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Ministry of Preaching Through the Arts - Sisters of St. Dominic - Barbara Schwarz, OP
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This family, classroom or church activity comes with symbols to be cut and on the back there are a short reading, prayer, and a question to assist in preparation for Christmas. This Jesse Tree connects modern understandings of the earth with the biblical Jesse Tree. Traditionally it can be hung on a tree or bare branch and can be used like an Advent Calendar or prayer cards per day.  It ends with a Christmas Tree Blessing adapted for use with young children or a fuller version.

This has been successfully used in homes, schools(from Montessori to colleges) and motherhouses. It is earth based so there is a learning not only of Jesus origins but of all the earth's in its preparation for the Christ and for us.
During Advent at a faculty day of prayer each person picked the picture that attracted them and they sat with it in the process of the day. One particular day
a man on the staff found it so moving he asked for an ornament to be made of that card!
It works in many ways!
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