Episode

First Sunday of Lent — 2026 — Lectionary Year A

Podcast: Encountering Jesus with the Church Fathers
Published: Feb 21, 2026
Duration seconds: 985
Processing state: not_requested
Canonical source: https://patrology.podbean.com/e/first-sunday-of-lent-%e2%80%94%c2%a02026-%e2%80%94%c2%a0lectionary-year-a/
Audio: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/nfdw67jmfpw7mpha/2026Lent1.mp3
JSON: /v1/public/podcasts/encountering-jesus-with-the-church-fathers-7116554/episodes/first-sunday-of-lent-2026-lectionary-year-a
Markdown: /podcast/encountering-jesus-with-the-church-fathers-7116554/first-sunday-of-lent-2026-lectionary-year-a.md

Actions

POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/encountering-jesus-with-the-church-fathers-7116554/episodes/first-sunday-of-lent-2026-lectionary-year-a/transcription-requests
Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/encountering-jesus-with-the-church-fathers-7116554/first-sunday-of-lent-2026-lectionary-year-a.md
Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

Summary

Today’s podcast features an excerpt from Maximus of Turin’s Homily 51 pondering Jesus’ testing in the desert by Satan as recorded by the Evangelist, Saint Matthew. A reflection on the biblical experience of the desert appears on my blog (https://patrolo.gy/1Lent26).