Episode

Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time — 2026 — Lectionary Year A

Podcast: Encountering Jesus with the Church Fathers
Published: Jul 18, 2026
Duration seconds: 940
Processing state: not_requested
Canonical source: https://patrology.podbean.com/e/sixteenth-sunday-in-ordinary-time-%e2%80%94-2026-%e2%80%94%c2%a0lectionary-year-a/
Audio: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/szudpuiqumq8sh5j/20260719ot16a.mp3
JSON: /v1/public/podcasts/encountering-jesus-with-the-church-fathers-7116554/episodes/sixteenth-sunday-in-ordinary-time-2026-lectionary-year-a
Markdown: /podcast/encountering-jesus-with-the-church-fathers-7116554/sixteenth-sunday-in-ordinary-time-2026-lectionary-year-a.md

Actions

POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/encountering-jesus-with-the-church-fathers-7116554/episodes/sixteenth-sunday-in-ordinary-time-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/sixteenth-sunday-in-ordinary-time-2026-lectionary-year-a.md
Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

Summary

Today’s podcast features an excerpt from Origen’s Commentary on Matthew reflecting on Jesus’ Parable 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.)