So, "my true love" is God almighty, and each day after Christmas he sends messages to the Catholics to remind them of the important teachings of their beliefs.
"On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me
Two turtle-doves
And a partridge in a pear tree."
Two turtle-doves mean the Old Testament and the New Testament, two collection books of religious writings.
The Old Testament is based on the Hebrew bible, and the number of books contained differ between Christian Churches. The Protestant Church Old Testament contains 39 books whereas the Catholic one contains 46. The second part of the Christian Bible, the New Testament contains 27 books.
And also on the second day, the Lord does not forget to remind you also of Jesus on the cross.
"On the third day of Christmas my true love gave to me
Three French hens
Two turtle-doves
And a partridge in a pear tree."
Three French hens refers to "faith, hope and love", the Theological Virtues. It is mentioned in Corinthians 13 : 13 in the New Testament.
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love
By the way, the lyrics of the school anthem of my old school was exactly the words from Corinthians 13 - "Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels..." to "But the greatest of these is love."To me, Corinthians 13 is more a lyrics of the song I used to sing every week at school assemblies than the words of the Bible.
So, on the third day of Christmas, the Lord reminds us of
faith, hope and love,
and also reminds us again the importance of
the Old Testament and the New Testament,
and of Jesus on the cross.
See you next time.
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