Encountering Jesus with the Church Fathers

Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

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: bit.ly/455YmSb

Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

This Sunday’s podcast features an excerpt from Saint Augustine’s Homily 83, pondering the Gospels’s proclamation at Mass this Sunday.
This Sunday’s article at my blog site ponders the Gospel proclamation from Matthew concerning Jesus' teaching on forgiveness: https://bit.ly/3EFKP95

Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time

This Sunday’s podcast features an excerpt from Saint Augustine’s Homily 82, pondering the Gospels’s proclamation at Mass this Sunday.
This Sunday’s article at my blog site ponders the Gospel proclamation from Matthew: https://bit.ly/3LgbpJF

Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time

This Sunday’s podcast features an excerpt from Origen of Alexandria’s Homily on Jeremiah, pondering the Gospels’s proclamation at Mass this Sunday.
This Sunday’s article at my blog site ponders the Gospel proclamation from Matthew: http://bit.ly/45zTIN0 
Be sure to check the blog site tomorrow (4 September 2023) for posts concerning Labor Day and the Blessed Martyrs of Nowogrodek (Sister of the Holy Family of Nazareth).

Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time

This Sunday’s podcast features an excerpt from Origen of Alexandria’s Commentary on Matthew, pondering the Gospels’s proclamation at Mass this Sunday.
This Sunday’s article at my blog site ponders the First Reading from the Prophet Isaiah: https://bit.ly/44zypu0 

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

This Sunday’s podcast features an excerpt from Saint Jerome’s Commentary on Matthew, pondering the Gospels’s proclamation at Mass this Sunday.

Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

This Sunday’s podcast features an excerpt from Origen’s Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans, pondering the Roman’s proclamation at Mass this Sunday.
Blog posting — “It is a Ghost!” — a thought concerning today’s Gospel proclamation.

Transfiguration of the Lord

This Sunday’s podcast features an excerpt from Origen’s Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew, pondering the Transfiguration of Jesus proclaimed at Mass this Sunday.
Blog posting — an excerpt from Fr. Jean Corbon, OP’s work, Wellspring of Worship pondering the mystery of Jesus’ Transfiguration.

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

This Sunday’s podcast features an excerpt from Saint Peter Chrysologus’ Homily 47: The Parables of the Pearls and the Net Cast into the Sea, pondering the parables proclaimed at Mass this Sunday.
Blog article — «Kingdom living - a Receiving in JOY» which ponders the Scriptures proclaimed at Mass this Sunday.

Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

This Sunday’s podcast features an excerpt from Saint Jerome’s Commentary on the Gospel of Saint Matthew pondering the parables proclaimed at Mass this Sunday.
Blog article — «Parables of Jesus - hurled words of power» which examines the word parable within the context of this Sunday’s Scripture.