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Week 24 · 8–12 March 2027 · Lent
Mark, sittings one and two
Unit 8 · Mark: Easter 2027 is Year B, so the Vigil Gospel is Mark 16:1–7. The child reads the book in Lent and hears its last page sung in the dark.
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.
- Mark 1:1–4:34
Session B · the argument
About 35 minutes, on another day. Never both in one sitting.
A second sitting. Mark 4:35–8:26, in place of the argument this week.
The Tile Board
Add a card: The torn heavens (Mark 1:10), 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
Dunkirk (2017). Rated PG-13: watch it first. Watched together, with nothing said about why it was chosen; how the list was made.
Don’t stop to explain. Mark’s speed is the argument.
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