1900s - Antique Religious Prayer Card - Floral Bookmark with Gilded Accents - Devotional Art - Spiritual Keepsake - Ephemera

This charming religious card, likely functioning as a prayer card or bookmark, showcases a delicate floral design set against a textured, light background. The artwork features an array of graceful white and maroon-tinged flowers with slender green stems, reminiscent of poppies or anemones. Gilded accents are subtly incorporated, adding a touch of elegance and highlighting certain elements of the illustration and text.

The card bears several lines of text in French, rendered in an elegant script with some gilded flourishes. At the top, it reads 'Le bonheur en Dieu,' which translates to 'The happiness in God.' Below, a central message proclaims: 'Vivez en Dieu! Vivez pour Dieu! Vivez de Dieu!' meaning 'Live in God! Live for God! Live from God!' The attribution 'P. Stéphane de la Croix' (Father Stéphane of the Cross) is visible.