Mundum olim erat obscurum.

BAROCCI, Federico Fiori. Annunciation.
1582-84. Oil on canvas. Pinacoteca, Vatican.

Yes. It's true. The world was once dark. Advent meditation, day five: consider the contrast of light and dark in Barocci's "Annunciation" and this should of course remind us of the primordial darkness before the light of Christ, through Mary, broke open ancient night of a fallen world.

Agenda:

1. Pray
2. BWH Project: 
1. Presentations on a passage from The Ballad of the White Horse
3. Lecture on Book IV-V of Ballad of the White Horse  
1. Take notes
4. Review HW:
1. Review and study notes on The Ballad
2. Be good.