. ***
This book is a clean read: no graphic violence, sex, or strong language Genre: women amateur sleuth 


I appreciate the chapters had titles. It just broke up the monotony TBH and kept me from putting the book down. Also, the chapters were short so there's that.

Claire and her husband love Paris but when Bob is found dead in their hotel room, Claire goes into detective mode to find his killer because the police aren't giving due diligence to protect Claire to the full extent of the law! Someone is hiding the truth and her life is in danger. What is up with the French police?

Claire finds herself tangled up in lies that involve a crooked cop and some shady characters. Claire will have to rely on herself to do the investigation. She has the ability to track people. She is tough and focused but not so young anymore. 
This book appeals to the over 50 mostly and well I think that it's great.

While in Paris she also receives news that her father has died and so she inherits an apartment worth a million euros. It belonged to her father Claude Lapin ← (means rabbit btw) who she never knew that well. 

Anyway, he considers her his daughter even though she wasn't his own by blood. Claire learns her real mother had an affair while married to Claude so she is really Phillipe's daughter. She doesn't know her real father. Regardless I love that her apartment is near the Champs-Elysees. 

I love the atmosphere of Paris! 

I can picture her walking her dog Izzy and talking with her consoling trusty neighbor Genevieve. I could not get a taste of the food, however. I know what brioche is- just bread with chocolate inside, no big deal.

Joelle Lapin is Claire's wicked stepmother who thinks Claire should not inherit her father's estate. 
The judge had already ruled in Claire's favor so that pretty much deems Joelle an enemy.
I am pretty happy for Claire and her daughter and grandson.
Otherwise, Claire's adventures in Paris are a nail-biting horrific ordeal.


Countdown to Halloween #Drawlloween Day 24 - Bat

 

bat reference video tutorial on Art for Kids Hub

October 22, 2020

Countdown to Halloween 2020 #Drawlloween Day 22 - Frankenstein

Frankenstein Art for Kids Hub video tutorial

I tried drawing Frankenstein from this video tutorial with the background scenery. bwa ha. what a disaster.

I hate this one. I followed a Shoo Raynars video.

I watched this video on how to draw Frankensteins monster but it ended without finishing!! So I'm left with what I have. I do not know how to finish it. Someday. At least I have a reference, however, I don't know how I'm going to draw those staples and whatever the heck is growing on his face :/