st. christopher carrying the christ child // st. mary magadelene in a grotto

from a book of hours illuminated by simon bening, bruges, c. 1530-35 // size of the illuminations: 4.8 × 3.4 cm // (here's a cute video about this manuscript)

The Prisoner of Love - various antique holy cards, artist unknown

O JESUS, DIVINE PRISONER present always in the Tabernacle as a ransom for my sins, look on me a prisoner, too, bound by my own guilt. O, relieve me from the shackles of my sins that I may give myself to the service of Thy Love.

Deliver me from the shackles of my pride, sweet Jesus, from my vanity, sloth and anger, melt the stiffness of my will, break the tyranny of my passions, open wide the door of my dungeoned soul and dispel the darkness of my sins and ignorance.