Encountering Jesus with the Church Fathers

This Sunday’s podcast features an excerpt from Saint Basil the Great’s Concerning Baptism, reflecting on the challenge to live as a disciple of Jesus.

This Sunday’s podcast features an excerpt from Saint Gregory of Nyssa’s Oratio Catechetica, reflecting on the mystery of the Most Holy Eucharist. On this Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, a Eucharistic Examen based on the hymn Ave verum corpus is posted on my blog.
Since we have listened to Saint Gregory a few weeks ago, his background is omitted in today's podcast. If one wishes to listen to some information concerning Saint Gregory's background, it is contained in the podcast for the Seventh Sunday of Easter.

This Sunday’s podcast features an excerpt from Saint Athanasius’ First Letter to Serapion, reflecting on the mystery of the Most Holy Trinity.

This Sunday’s podcast features an excerpt from Saint Irenaeus’s On the Detection and Overthrow of False Gnosis (commonly known as Adversus Haerese), Book 3 that reflects on the mission and work of Holy Spirit.

This Sunday’s podcast features an excerpt from Saint Gregory of Nyssa’s Homilies on the Song of Songs, Book 15 that reflects on John 17:22-23, proclaimed at Mass on the Sixth Sunday of Easter. With gratitude, the Society for Biblical Literature has posted a pdf of Richard Norris’ outstanding and magisterial translation of what is considered by many to have been Saint Gregory’s final written work.

This Sunday’s podcast features an excerpt from Pope Saint Leo the Great’s Sermon 74 that reflects on John 14:23-26, proclaimed at Mass on the Sixth Sunday of Easter. Sermon 74 is also reflects on Jesus’ Ascension, which will be celebrated in many places this Thursday as well as the mystery of the Sacraments.

This week's podcast features Saint Augustine of Hippo's commentary on John 13:33-35.
An additional reflections on glory and love can be found at the blog site.

This week's podcast reflects on John 10:28-30 using Saint Cyril of Alexandria's Commentary on Saint John

The podcast reflects on the dialog between Jesus and Simon Peter wherein Peter responds to Jesus 3 questions of love.