Episode Archive
308 episodes of You Were Born for This with Fr. John Riccardo since the first episode, which aired on December 16th, 2019.
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Episode 308: What Kind of a King Is He?
November 18th, 2024 | 19 mins 15 secs
christianity, detroit, evangelization, fr. john riccardo, gospel, parish renewal, priest
In this episode, Fr. John and Mary reflect on the hopeful news that the world is ultimately in the hands of a Sovereign King who is good, has no rival, proven His love for us by laying down His life, and who calls us even now to help transform authority until He returns and makes all things new.
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Episode 307: Are You Ready?
November 11th, 2024 | 27 mins 55 secs
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Given how November is a month to both pray for our faithful departed and to contemplate our own death, Fr. John invites Mary to share the lessons the Lord taught her some years ago when she was gravely ill.
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Episode 306: God Is the God of Everyone
November 4th, 2024 | 25 mins 34 secs
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In this episode, Fr. John and Mary break open the encounter between Elijah and the widow of Zarephath and how it reveals something about God, something about this woman, and something to take to prayer ourselves.
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Episode 305: Do We Know Our Story?
October 28th, 2024 | 24 mins 30 secs
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In this episode, Fr. John and Mary discuss the need to constantly tell the story of who God is, what He has done for us, and why it’s only right and just to thank and praise Him.
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Episode 304: The Promise Keeper
October 21st, 2024 | 14 mins 35 secs
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In this episode, Fr. John and Mary discuss how they were both struck by the extraordinary promises that God makes through the prophet Jeremiah, and then share a moving excerpt from a sermon by St. Augustine that might help us all grow in hope this week.
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Episode 303: The Heart of the Gospel
October 14th, 2024 | 25 mins 50 secs
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In this episode, Fr. John and Mary tackle a common misconception of God, how Jesus wants to shatter that, and as He does so reveals the heart of the Gospel: You Matter!
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Episode 302: Show Me Who Your Friends Are and I’ll Tell You Who You Are
October 7th, 2024 | 22 mins 58 secs
christianity, detroit, evangelization, fr. john riccardo, gospel, parish renewal, priest
In this episode, Fr. John and Mary recount several overwhelming experiences from the recent mission in Los Angeles and how the saints, both in heaven and on earth, can inspire us to become saints ourselves.
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Episode 301: Only Together Do Men and Women Fully Image God
September 30th, 2024 | 25 mins 15 secs
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In this episode, Fr. John and Mary tackle one of the most important, and most misunderstood, passages about man, woman and marriage.
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Episode 300: Trolling for Talent
September 23rd, 2024 | 17 mins 51 secs
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In this episode, Fr. John and Mary discuss how great leaders, like Moses, are humble stewards of God’s gifts, eager to share the responsibility with other great leaders.
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Episode 299: The Incomprehensible Courage of Jesus
September 16th, 2024 | 19 mins 26 secs
christianity, detroit, evangelization, fr. john riccardo, gospel, parish renewal, priest
In this episode, Fr. John and Mary reflect on something that perhaps many fail to think about: the courage Jesus showed in knowingly running into all that was coming His way out of love for each of us by name so as to rescue us from Death.
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Episode 298: Have We Become Accustomed to the Unimaginable?
September 9th, 2024 | 25 mins 34 secs
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In this episode, Fr. John and Mary struggle to put into words the inexpressible reality of Jesus’ passion foreshadowed in Isaiah that we will hear this Sunday.
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Episode 297: A Word For Frightened Hearts
September 2nd, 2024 | 29 mins 24 secs
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Synopsis: In this episode, living amidst the most anxious generation of all time, Fr. John and Mary reflect on Isaiah’s encouraging, timely and healing words from God: Be strong! Fear not!