Three French Hens | James Henley

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Reflection & Contemplation, Twelve Days of Christmas

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Three French Hens

On the third day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree.

Continuing my reflections on the Twelve Days of Christmas, the third day of Christmas is for French Hens. Within Christian folklore, the French Hens are for the three virtues faith, hope and love.

Update: For some reason yesterday the rest of this post after the jump got lost when the post was published. It’s now restored – please read on.

In his letters, Paul brings faith, hope and love together in a few different places:

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. (1 Corinthians 13:13)

We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all his people—the faith and love that spring from the hope stored up for you in heaven and about which you have already heard in the true word of the gospel. (Colossians 1:3-5)

And my favourite:

We remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labour prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Thessalonians 1:3)

May your life be worked out in faith, inspired by a hope that endures even in the hardest moments, and motivated by a burning, overflowing love of God and for all his people.

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