Vintage Catholic Sacred Heart (Bouasse-Lebel...French) Prayer Card (787 for Sale

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Vintage Catholic Sacred Heart (Bouasse-Lebel...French) Prayer Card (787 For Sale

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Vintage Catholic Sacred Heart (Bouasse-Lebel...French) Prayer Card (787:
$40.00

This Sacred Heart Holy Card is over 100 years old, as it belonged to at least my grandparents (& I'm 787),It has a saying at the bottom in French "heureux ceux qui aiment dieu" that translates to English as "Happy are those who love god".And below that on front picture of the Sacred Heart Jesus with child in smaller French font:"leur unique peusee sera de lui plaire"translates to "their only hope will be to please him".
Despite the fringe raggedness, the colors are bright, with little to no fading.The even smaller font immediately under the photo states that this is a Bouasse-Lebel imprint 3312 onset. Sulpice St,, Paris.I discovered that these are very special vintage holy cards.
Th back has a prayer in English which you can read in the photos. If two small, merely spread your screen to enlarge, but it reads from Matthew 12 and concerns a meek and humble heart.
The purpose of this prayer it says at the very bottom is the practice of "love and reparation" (repair)Below this in small font is another font that for the collector likely means something "787", followed by the Parisian street address of the imprinter.This is a real special piece that somebody may be able to date from the numbers, but I am guesstimating as over 100 years old due to it I'm presuming belonging at the least to my Catholic grandparents.