Feast Day of St. Monica

GOZZOLI.
St Monica
1464-65
Fresco
Apsidal chapel.

Today is the feast day of St. Monica, Mother of St. Augustine. She is testimony that faithful obedience as a wife and mother can convert souls. Without her example of mother as mother we would not have Augustine the Saint but merely Augustine the sinner.

Agenda:

1. Pray
2. Do Grammar Ex. on Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
3. Read Confessions silently.
4. Reading Journal (8/27): 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. Hand back ICEs and discuss problems and where to improve. 
1. Revisions due at the end of the week.
6. Review and discuss Augustine and Book II. 
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!