Feast Day of St. Augustine

BOTTICELLI, Sandro.
St Augustine in His Cell. 1490-94
Tempera on panel, 41 x 27 cm cm
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Today is the Feast Day of St. Augustine. You would do well to celebrate it with food and fellowship. As we learn more about this man, whose probity and sincerity have shaped the imagination of the West and shaped the conscience of our Heart, let us attend to his wisdom and eloquence. 

In class today, we have another day set aside for grammar and writing study. If you don't believe that grammar is necessary, or that reading and understanding a text is beneficial, then harken unto the comic wisdom of Mr. Brian Reagan. Rejoice and laugh therefore at fools who despise wisdom.

Agenda:

1. Pray
2. Work shop ICEs: generate good examples.
3. Read Confessions silently.
4. Review and discuss RJ on Books II & III
1. Why does Augs recount the sins of his youth?
2. What did Augustine long for? What two things were mixed together in his "murky" mind?
3. How did Augustine sin with the pears? Why did he do it? 
4. What effect did Augustine's friends have on him? Explain.
5. Do lust and the emotions of the theater lead Augustine to satisfaction or to frustration? (How does he describe his life?)
6. How do Augustine and his friends become worse sinners?   
5. From Culture:
1. In Augustine's day, young people were given over to for sin's sake. Where do we see examples of this in the behavior of young people today? 
6. From Bible: 
1. According to James 4: 1-3, why do we sin? 
2. Does this mean that God wants our lives to be devoid of enjoyment?
7. Review and copy HW:
1. Study and read Confessions. Read Book IV by Thursday (8/29).
2. Revise ICEs. Turn in on Friday (8/30).
3. Study grammar. Quiz on Pronouns and Antecedents this week.
4. Este perfecti!