I think today might be the first day that I did not go "into the city." As much as I'd have liked to, I had class, homework to do, and a tired body to rest. Class was lovely this morning. We discussed the fifth and sixth books of the Aeneid, concentrating on the foundational Roman values Virgil wove into the text. It's exciting to study those values in an ancient text in class one day then go out and see the society, both ancient and modern, that has been built around them the next day! Next, we delved into poetics. Studying poetry has been something new for me, which means I not only have to learn the material for the class, but I also have to learn how to learn that subject matter. The latter adds a lot to the challenge, at least doubles it! It's a good challenge because it stretches me and gets me out of my comfort zone! It's so good!
At lunch today, the Rome program director brought the students a jar of Nutella. Yesterday, he brought us two jars. They were gone by this morning. The one he brought us today was gone before the end of dinner tonight. There are only 15 students! We have a serious Nutella problem!
By the way, Nutella is delicious on oranges...
Monsignor Soseman came to teach our theology class this evening (as he does every Monday and Wednesday evening). We've been reading A LOT of commentary on the letters of St. Paul. To my delight, a good amount of the commentary has been from the writings of St. Josemaria Escriva! Yay!
An American seminarian came and had dinner with us. He, and usually two others, come almost every Wednesday, have dinner with the students, then make a holy hour with us. Making a holy hour is typically spending an hour in prayer with the Eucharist exposed in a monstrance on the altar.
In case you were wondering, my laundry is now dry and put away. It has been a good day.
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