The Wanderings Blog

but his delight is in the law of the lord and in his law he meditates day and night Love? I'm continuing on my catechism deep dives; this is number four, and we're looking at Psalm 1 again. This is a strange passage. It says "his delight is in the law of the Lord." Delight in law? How is that even possible? The Law? How can anyone delight in something that everyone knows is restrictive and oppressive? The law bullies; the law shames; It reveals flaws and exposes chains. (1) A

I wanted to have the Catechism for my classroom draw from the important literature we read each year where no line would be wasted: dense passages when recited day after day a scholar's attention would drift to different lines, so awareness would progress and change throughout the year.

Here is why the answer is hard to see: They don't break it down into the small questions, the kind one would ask as a little kid.

Classical Education is about Wisdom, Virtue, and Tradition. It concerns handing down Truth, Goodness, and Beauty to the generations to come.