The Benedict Year › Reading Backwards from the Pascha › Unit 0 · The Hypothesis
Week 2 · 21–25 September 2026 · Michaelmas
The envelope
Unit 0 · The Hypothesis: The governing image of the whole year, given openly in the first week: the same tiles make a king or a fox, and the picture they are for decides.
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.
- Luke 24:36–53
- Irenaeus, On the Apostolic Preaching §§1–16: the rule of faith, and creation
Session B · the argument
About 35 minutes, on another day. Never both in one sitting.
The envelope. The child writes the whole Bible in three sentences, seals it in an envelope, and puts it away until June.
Video. How to Read the Bible, the opening video
The Tile Board
Add a card: Opened scriptures (Luke 24:45), 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
Up (2009). Watched together, with nothing said about why it was chosen; how the list was made.
Don’t read the three sentences. Seal them as written.
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