No, You Can't Hurry Love

John William Waterhouse  Ophelia

Down by the Salley Gardens 

by William Butler Yeats

Down by the salley gardens my love and I did meet;

She passed the salley gardens with little snow-white feet.

She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree;

But I, being young and foolish, with her would not agree. 

In a field by the river my love and I did stand,

And on my leaning shoulder she laid her snow-white hand.

She bid me take life easy, as the grass grows on the weirs;

But I was young and foolish, and now am full of tears.

Epiphany

The Sacred Three Kings
Leopold Lupelwieser

Matthew 2:1-6 and 9-11

Now after Jesus was born 
in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, 

behold, wise men from the East 
came to Jerusalem, saying,
“Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? 

For we have seen His star in the East 
and have come to worship Him.”

The Magi in the House of Herod
James Tissot

When Herod the king heard this, 

he was troubled, 
and all Jerusalem with him.

And when he had gathered all the chief priests 
and scribes of the people together, 

he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. 

So they said to him, 

Adoration of the Magi Jan Gossaert

“In Bethlehem of Judea, 
for thus it is written by the prophet: 

‘ But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,

Are not the least among the rulers of Judah;

For out of you shall come a Ruler

Who will shepherd My people Israel.'"

Adoration of the Magi
Abraham Blomaert

When they heard the king, they departed; 

and behold, 
the star which they had seen in the East went before them, 

till it came and stood over where the young Child was. 

When they saw the star, 
they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy.

And when they had come into the house, 

they saw the young Child with Mary His mother, 

and fell down and worshiped Him. 

And when they had opened their treasures, 

they presented gifts to Him: 

 gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

The Twelfth Day of Christmas

The Nativity
Bernardino Jacopi Butinone

The Crucifiction  Matthias Grunewald

Resurrection of Christ
and Women at the Tomb
Fra Angelico          

Revelation 22:20

“Surely I am coming quickly."

Amen. 


      




Even so, 
come, Lord Jesus! 

The Last Judgement  Rogier Van der Weyden

The Eleventh Day of Christmas

The Madonna
Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato

John 1:14 and 16-17

And the Word became flesh 

and dwelt among us, 

and we beheld His glory, 
the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, 

The Resurrection  Carl Heinrich Bloch

full of grace and truth. 

And of His fullness we have all received, 

and grace for grace. 

For the law was given 
through Moses,

but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

The Tenth Day of Christmas

Paradise  Jan Brueghel the Younger

John 1:1-5

In the beginning was the Word, 

and the Word was with God, 

and the Word was God. 

He was in the beginning with God. 

All things were made through Him, 

and without Him nothing was made 
that was made.

Nativity Scene of Hope
Rembrandt van Rijn

In Him was life, 

and the life was the light of men.

And the light shines in the darkness, 

and the darkness did not comprehend it.

The Ninth Day of Christmas

Crucifiction Triptych  Joos Van Gent 

The Nativity  Robert Campin

Nativity
Jean Baptiste Marie Pierre

Isaiah 9:6

For unto us a Child is born,

Unto us a Son is given; 

And the government will be upon His shoulder. 

And His name will be called 

Wonderful, 

Counselor, 

Mighty God, 

Everlasting Father, 

Prince of Peace.

The Eighth Day of Christmas

Presentation on the Temple  Lorenzo Lotto

Luke 2:21

And when eight days were completed 

for the circumcision of the Child,

His name was called JESUS, 

the name given by the angel 

before He was conceived in the womb.