First Sunday of Lent — 2026 — Lectionary Year A

from Encountering Jesus with the Church Fathers · host Fr Mark J Hunt

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).

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