Easter is not over.

CARPACCIO, Vittore. The Meditation on the Passion.
1510. Oil and tempera on wood.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Some of you might be asking, "Why are we still talking about Easter. Like, it's so over already--pshaw!" But it's actually not over. We are still in Eastertide, still contemplating the significance of Christ's passion, death, and resurrection. Consider Cappricio's argument here. It is right that we continue to think on the world-history-soul-altering reality of Easter Sunday. It is the most important event in history, remember the sine qua non of Christianity. 

Agenda for Easter Monday, April 28:

1. Pray
2. Latin Proverb: Qui habet Filium habet vitam; qui non habet Filium Dei vitam non habet. 
1. "He that hath the Son, hath life. He that hath not the Son, hath not life." - 1 John 5:12
3. Continue reading and studying Midsummer:
1. Review Act V questions together.
4. Review HW:
1. Midsummer Memorization Project (5/12) 
2. Midsummer Essay on Friday (5/2)
3. Be perfect.

Agenda for Easter Tuesday, April 29:

1. Pray
2. Grammar: Bedford 25
1. Review and disucss
3. Work on Midsummer Memorization Projects
4. Review HW:
1. Midsummer Memorization Project (5/12) 
2. Midsummer Essay on Friday (5/2)
3. Be perfect.

Agenda for Wednesday, April 30:

1. Pray
2. Read and take notes on Chesterton's Intro to Midsummer
3. Review HW:
1. Midsummer Memorization Project (5/12) 
2. Midsummer Essay on Friday (5/2)
3. Be perfect.

Agenda for Thursday, May 1:

1. Pray
2. Read and discuss G. K. Chesterton's Intro on Midsummer
1. Take notes
3. Review HW:
1. Midsummer Memorization Project (5/12) 
2. Midsummer Essay on Friday (5/2)
3. Be perfect.

Agenda for Friday, May 2:

1. Pray
2. Read and discuss G. K. Chesterton's Intro on Midsummer
1. Take notes
3. Review HW:
1. Midsummer Memorization Project (5/12) 
2. Midsummer Essay on Friday (5/2)
3. Be perfect.

Christus resurrexit!

BELLINI, Giovanni. Resurrection of Christ.
1475-79. Oil on panel transferred to canvas.
Staatliche Museen, Berlin.

He has risen! The resurrection of Christ is the sine qua non of Christianity. Understand this sentence, and you will know the secret of the universe.


Agenda for Easter Monday, April 21:

1. Pray
2. Latin Proverb: Quid quaeritis viventem cum mortuis? Non est hic sed surrexit. 
1. "Why seekest thou the dead among the living? He is not here but has risen." - Luke 24:5-6
3. ITBS TESTING
4. Review HW:
1. Acts IV-V Quiz on Wednesday (4/23)
2. Midsummer Memorization Project (4/30) 
3. Midsummer Essay on Friday (5/2)
4. Study Grammar on Cases of Pronouns and Nouns. Quiz tomorrow on Bedford 25. 
5. Be perfect.

Agenda for Easter Tuesday, April 22:

1. Pray
2. ITBS TESTING
3. Review HW:
1. Acts IV-V Quiz on Wednesday (4/23)
2. Midsummer Memorization Project (4/30) 
3. Midsummer Essay on Friday (5/2)
4. Study Grammar on Cases of Pronouns and Nouns. Quiz tomorrow on Bedford 25. 
5. Be perfect.

Agenda for Wednesday, April 23:

1. Pray
2. Reading Check Quiz: Acts IV-V  
3. Finish studying Midsummer:
1. Lecture and discuss
4. Review HW:
1. Midsummer Memorization Project (4/30) 
2. Midsummer Essay on Friday (5/2)
3. Study Grammar on Cases of Pronouns and Nouns. Quiz tomorrow on Bedford 25. 
4. Be perfect.

Agenda for Thursday, April 24:

1. Pray
2. Continue reading and studying Midsummer:
1. Read Act V together.
3. Review HW:
1. Midsummer Memorization Project (4/30) 
2. Midsummer Essay on Friday (5/2)
3. Study Grammar on Cases of Pronouns and Nouns. Quiz tomorrow on Bedford 25. 
4. Be perfect.

Agenda for Friday, April 25:

1. Pray
2. Continue reading and studying Midsummer:
1. Read Act V together.
3. Review HW:
1. Midsummer Memorization Project (4/30) 
2. Midsummer Essay on Friday (5/2)
3. Study Grammar on Cases of Pronouns and Nouns. Quiz tomorrow on Bedford 25. 
4. Be perfect.

Palm Sunday, Triumphal Entry in Jerusalem & Holy Week

GIOTTO di Bondone. Entry into Jerusalem. 1304-06.
Fresco. Cappella Scrovegni (Arena Chapel), Padua

Yesterday was Palm Sunday, which marks the beginning of Holy Week and is the day on which the Church celebrates and remembers Jesus entering into Jerusalem, the "City of Peace." While the crowd lifts up shouts of "Hosanna to the Son of David!", they spread their coats on the ground, and wave palm branches, to announce the entrance of the King. There is of course tremendous irony in this scene and in the following drama that unfolds. Peter Leithart notes that the "'Your King comes" is the story of the Bible, your life story is God teaching you to rejoice at His coming, whatever it brings. You are enrolled in God’s lifelong singing school to learn the hymn of Palm Sunday: Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is He who comes in the Name of Lord! Hosanna in the highest!"
Typologically, this scene is the reversal of David's flight from his vain and usurping son Absalom. Jesus is the good Son, who returns to the throne of his father the same way David fled the city. This day also marks the beginning of Holy Week, which follows the initiation and fulfillment of Christ's Passion.

Agenda for Holy Monday, April 14:

1. Pray
2. Latin Proverb: osanna Filio David benedictus qui venturus est in nomine Domini osanna in altissimis. Here it is in English: "Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest.." - Matthew. 21:9
3. Correct and review Grammar Quiz on Bedford 25
4. Continue reading and studying Midsummer:
1. Check and review Act II reading questions
5. Review HW:
1. Read Act V by Thursday (4/17) 
2. Acts I-III Quiz on Thursday (4/17)
3. Be perfect.

Agenda for Holy Tuesday, April 15:

1. Pray
2. Continue reading and studying Midsummer:
1. Check and review Act III reading questions
3. Review HW:
1. Read Act V by Thursday (4/17) 
2. Acts I-III Quiz on Thursday (4/17)
3. Midsummer Memorization Project (4/30) 
4. Be perfect.

Agenda for Spy Wednesday, April 16:

1. Pray
2. Midsummer Memorization Project 
1.  Due (5/12) 
3. Continue reading and studying Midsummer:
1. Read Act V together.
4. Review HW:
1. Acts I-III Quiz on Thursday (4/17)
2. Acts IV-V Quiz Friday (4/25)
3. Midsummer Memorization Project (5/12) 
4. Be perfect.

Agenda for Maundy Thursday, April 17:

1. Pray
2. Acts I-III Quiz
3. Midsummer Memorization Project: 
1. Make your choices by the next week
2. Meet with me regarding your selections
4. Continue reading and studying Midsummer:
1. Do Act IV & V reading questions
5. Review HW:
1. Acts IV-V Quiz Friday (4/25)
2. Midsummer Memorization Project (5/12)
3. Be perfect.

Agenda for Good Friday, April 18:

1. Pray