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.

Jesse Tree: The Nativity

Bicci di Lorenzo (1373–1452), Nativity.

Luke 2:1–20

Music: O Come, All Ye Faithful

Jesse Tree Printable Ornaments here.

Jesse Tree: The Visitation

Jacques Daret. The Visitation, from Altarpiece of the Virgin. 1434-1435.

Luke 1:39–56

Music: O Emmanuel

Jesse Tree Printable Ornaments here.

Jesse Tree: The Annunciation

Sandro Botticelli, Cestello Annunciation. 1490.

Luke 1:26–38

Music: O Rex Gentium

Jesse Tree Printable Ornaments here.

Jesse Tree: The Birth of John Foretold

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo,The Baptism of Christ. c.1655.

Luke 1:5–25

Music: O Oriens

Jesse Tree Printable Ornaments here.

Jesse Tree: The Rebuilding of Jerusalem

Piero della Francesca, Finding of the True Cross (detail). 1452–1466.

Nehemiah 1:1–2:8, 6:15–16

Music: O Clavis David

Jesse Tree Printable Ornaments here.

Jesse Tree: The Exile

Rembrandt, Jeremiah Lamenting the

Destruction of Jerusalem. 1630.

Lamentations 1:1-5, 5:16-22

Music: O Radix Iesse

Jesse Tree Printable Ornaments here.

Jesse Tree: The Messiah Foretold

Van Gogh, Sower With Setting Sun. 1888.

Isaiah 9:1–6 

Music: O Adonai

Jesse Tree Printable Ornaments here.

Jesse Tree: The Call of Isaiah

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, The Prophet Isaiah. 1729.

Isaiah 6:1–10

Music: God, We Praise You, God, We Bless You

Jesse Tree Printable Ornaments here.

Jesse Tree: Hezekiah

Unknown, King Hezekiah. 17th century. Sankta Maria kyrka in Åhus, Sweden.

2 Kings 18:1-19:19; 32-37

Music: O Come, Divine Messiah

 

Jesse Tree Printable Ornaments here.

Jesse Tree: Elijah

Washington Allston, Elijah in the Wilderness. 1817.

I Kings 17:1-16

Music: God Has Spoken By His Prophets

Jesse Tree Printable Ornaments here.

Jesse Tree: David

Erasmus Quellin, Saul and David. 1635.

  1 Samuel 16:1-23

Music: Once in Royal David's City

Jesse Tree: Samuel

Sir Joshua Reynolds, The Infant Samuel. 1776.

1 Samuel 3:1-21, 7:1-8:22, 9:15-10:9

Music: Wake, O Wake With Tidings Thrilling

Jesse Tree: Gideon

Duccio di Buoninsegna, Wedding at Cana (detail).1308-1311.

Judges 6:1–6,11–16, 7:1–8, 16–22

Music: Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates

Jesse Tree: The Fall of Jericho

Jean Fouquet, The Taking of Jericho. 

c. 1452-1460.

Joshua 1:1–11, 6:1–20 

Music: When the King Shall Come Again

Jesse Tree: The Giving of the Torah

Lorenzo Monaco, Moses. c.1408.

Exodus 19:1-20:20

Music: O Come, O Come Emmanuel (verse 3)

Jesse Tree Printable Ornaments here.

Jesse Tree: The Passover & Exodus

Francisco de Zurbarán, Agnus Dei.1635–40.

Exodus 12:1-14:31

Music: Ad Ceonam Agni Providi (English hymn: The Lamb's High Banquet We Await)

Jesse Tree Printable Ornaments here.

Jesse Tree: Joseph in Egypt

Master of the Castello Nativity, Sts Justus and Clement Multiplying the Grain of Volterra. c.1450.

Genesis 37:12-28, 41:1-40

Music: Comfort, Comfort, O My People

Jesse Tree Printable Ornaments here.

Jesse Tree: The Burning Bush

Dieric Bouts the Elder, Moses and the Burning Bush. 1465-70.

Exodus 2:1–4:20

Music: Fire of God, Undying Flame

Jesse Tree Printable Ornaments here.

Jesse Tree: Jacob's Ladder

Unknown Gothic Glass Painter, Jacob with the Tree of Jesse(Freiburg Cathedral). c.1218.

Genesis 27:41-28:22

“How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.”

Music: Terribilis Est Locus Iste

Jesse Tree Printable Ornaments here.