The Benedict Year › Reading Backwards from the Pascha › Unit 4 · The Sea
Week 17 · 18–22 January 2027 · Hilary
Melito, first half
Unit 4 · The Sea: The largest unit and the heart of the year.
Session A · the reading
About 55 minutes. Open and read aloud before any framing: no introduction, no “today we’re looking at”. Scripture first, then the Father.
- Melito, On Pascha §§1–45, aloud and without stopping
Session B · the argument
About 35 minutes, on another day. Never both in one sitting.
Video. Exodus Way
Read with parts. Melito’s lines for Israel and for the Lord, if the child wants a part.
The Tile Board
Add a card: The lamb, and the Lamb (Melito), with the passage and today’s date. Pencil a line to another card only if the child sees one.
Books this week
Optional: one piece of media
Passio (1982), Arvo Pärt’s, a recording; a chant setting of the Passion if it does not hold. Watched together, with nothing said about why it was chosen; how the list was made.
The centrepiece of the year. Hammering and repetitive, built to be heard.
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