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  • Jesse Tree – 7th Day of Advent

    The history of the Jesse Tree during the Advent season dates back to the Middle Ages. The tradition finds its origin in the verse from Isaiah 11:1, “A shoot will grow up from the stump of Jesse”, promising the Messiah and God’s salvation of the Hebrew people from their political enemies. Each day throughout the…

  • Jesse Tree – 6th Day of Advent

    The history of the Jesse Tree during the Advent season dates back to the Middle Ages. The tradition finds its origin in the verse from Isaiah 11:1, “A shoot will grow up from the stump of Jesse”, promising the Messiah and God’s salvation of the Hebrew people from their political enemies. Each day throughout the…

  • Jesse Tree – 5th Day of Advent

    The history of the Jesse Tree during the Advent season dates back to the Middle Ages. The tradition finds its origin in the verse from Isaiah 11:1, “A shoot will grow up from the stump of Jesse”, promising the Messiah and God’s salvation of the Hebrew people from their political enemies. Each day throughout the…

  • Jesse Tree – 4th Day of Advent

    The history of the Jesse Tree during the Advent season dates back to the Middle Ages. The tradition finds its origin in the verse from Isaiah 11:1, “A shoot will grow up from the stump of Jesse”, promising the Messiah and God’s salvation of the Hebrew people from their political enemies. Each day throughout the…

  • Jesse Tree – 3rd Day of Advent

    The history of the Jesse Tree during the Advent season dates back to the Middle Ages. The tradition finds its origin in the verse from Isaiah 11:1, “A shoot will grow up from the stump of Jesse”, promising the Messiah and God’s salvation of the Hebrew people from their political enemies. Each day throughout the…

  • Jesse Tree – 2nd Day of Advent

    The history of the Jesse Tree during the Advent season dates back to the Middle Ages. The tradition finds its origin in the verse from Isaiah 11:1, “A shoot will grow up from the stump of Jesse”, promising the Messiah and God’s salvation of the Hebrew people from their political enemies. Each day throughout the…

  • Jesse Tree – 1st Day of Advent

    The history of the Jesse Tree during the Advent season dates back to the Middle Ages. The tradition finds its origin in the verse from Isaiah 11:1, “A shoot will grow up from the stump of Jesse”, promising the Messiah and God’s salvation of the Hebrew people from their political enemies. Each day throughout the…

  • Sunday Reflection – Advent I, November 27, 2022

      Be Ready Matthew 24 36 “But nobody knows when that day or hour will come, not the heavenly angels and not the Son. Only the Father knows. 37 As it was in the time of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Human One. 38 In those days before the flood, people were eating and…

  • Kids Korner: Advent I (November 27th)

    Read Matthew 24:36-44 with your family. Last week was the last week of the old Christian year, where we concentrated on the stories from the Gospel of Luke. This week is the first Sunday in the new Christian year, a year where we concentrate on the stories from the Gospel of Matthew. The first reading…

  • Jesse Tree – Preparing the tree

    The history of the Jesse Tree during the Advent season dates back to the Middle Ages. The tradition finds its origin in the verse from Isaiah 11:1, “A shoot will grow up from the stump of Jesse”, promising the Messiah and God’s salvation of the Hebrew people from their political enemies. Each day throughout the…