Integrating the Spiritual, Physical, and Emotional for Health and Wholeness
This is the third and final part of a series examining the Twelve Days of Christmas.
Read Part 1 here.
Read Part 2 here.
The eight maids are the beatitudes from Matthew 5. They are the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount.
Continue reading “The Twelve Days of Christmas, Part 3”This is a continuation of a post on the 12 Days of Christmas. Read the first part here: Twelve Days of Christmas, Part 1.
The five golden rings supposedly refer to the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Bible. Traditionally, these were written by Moses, but almost no one believes Moses actually wrote them down. The stories were oral tadition. The books–Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuternoomy–explain the origins of humankind and humanity’s rlationship with God.
Continue reading “The Twelve Days of Christmas, Part 2”The Twelve Days of Christmas are not twelve days leading up to Christmas. Advent is the time leading up to Christmas Day. The Twelve Days begin with Christmas Day and last until January 6, which is known as Epiphany. Epiphany is the day we celebrate the arrival of the Wise Men. For more on the Wise Men, read the Wise Men post. The days between Christmas Day and Epiphany constitute the Christmas season.
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