"Now as I have a taste for reading even torn papers lying in the streets..." Don Quixote, Cervantes
Friday, December 07, 2007
Jesse Tree Pictures
List of Jesse Tree Symbols (in roughly chronological order, from creation to the birth of Christ.)
Week I
Sunday: Introduction (Isa. 11:1-10)
Monday: God—Creation
Tuesday: Adam and Eve—The First Sin
Wednesday: Noah—The Flood
Thursday; Abraham—The Promise
Friday: Isaac—Offering of Isaac
Saturday: Jacob—Ladder to Heaven
Week II
Sunday: Joseph—God's Providence
Monday: Moses—God's Leadership
Tuesday: Israelites—Passover Lamb
Wednesday: Exodus—Pillars of Fire and Cloud
Thursday: God—Giving the Torah at Sinai
Friday: The Ark of the Covenant—Prefigurement of Mary
Saturday: Joshua—The Fall of Jericho
Week III
Sunday: Gideon—Unlikely Heroes
Monday: Samuel—The Beginning of the Kingdom
Tuesday: David—A Shepherd for the People
Wednesday: Elijah—Threat of False Gods
Thursday: Jonah—Doing God's Will
Friday: Judith—Faith in Action
Saturday: Isaiah—The Call to Holiness
Week IV
Sunday: Jeremiah—The Exile
Monday: Habakkuk—Waiting and Watching
Dec. 19: John the Baptist
Dec. 20: Mary
Dec. 21: Zechariah and Elizabeth
Dec. 22: Joseph
Dec. 23: The Magi
Dec. 24: Jesus
Dec. 25: The Christ