The 6th Day of Christmas
12th Day of Christmas
12 Fruits of the Holy Ghost
Benignity
Charity ~ Chastity ~ Continence
+ Faith ~ Goodness ~ Joy ~ Long-Suffering +
Mildness ~ Modesty
Patience ~ Peace
(Alphabetical helps memorize!)
Come Holy Ghost
(Traditional Hymn-to the best of my research, authorship goes to Lambillotte, Caswall & Maurus)
Partial artwork by Ronald St. Martin at innerwindows.net.
7th Day of Christmas
Fortitude ~ Temperance ~ Faith ~ Charity ~ Hope ~ Justice ~ Prudence
The Seven (Traditional) Virtues
The Three Theological Virtues: Faith, Hope & Charity
The Four Cardinal Virtues: Fortitude, Temperance, Justice & Prudence
There are also the Seven Capital Virtues: Chastity, Generosity, Temperance, Brotherly Love, Meekness, Humility & Diligence
Catholic Bible 101: The Virtues
The paintings above, “The Seven Virtues,” were commissioned by a 15th century Italian courthouse. Strangely, the first, “Fortitude,” was painted by Sandro Botticelli (it is considered his first masterpiece) and the rest by Piero and Antonio Pollaiuolo. For a wonderful article, with detailed descriptions and theological discussion, please see portraitofasometimeslady.com.
6th Day of Christmas
Six Days of Creation: Genesis 1
1 ~ “Be light made.”
2 ~ “Let there be a firmament made amidst the waters.”
3 ~ “Let the waters that are under the heaven, be gathered together into one place: and let the dry land appear…Let the earth bring forth the green herb, and such as may seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after its kind.”
4 ~ “Let there be lights made in the firmament of heaven, to divide the day and the night.”
5 ~ “Let the waters bring forth the creeping creature having life, and the fowl that may fly over the earth…And God created the great whales.”
6 ~ “Let the earth bring forth the living creature in its kind, cattle and creeping things, and beasts of the earth…And he said: Let us make man to our image and likeness…male and female he created them.”
Hey, what about the song???
Partial artwork by Leah Smith from ncsundayschools