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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. 37:23-28; 45:3-15  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  

Activity Source: Jesse Tree  Kit, A by Betsy Walter, Pauline Books and Media, Boston, MA, 1983