The Benedict Year › Reading Backwards from the Pascha
Eastertide · Week 27
Something Strange Is Happening
The explaining goes after, and now it starts.
Why it is here
That the child is already baptized does not weaken this; it sharpens it. Cyril explained to people what had happened to them the week before. You are explaining to a child what happened to them at an age they can’t remember, which they have just spent seven months learning the meaning of.
The weeks
| Week | Dates | Read aloud |
|---|---|---|
| Week 27 | 29 March – 2 April 2027 | Something strange is happening: The ancient homily for Holy Saturday: “there is a great silence on earth today”; Chrysostom’s Paschal Homily, aloud on Easter morning |
Books for this unit
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