"Fall of the Cowboy" by Frederic Remington (1861-1909)
Welcome back! As we enter our final stretch for the semester (Units 12-14), here are a few notes for the week.
SCHEDULING & CHRISTMAS BREAK: This is just a reminder that it is essential that all first semester work, including exams be completed before going on Christmas Break. Late Work Extensions cannot be granted to accommodate vacation travel. The end of the ordinary late work grace period for all first semester work is Tuesday, December 19.
POEM of the WEEK: "The Snowstorm" by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Recited by Mr. Rolling.
Student and instructor contributions for "Poem of the Week" are welcome. Send a message to Mr. Rolling with "Poem of the Week," and the title and author of the poem you would like to recite.
WISDOM of the SAINTS: The Church has a remarkable term, "cooperating grace," for the process whereby we choose our spiritual destiny by freely cooperating with God's initiative. . . . St. Thomas, quoting St. Augustine, explains it this way: "Augustine subjoins: 'He operates that we may will; and when we will, He cooperates that we may perfect' (De Gratia et Lib. Arbit. Xvii). One thing is said to cooperate with another not merely when it is a secondary agent under a principal agent, but when it helps to the end intended. Now man is helped by God to will the good, through the means of operating grace. And hence, the end being already intended, grace cooperates with us." (Summa Theologiae, I-II, q111, a2, ad3)
~ Forming Intentional Disciples by Sherry A. Wendell, p. 112-13.