The Benedict Year › Reading Backwards from the Pascha › Unit 4 · The Sea
Week 18 · 25–29 January 2027 · Hilary
Melito, second half, and Jonah
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 §§46–105
- Jonah 1–4, whole; Matthew 12:38–41
Session B · the argument
About 35 minutes, on another day. Never both in one sitting.
Video. Water of Life
What is it for?. Jonah’s three days. Christ answers in Matthew 12:40.
The Tile Board
Add a card: Jonah’s three days, 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
Pinocchio (1940). Watched together, with nothing said about why it was chosen; how the list was made.
Jonah is four chapters. Read all of it.
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