Encountering Jesus with the Church Fathers

About Encountering Jesus with the Church Fathers

A podcast that ponders patristic commentary on Sacred Scripture, the Sacred Liturgy and contemporary Christian living.

Publisher

Fr Mark J Hunt

Category

religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

5 Jun 2022

Latest episode

3 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

205 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   3 Oct 2026

   Twenty-seveth Sunday in Ordinary Time — 2026 — Lectionary Year A

   Today’s podcast features an excerpt from Saint Ambrose of Milan’s Hexameron (On the Six Days of Creation) reflecting on the vineyard imagery in the proclamation of God’s Word this Sunday from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah and the Gospel according to Saint Matthew. St. Ambrose of Milan. Hexameron, Paradise, Cain and Abel. Translated by John J. Savage. Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 1961. ISBN: 9780813213835 This Sunday’s blog article ponders Jesus’ use of the vineyard imagery in His Parable.

2. 

   26 Sept 2026

   Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time — 2026 — Lectionary Year A

   Today’s podcast features an excerpt from Saint Gregory of Nyssa’s Refutation of the Views of Apolinarius reflecting on the proclamation of God’s Word from Saint Paul’s Letter to the Philippians. St. Gregory of Nyssa. Anti-Apollinarian Writings. Translated by Robin Orton. Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 2015. ISBN: 9780813228075 This Sunday’s blog article ponders Jesus’ call to on-going conversion and doing the Father’s will.

3. 

   19 Sept 2026

   Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time — 2026 — Lectionary Year A

   This Sunday’s podcast features an excerpt from Saint Gregory of Nyssa’s Life of Moses, pondering the sin of envy that Jesus condemns in the Gospel’s proclamation at Mass this Sunday. This Sunday’s article at my blog site ponders Jesus’ parable proclaimed from The Gosepl according to St Matthew concerning the significance of the vineyard: https://patrolo.gy/2026OT25A.

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