An Advent devotion that you really can have ready by Sunday

I recently got bombarded by requests for access to the Fine Art Jesse Tree ornament files (apparently, a server update had switched sharing off for all of them), so I thought I'd take the opportunity to reshare them, especially for those of you who might be looking for a good last-minute option. The back-to-back file can just be printed double-sided on sturdy paper and cut out, or, if you have a little more time and energy, you can laminate them, or print them out single-sided and glue to colored cardstock.

Ideas on how to use the ornaments in your family prayer time can be found at the original post.

All of the files can be found below:

• Back-to-back ornaments (for double-sided printing)
• Ornament fronts (art pieces) only
• Ornament backs only
• List of readings

Have a blessed Advent!

St Teresa of Avila

Know that even when you are in the kitchen, 

our Lord moves amidst the pots and pans. 

(St Teresa of Avila)

 We'll be celebrating with some paella on the grill- it's probably the last time it will be warm enough to grill out. My metal turkey roaster makes a perfect paella pan, and I simplify by using a bag of frozen mixed seafood.

(Image Source: Gerard, St Theresa, 1827)

28th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Jesus said in reply,
“Ten were cleansed, were they not?
Where are the other nine?
Has none but this foreigner returned to give thanks to God?”
Then he said to him, “Stand up and go;
your faith has saved you.”
(Lk 17-19)


 Sunday Supper Idea: Eggs St Denis
(Feast day October 9)



(Image Source: The Healing of the Sick, fresco c. 980)

Our Lady of the Rosary

Holy Mary, Mother of God,
Pray for us sinners,
Now and at the hour of our death.
Amen.

And if Our Lady of Victory wanted to interecede for Our Lady's football team, we wouldn't mind one bit!

Image source: Bray, Still life with Symbols of the Blessed Virgin Mary

St Francis of Assisi

Sanctify yourself and you will sanctify society. 

(Saint Francis of Assisi)

Image source: El Greco, Francis Meditating

The Baptism in the Jordan

"Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!" (Jn 1, 29)

Image source: Simon Bening, Beatty Rosary, c.1530

Christ the King

And to him was given dominion and glory and kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed. (Daniel 7, 13)

Image Source
Mosaic, Cathedral of Cefalu, Italy

Presentation of the Virgin

Image source
Carpaccio, The Presentation of the Virgin

St Elizabeth of Hungary

Elizabeth was a lifelong friend of the poor and gave herself entirely to relieving the hungry. She ordered that one of her castle should be converted into a hospital in which she gathered many of the weak and feeble. She generously gave alms to all who were in need, not only in that place but in all the territories of her husband’s empire. She spent all her own revenue from her husband’s four principalities, and finally she sold her luxurious possessions and rich clothes for the sake of the poor. (Conrad of Marburg, her confessor)



Image top: The Charity of St Elizabeth, Bartolomeo Schedoni, 1611
Image bottom: The Prayer Book of St Elizabeth of Hungary, 1220

Easter

Jesus said to her, "Do not hold me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brethren and say to them, I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God." (Jn 20, 17)

Franciabigio, Noli mi Tangere, 1520-25

Good Friday

There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, and Jesus between them.

 (Jn 19, 18)

Antonello da Massina, Crucifixion, 1475

Maundy Thursday

For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, "This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me." (1 Cor 11, 23-24)

Fray Nicolas Borras, The Last Supper, 1570s

Spy Wednesday

[Judas] went away and conferred with the chief priests and officers how he might betray him to them. (Lk 22, 4)

 Lippo Memmi, Betrayal of Judas, 1340

Palm Sunday

And those who went before and those who followed cried out, 

"Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! (Mk 11, 9)

Entry into Jerusalem, Italian Mosaic Artist, 1140-47

Fifth Sunday of Lent

"When I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself." (Jn 12, 32)

Albrecht Aldorfer, Christ on the Cross, 1520

Fourth Sunday of Lent

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up,

that whoever believes in him may have eternal life." Jn 3, 14-15

Agnolo Bronzino, Miracle of the Brazen Serpent, 1542

Third Sunday of Lent

And making a whip of cords, he drove them all, 

with the sheep and oxen, out of the temple; 

and he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables.

(Jn 2, 15)

El Greco, The Purification of the Temple, 1600

Second Sunday of Lent

And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John,  and led them up a high mountain apart by themselves;  and he was transfigured before them (Mk 9, 2)

Fra Angelico, The Transfiguration, 1440-42

First Sunday of Lent

And he was in the wilderness forty days, 

tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; 

and the angels ministered to him. (Mk 1, 13)

Ludovico Carracci, Christ Served by Angels in the Wilderness, 1608-1610

Jesse Tree: The Word Made Flesh

Apse Mosaic, San Clemente, Rome. 1130.

John 1:1–18

O magnum mysterium, et admirabile sacramentum, ut animalia viderent Dominum natum, jacentem in praesepio! Beata Virgo, cujus viscera meruerunt portare Dominum Christum. Alleluia.

O great mystery, and wonderful sacrament, that animals should see the new-born Lord, lying in a manger! Blessed is the Virgin whose womb was worthy to bear Christ the Lord. Alleluia!

Music: O Magnum Mysterium, Victoria.

Jesse Tree Printable Ornaments here.