You Were Born for This with Fr. John Riccardo
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You Were Born for This with Fr. John Riccardo
Join Fr. John Riccardo and Mary Guilfoyle as we talk about anything and everything that has to do with reacquiring a Biblical Worldview. This podcast seeks to encourage and inspire our listeners with hope firmly founded in the Lordship of Jesus. If you are blessed by our podcast, and wish to support...
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Episode 352: Where Does Your Help Come From?
In this episode, Fr. John and Mary break open Psalm 121 and invite us to breathe and reflect upon the steady assurance of God’s all powerful and lovin...
Episode 351: Praise Demolishes Discouragement
In this episode, mindful of so many things that are tempting us right now to discouragement, Fr. John and Mary discuss for what and how we can praise...
Episode 350: God’s Gym is the Book of Psalms
In this episode, Fr. John and Mary discuss how the Psalms help us to exercise various spiritual “muscles,” training us to get in shape and become the...
Episode 349: Seeking Consolation From God in a Troubled Time
In this episode, against the backdrop of all that’s taking place in our country, Fr. John and Mary seek God’s wisdom and help from His Word.
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Episode 348: Praise the Lord, Who Lifts Up The Poor, That Is, Me.
In this episode, as Fr. John and Mary discuss Psalm 113, they reflect on how important it is to see ourselves as being among “the poor.”
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Episode 347: God’s Extraordinary Response to a Forgetful Race
In this episode, Fr. John and Mary break open Psalm 78, the Psalm for this coming Sunday, encouraging us to teach to those entrusted to our charge the...
Episode 346: How Long, O Lord?!
After the traumatic events that took place last week in Minnesota, Fr. John and Mary reflect on the anguish many of us are experiencing in light of Sc...
Episode 345: The Jesus Conference – Mobilizing the Church for the World He Loves
In this episode, Fr. John and Mary share the exciting news about the Jesus Conference – Mobilizing the Church for the World He Loves, ACTS XXIX’s firs...
Episode 344: Glory Days: Are They In the Past? Part III
In this episode, Fr. John and Mary conclude their series on being able to relive great memories of the past with friends and prayerfully apply those g...
Episode 343: Glory Days: Are They In the Past? Part II
In this episode, Fr. John and Mary continue their series drawing on the common experience many of us have of reliving great memories of the past with...
Episode 342: Glory Days: Are They In the Past?
In this episode, Fr. John and Mary begin a series that draws on the common experience many of us have of reliving great memories of the past with frie...
Episode 341: The Power and Attraction of How We Do What We Do, Part Three
In this episode, Fr. John and Mary bring their three-part series on their apostolic values to a close by talking about the importance of being docile...
Episode 340: The Power and Attraction of How We Do What We Do, Part Two
In this episode, Fr. John and Mary continue their three-part conversation about ACTS XXIX’s apostolic core values, focusing today on what it means to...
Episode 339: The Power and Attraction of How We Do What We Do
In this episode, Fr. John and Mary kick off a three-part series that we hope and pray will inspire us all to think and pray about how we do what we do...
Episode 338: “It Is Enough For Me to See You”: The Gift of Holy Friendships
Fr. John and Mary talk about the amazing gift that is the communion of saints – both here on earth and in heaven, and offer some summer suggestions to...
Episode 337: Tylenol or the Eucharist: Which Is More Powerful?
In preparation for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, Fr. John and Mary consider three concrete and practical reasons why Jesus...
Episode 336: This is Our Time!
In this final episode of their Easter series, Fr. John and Mary look back at yesterday’s celebration of Pentecost and consider how the Holy Spirit is...
Episode 335: Implementing the King’s Plan
In this episode, Fr. John and Mary continue their Easter series on the mission of the Church, concentrating in a particular way on how the lay faithfu...
Episode 334: Swear to God: The Sine Qua Non to Accomplish the Mission of the Church
On this Memorial Day, Fr. John and Mary continue their Easter series on the mission of the Church concentrating this week on the single, most essentia...
Episode 333: The Role of the Laity, No More Bystanders
As they continue their Easter series on the mission of the Church, Fr. John and Mary discuss the unique and privileged role of the laity in renewing a...
Episode 332: I’ll Never Vest the Same Way Again
As Fr. John and Mary continue their Easter series on the Mission of the Church, they propose some new mindsets that priests might want to consider put...
Episode 331: Do We Understand the Mission of the Church?
In Part 3 of this Easter series on the Mission of the Church, Fr. John and Mary look at Acts 4:32-6-36 as a means to help us better understand God’s p...
Episode 330: Eternal Rest Grant Unto Francis, O Lord
As the Church prays for the repose of the soul of Pope Francis, as well for the man known only to God right now as the next successor of Peter, Fr. Jo...
Episode 329: Jesus Has Risen,There’s Work To Do!
Fr. John and Mary begin a new series for the Easter season focused on the urgent task of reclaiming and going about the mission of the Church.
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Episode 328: The Sacrifice That Makes Holy
In this final episode of their Lenten series on Psalm 51, Fr. John and Mary reflect on how David’s acknowledgement of the need for a broken and contri...
Episode 327: Are We Missionaries of Mercy?
In their ongoing Lenten series on Psalm 51, Fr. John and Mary concentrate on how David is not only desperate to receive God’s mercy but to announce th...
Episode 326: Take Not Your Spirit From Me
Continuing their Lenten series on Psalm 51, Fr. John and Mary linger with verses 11 and 12, highlighting David’s humility and self awareness that ever...
Episode 325: Good But Not Safe
“Our God is a consuming fire,” Hebrews tells us, and so it is not safe to draw near Him. And yet God is Goodness itself and invites us into His presen...
Episode 324: No Excuses
In this episode, Fr. John and Mary continue their reflection on Psalm 51, reflecting this week especially on David’s tearful, no-excuse act of repenta...
Episode 323: Of All the Masters I Have Known, You Are the Kindest
In this episode, Fr. John and Mary continue their reflection for Lent on Psalm 51 and go deep with the unexpected and shocking love of God.
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Episode 322: Can Sparks Set Fire to the Ocean of God’s Mercy?
In this episode, Fr. John and Mary discuss how and why for Lent they’re going to be doing a series on Psalm 51. Today’s episode breaks open the backgr...
Episode 321: Sticks, Stones, and Names
In this episode, Fr. John and Mary continue the conversation from last week’s episode on speech and consider how we as disciples of Jesus can be agent...
Episode 320: Do Not Harm the Lord’s Anointed
In this episode, Fr. John and Mary reflect on how convicted they are by David’s extreme reticence to harm King Saul, a man who is actively trying to k...
Episode 319: Putting Down Roots
In this episode, Fr. John and Mary discuss the parable that Jeremiah puts before us this Sunday and how we can move from being a barren shrub in the d...
Episode 318: Why Do Saints See Themselves as Sinners (and vice versa)?
In this episode, Fr. John and Mary discuss the call of Isaiah and an unexpected reality all of the saints experience as they encounter the majestic an...
Episode 317: Take a Field Trip During Christian Unity Week
In this episode, Fr. John and Mary reflect on the passage from Nehemiah in light of a transformative experience the ACTS XXIX family had last week on...
Episode 316: God’s Scandalous Desire
In this episode, Fr. John and Mary reflect on the staggering truth that God’s love for us is more intimate than we can imagine.
Isaiah 62:1-5 (h...
Episode 315: What’s Your Comfort Zone?
As we begin this new year, Fr. John and Mary dig into the word “Comfort” spoken by the prophet Isaiah and share some helpful places they turn to for c...
Episode 314: Regime Change
As we turn the page on the calendar, Fr. John and Mary reflect on the manifestation of Jesus as the true King of all the world and offer a practical t...
Episode 313: Has Anything Really Changed?
In this episode, Fr. John and Mary address the fact that Christmas is not an escape from reality but rather the celebration that God has come to fight...