Encountering Jesus with the Church Fathers

This Sunday’s podcast features excerpts from Origen’s Homily 21 on Luke, wherein he ponders the many quotations from Isaiah 40 contained in the Marcan Gospel proclamation at Mass this Sunday. Check the blog article for this Sunday that reflects on the meaning of preparing. In addition, podcasts with my students are appearing on this site, https://patrology.podbean.com. These podcasts begin with the title, “Holy Family hands on ...” followed by the first name of the student guest. Enjoy!

Holy Family hands on ... is a new podcast temporarily hosted on this site. Holy Family hands on ... features conversations with Holy Family University undergraduate students on a variety of theological topics that have impacted them in the study of theology within the General Education curriculum of Holy Family University. This second episode of Holy Family hands on ... welcomes Annah who will share in a discussion of the Woman of Samaria at the Well (John 4).

Holy Family hands on ... is a new podcast temporarily hosted on this site. Holy Family hands on ... features conversations with Holy Family University undergraduate students on a variety of theological topics that have impacted them in the study of theology within the General Education curriculum of Holy Family University. This first episode of Holy Family hands on ... welcomes Sarah, a senior accounting major who selected the topic of Guardian Angels.

This Sunday’s podcast features a poem of Prudentius, A Hymn for Cock-Crow pondering the verses (13:33-37) from the Gospel according to Saint Mark proclaimed at Mass this Sunday. Check the blog article for this Sunday that reflects Jesus’ exhortation to watch and to be alert. In addition, look for a few podcasts featuring conversations with some of my students at Holy Family University discussing the impact theological study has had on their lives this semester.

This Sunday’s podcast features an excerpt an anonymous work, Incomplete Commentary on Matthew, pondering the verses (25:31-45) from Matthew proclaimed at Mass this Sunday. Check the blog article for this Sunday that reflects Jesus’ action of separating sheep from goats. In addition, look for a few podcasts featuring conversations with some of my students at Holy Family University discussing the impact theological study has had on their lives this semester.

This Sunday’s podcast features an excerpt from Saint Jerome of Bethlehem’s Commentary on Matthew, pondering the verses (25:1-13) from Matthew proclaimed at Mass this Sunday.

This Sunday’s podcast features an excerpt from Saint Jerome of Bethlehem’s Commentary on Matthew, pondering the verses (23:1-12) from Matthew proclaimed at Mass this Sunday. Check the blog article for this Sunday that reflects on the virtue of humility.

This Sunday’s podcast features an excerpt from Saint Clement of Alexandria’s Stromata, pondering the verses from Exodus proclaimed at Mass this Sunday.

This Sunday’s podcast features an excerpt from Origen of Alexandria’s Commentary on Matthew, pondering the episode of Jesus, Peter and the coin for the Roman tax proclaimed at Mass this Sunday. This Sunday’s article at my blog site reflects on King Cyrus II (Cyrus the Great), named a messiah in the Isaian proclamation at Mass this Sunday.

This Sunday’s podcast features an excerpt from Augustine’s Homily 90, pondering the parable that Jesus employs in the Gospel’s proclamation at Mass this Sunday.

This Sunday’s podcast features an excerpt from Saint Jerome’s Commentary on Matthew, pondering the parable that Jesus employs in the Gospel’s proclamation at Mass this Sunday. This Sunday’s article at my blog site ponders Jesus’ parable proclaimed from The Gospel according to St Matthew.

This Sunday’s podcast features an excerpt from Saint Hilary of Poitiers’ Commentary on Matthew, pondering the parable that Jesus employs 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.

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

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

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

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).

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

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

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.

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.