The Baptism and the Flood

TINTORETTO. The Baptism of Christ. 1579-81
Oil on canvas. Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice

Note the contrast. Note the cataclysm. Note the apocalyptic imagery in Tintoretto's Baptism of Christ, suggesting that this event was not merely a detail in the life of Christ. It was a fulfillment of ages-old prophecy, as we see in this depiction. Consider this destructive imagery in light of its typological significance that relates to the great Deluge of Noah's time. 
 
Agenda for Monday, January 20:

1. No School Today.

Agenda for Tuesday, January 21:

1. Pray
2. Latin Proverb: Mortui Vivos Docent
1. The dead teach the living. 
3. Continue reading and studying Macbeth together. 
1. Reading Journal: Act V
1. How does Lady Macbeth's state of mind change throughout the play, esp/ in Act V?
2. Describe the changes in the relationship of Macbeth to his wife through the second half of the play. 
3. What does the doctor say about Lady Macbeth?
4. How does Macbeth die?
5. Who succeeds Macbeth as king?
4. Finish reading the Omnibus intro on Macbeth:
1. Take notes
5. Review HW:
1. Review the notes and Reading Journals on Macbeth.
2. Study Omnibus intro.
3. Be perfect.

Agenda for Wednesday, January 22:

1. Pray
2. Grammar Quiz: Pronoun Reference 
3. Review Essay Prompts for Macbeth.
1. Craft thesis statements and outlines.
4. Review HW:
1. Review the notes and Reading Journals on Macbeth.
2. Study Thematic Essay Questions.
3. Study for Macbeth Exam!
4. Be perfect.

Agenda for Thursday, January 23:

1. Pray
2. Review Essay Prompts for Macbeth.
1. Craft thesis statements and outlines.
3. Watch Macbeth.
4. Review HW:
1. Review the notes and Reading Journals on Macbeth.
2. Study for Macbeth Exam!
3. Be perfect.

Agenda for Friday, January 24:

1. Pray
2. Macbeth Exam
3. Review HW:
1. Be perfect.

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.