Et ne nos inducas tentationem.

Juan De Flandes. The Temptation of Christ.
1500. Oil on panel. National Gallery of Art, WA.

"And lead us not into temptation." We pray this almost every day. But what does it mean? Consider the Lenten season we are in. Consider the fact that Christ was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by Satan. The writer of Hebrews explains one of the reasons and benefits for Christ's own temptation: "For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are--yet was without sin" (Hebrews 4:15). In other words, we pray this because man is weak. We pray this because Adam (literally, "man" in Hebrew) has failed. But Christ did not. And so we also call upon Him, the author and finisher of our faith, for help.  

Agenda for Monday, March 10:

1. Pray
2. Latin Proverb: scriptum est non temptabis Dominum Deum tuum. Here it is in English: "It is written again: Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God." - Matt. 4:7
3. Continue reading and studying Canterbury Tales   
1. Reading Check Quiz: The Knight's Tale
1. What is the "Knight's Tale" about?
2. Explain the role of "Chance" in this tale?
4. Review HW:
1. Finish reading "The Knight's Tale" of Canterbury Tale
2. Be perfect.

Agenda for Tuesday, March 11:

1. Pray
2. Grammar Notes: Pronoun and Noun Case 
1. Take notes
3. Hand back graded essays:
1. Review and discuss
2. Revisions due at Friday (3/14)
4. Continue reading and studying Canterbury Tales  
5. Review HW:
1. Sir Gawain Revisions (3/14)
2. Read The Knight's Tale of Canterbury Tales
3. Study Grammar on Cases of Pronouns and Nouns. Quiz next week. 
4. Be perfect.

Agenda for Wednesday, March 12:

1. Pray
2. Continue reading and studying Canterbury Tales
1. Review The Knight's Tale together and take notes. 
3. Review HW:
1. Sir Gawain Revisions (3/14)
2. Study Grammar on Cases of Pronouns and Nouns. Quiz next week. 
3. Binder Check (3/14)
4. Be perfect.

Agenda for Thursday, March 13:

1. Pray
2. Continue reading and studying Canterbury Tales
3. Reading Journal (3/13): The Knight's Tale
4. What is the setting of the Knight's story?
5. What change has Chaucer given to these characters in the Knight's tale?
6. How doth "The Knight's Tale" mock the classical world of Ancient Greece?
7. How doth "The Knight's Tale" mock courtly love and romance?
8. What is the moral of the story? How does this story teach virtue?
9. Review HW:
1. Sir Gawain Revisions (3/14)
2. Binder Check (3/14)
3. Study Grammar on Cases of Pronouns and Nouns. Quiz next week. 
4. Be perfect.

Agenda for Friday, March 14:

1. Pray
2. Binder Check
3. Continue reading and studying Canterbury Tales
1.  Finish discussing and taking notes on "The Knight's Tale"
4. Review HW:
1. Study notes and reading journal on "The Knight's Tale" 
2. Study Grammar on Cases of Pronouns and Nouns. Quiz next week. 
3. Be perfect.