The Benedict Year › Reading Backwards from the Pascha › Unit 0 · The Hypothesis
Week 3 · 28 September – 2 October 2026 · Michaelmas
Moses and all the prophets
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 24:25–27 and 44–47, read again
- Irenaeus, On the Apostolic Preaching §§17–42: from Cain to the Incarnation
Session B · the argument
About 35 minutes, on another day. Never both in one sitting.
What is it for?. What were the Scriptures for, on the road? Luke answers it (24:32).
The Tile Board
Add a card: Hearts burning, 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
Arrival (2016). Rated PG-13: watch it first. Watched together, with nothing said about why it was chosen; how the list was made.
Irenaeus is the year in miniature. Read it aloud and let it go over the child’s head.
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