HeyJaredEncountering Jesus with the Church Fathers
Theological reflections from various Fathers of the Church and other Ancient Christian Writers
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Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time — 2026 — Lectionary Year A (opens the original)
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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.
Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time — 2026 — Lectionary Year A (opens the original)
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Today’s podcast features an excerpt from Origen’s Commentary on Matthew reflecting on Jesus’ Words proclaimed at Mass today. This Sunday’s blog article reflects on Jesus’ challenge to Peter to forgive as Jesus forgives. (Origen. The Commentary of Origen on the Gospel of St Matthew, Volume II. Translated, introduced and annoted by Ronald E. Heine. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. ISBN: 9780199669073.)
Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time — 2026 — Lectionary Year A (opens the original)
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Today’s podcast features an excerpt from Saint Peter Chrysologus’ Homily 132 reflecting on Jesus’ Words proclaimed at Mass today. This Sunday’s blog article reflects on Jesus’ catechesis concerning Church order grounded in listening. (Saint Peter Chrysologus. “Homily 132, The Unity of the Faithful in Prayer.” Chapter in Saint Peter Chrysologus Selected Sermons and Saint Valerian Homilies. Translated by George E. Ganss, SJ. Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 2004. ISBN: 978
Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time — 2026 — Lectionary Year A (opens the original)
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Today’s podcast features an excerpt from Origen’s Commentary on Matthew reflecting on Jesus’ Words proclaimed at Mass today. This Sunday’s blog article reflects on Jesus’ use of parable in the Gospels to live the Kingdom of God as a conscious disciple. (Origen. Commentary on Matthew. Translated by Ronald E. Heine. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. ISBN: 9780199669073.)
Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time — 2026 — Lectionary Year A (opens the original)
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Today’s podcast features an excerpt from Saint Gregory of Nyssa’s On Perfection reflecting on the proclamation of God’s Word from Saint Paul’s Letter to the Romans. St. Gregory of Nyssa. Ascetical Works. Translated by Virginia Woods Callahan. Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 1967. ISBN: 9780813209661 This Sunday’s blog article ponders Eliakim and Peter trusting the Word of God.
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