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Week 25 · 15–19 March 2027 · Lent
Mark, sittings three and four
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 8:27–13:37
Session B · the argument
About 35 minutes, on another day. Never both in one sitting.
The last sitting. Mark 14:1–16:8.
Unanswerable. Why does Mark end with the women saying nothing, for they were afraid?
The Tile Board
Add a card: The young man in white (Mark 16:5), 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
A Man for All Seasons (1966). Watched together, with nothing said about why it was chosen; how the list was made.
Mark 16:1–7 will be the Vigil Gospel. The child has now read the page they will hear sung.
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