Episode Archive

312 episodes of You Were Born for This with Fr. John Riccardo since the first episode, which aired on December 16th, 2019.

  • Episode 312: I Can Only Imagine

    December 16th, 2024  |  23 mins 42 secs
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    In this episode, Fr. John and Mary talk about the extraordinary ways Old Testament prophecies were fulfilled in Jesus, and how some prophecies we’re still waiting to see fulfilled are not only right around the corner but will be beyond anything we can imagine.

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    Episode 311: Are We Known for our Joy?

    December 9th, 2024  |  29 mins 4 secs
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    In this episode, Fr. John and Mary break open what joy is and is not and why and how we as disciples of Jesus should be marked by it.

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    Episode 310: God is the Subject of the Verb

    December 2nd, 2024  |  20 mins 14 secs
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    Why can we have hope in the middle of calamitous situations? Because God is good, He is faithful and He acts. In this episode, Fr. John and Mary look at the disaster that had befallen Israel at the time of Baruch, how God rescued them, and what that has to say to us here and now.

  • Episode 309: The Best is Yet to Come!

    November 25th, 2024  |  21 mins 11 secs
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    What is Advent really all about? How are we supposed to be living and feeling in these days? What is the Word of God saying to us? In this episode, Fr. John and Mary reflect on the fact that the best is not in the past — it’s yet to come; for God is faithful and nothing is impossible for Him.

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    Episode 308: What Kind of a King Is He?

    November 18th, 2024  |  19 mins 15 secs
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    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.

  • 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.

  • 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!

  • Episode 302: Show Me Who Your Friends Are and I’ll Tell You Who You Are

    October 7th, 2024  |  22 mins 58 secs
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    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.