Icon of Holy Family, Monastary of St. Gerasimos(any guess as to who the young man accompanying Jesus, Mary and Jospeh is?)
Icon of the Holy Family Fleeing to Egypt, The Hanging Church, Cairo
Holy Family, Aiden Hart
The Holy Family, S.M.Sazsh - 1729Orientis partibus Adventavit asinus (Song of the Ass, 13th century)
From the East the donkey came,
Stout and strong as twenty men;
Ears like wings and eyes like flame,
Striding into Bethlehem.
Heh! Sir Ass, oh heh!
Faster than the deer he leapt,
Faster than the deer he leapt,
With his burden on his back;
Though all other creatures slept,
Still the ass kept on his track.
Heh! Sir Ass, oh heh!
Still he draws his heavy load,
Still he draws his heavy load,
Fed on barley and rough hay;
Pulling on along the road --
Donkey, pull our sins away!
Heh! Sir Ass, oh heh!
Wrap him now in cloth of gold;
Wrap him now in cloth of gold;
All rejoice who see him pass;
Mirth inhabit young and old
On this feast day of the ass.
Heh! Sir Ass, oh heh!
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