JESSE TREE SCRIPTURES (The symbols are only suggestions)
December 1
Creation: Gen. 1:1-31; 2:1-4
Symbols: sun, moon, stars, animals, earth
December 2
Adam and Eve: Gen. 2:7-9, 18-24
Symbols: tree, man, woman
December 3
Fall of Man: Gen. 3:1-7 and 23-24
Symbols: tree, serpent, apple with bite
December 4
Noah: Gen. 6:5-8, 13-22; 7:17, 23, 24; 8:1, 6-22
Symbols: ark, animals, dove, rainbow
December 5
Abraham: Gen. 12:1-3
Symbols: torch, sword, mountain
December 6
Isaac: Gen. 22:1-14
Symbols: bundle of wood, altar, ram in bush
December 7
Jacob: Gen. 25:1-34; 28:10-15
Symbols: kettle, ladder
December 8
Joseph: Gen. 25:1-34; 28:10-15
Symbols: bucket, well, silver coins, tunic
December 9
Moses: Ex. 2:1-10
Symbols: baby in basket, river and rushes
December 10
Samuel: 1 Sam. 3:1-18
Symbols: lamp, temple
December 11
Jesse: 1 Sam. 16:1-13
Symbols: crimson robe, shepherd's staff
December 12
David: 1 Sam. 17:12-51
Symbols: slingshot, 6-pointed star
December 13
Solomon: 1 Kings 3:5-14, 16-28
Symbols: scales of justice, temple, two babies and sword
December 14
Joseph: Matt. 1:18-25
Symbols: hammer, saw, chisel, angle
December 15
Mary: Matt. 1:18-25; Luke 1:26-38
Symbols: lily, crown of stars, pierced heart
December 16
John the Baptist: Mark 1:1-8
Symbols: shell with water, river
On December 17, the Church begins to intensify the preparation for Christmas with the use of the "O" Antiphons during the Liturgy of the Hours. The symbols for the Jesse Tree from December 17 to 23 are based on the "O" Antiphons.
December 17
Jesus is Wisdom: Sirach (or Ecclesiasticus in old Bibles) 24:2; Wisdom 8:1
Symbols: oil lamp, open book
December 18
Jesus is Lord: Ex. 3:2; 20:1
Symbols: burning bush, stone tablets
December 19
Jesus is Flower of Jesse: Isaiah 11:1-3
Symbols: flower, plant with flower
December 20
Jesus is Key of David: Isaiah 22:22
Symbols: key, broken chains
December 21
Jesus is the Radiant Dawn: Psalm 19:6-7 (in older Bibles this will be Psalm 18)
Symbols: sun rising or high in sky
December 22
Jesus is King of the Gentiles: Psalm 2:7-8; Ephesians 2:14-20
Symbols: crown, scepter
December 23
Jesus is Emmanuel: Isaiah 7:14; 33:22
Symbols: tablets of stone, chalice and host
December 24
Jesus is Light of the World: John 1:1-14
Symbols: candle, flame, sun
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