Baptismus Christi.

Veronese, Paolo. Baptism of Christ.
1561. Oil on canvas. Venice.

Monday, Janurary 13 is the Feast of the Baptism of Christ. When Jesus comes to be baptized, John says to him, "It is I who should be baptized by you." John asks why. Many continue to do so. Why did Christ need to be baptized? The answer has to with the Old and New Covenant, which are distilled in written form by the Old and New Testaments.  How could Christ redeem those from the Law of Moses? Only because he himself was under the Law. Circumcision. Yes, Christ knew even this as a child. For he was fully human yet without sin, and it was that to save mankind he must pass through man's world in order to, as Matthew says, "fulfill all righteousness." 

Note here the connection of baptism with circumcision.  
Here is another depiction of Christ's baptism. Again, it's clear that artists such as Veronese wish to show that Christ's baptism was an cosmological event. Note the heavens riven in two. Note the humility in the posture of Christ.

Agenda for Monday, January 13:

1. Pray
2. Latin Proverb: Hic est Filius meus dilectus, in quo mihi complacui. (Matt. 3:17)  
3. Continue reading and studying Macbeth together.
4. Reading Journal: Act I, Macbeth 
5. Review HW:
1. Read Act II of Macbeth.



The Circumcision.
MANTEGNA, Andrea. 
1460-64. Tempera on wood.
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence.

2. Be perfect.

Agenda for Tuesday, January 14:

1. Pray
2. Grammar Lesson: Pronoun and Agreement
3. Continue reading and studying Macbeth together. 
4. Review and discuss the Reading Journal on Act I
5. Reading Journal: Act II, Macbeth
6. Review HW:
1. Read Act III of Macbeth.
2. Be perfect.

Agenda for Wednesday, January 15:

1. Pray
2. Grammar Lesson: Pronoun and Agreement
3. Continue reading and studying Macbeth together. 
4. Review HW:
1. Read Act IV of Macbeth.
2. Study grammar notes on Agreement and Pronoun reference.
3. Be perfect.

Agenda for Thursday, January 16:

1. Pray
2. Grammar Lesson: Pronoun and Agreement
3. Continue reading and studying Macbeth together. 
4. Review and discuss the Reading Journal on Act I
5. Reading Journal: Acts III-IV, Macbeth
6. Review HW:
1. Read Act V of Macbeth.
2. Be perfect.

Agenda for Friday, January 17:

1. Pray
2. Grammar Lesson: Pronoun and Agreement
3. Continue reading and studying Macbeth together. 
4. Review and discuss the Reading Journal on Act I
5. Reading Journal: Act V, Macbeth
6. Review HW:
1. Review the notes and Reading Journals on Macbeth.
2. Be perfect.