Friday, December 25, 2009

Christmas Wishes


JOYEUX NOËL!


"Le grand petit enfant de Bethlehem soit a jamais les delices et les amours de nostre cœur!"

"May the great though tiny Child of Bethlehem ever be the delight and the love of our heart!"

François de Sales (1567-1622), bishop and saint
Letter CXVI to Saint Jeanne-Françoise de Chantal
on the Feast of the Birth of Our Lord

Painted enamel plaque attributed to Jean II Pénicaud
(active 1531-1549)