Displaying Episode 41 - 47 of 47 in total of You Were Born for This with Fr. John Riccardo with the tag “#benotafraid”.
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Episode 37: Be Not Afraid: Feast on the Word of God
April 15th, 2020 | 11 mins 8 secs
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Are you in need of a reminder that the Church has always venerated the Scriptures even as She venerates the Body of the Lord? The Word of God is rich food!
In this episode, Fr. John unpacks both yesterday’s and today’s Gospel and exhorts us to press into the Word of God and abide in the fellowship He’s inviting us to.
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Episode 31: Be Not Afraid: You Don’t Need to Hide from the Lord!
April 8th, 2020 | 10 mins 48 secs
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Do you think Jesus died for the ideal you? No, He died for the real you!
In this episode, Fr. John invites us to allow God to touch the memories of our past sins and wounds, and to celebrate in these days all Jesus has done for us on the cross and to know that it’s possible to begin again.
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Episode 30: Be Not Afraid: Jesus Didn’t Die for Crowds
April 7th, 2020 | 8 mins 29 secs
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Do you know, really know, how valuable you are to God? You are worth dying for!
In this episode, Fr. John reflects upon his experience of celebrating Palm Sunday and invites us in these most holy days to ponder just how much we matter to God.
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Episode 27: Be Not Afraid: Probing, Petition, and Praise
April 3rd, 2020 | 8 mins 44 secs
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What are you wrestling with in the midst of the pandemic? Bring your struggles before the Father and don’t forget to praise Him!
In this episode, Fr. John breaks open Jeremiah 20:10-13 and applies the Word to our lives in these days of trial and suffering, exhorting us to praise God, the One who rescues.
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Episode 26: Be Not Afraid: History and Tapestries
April 2nd, 2020 | 12 mins 8 secs
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Wondering if God knows what’s going on and if He even cares? Even amidst a pandemic, God can and will bring great good from it.
In this episode, Fr. John opens up Sacred Scripture to show us how God steps onto the stage of human history in the Person of Jesus and by His death and resurrection releases us from sin and death and calls us to be agents of re-creation.
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Episode 25: Be Not Afraid: Repentance to Restoration
April 1st, 2020 | 10 mins 10 secs
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How is God’s restoration project coming along in your life in these late days of Lent? Remember, you’re a beautiful masterpiece and He wants to recreate you to be all you are meant to be.
In this episode, Fr. John returns to an image he shared early in Lent and talks about how the pandemic may be revealing the cracks, chips and flaws in our lives and reminds us that God is in the restoration business.
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Episode 24: Be Not Afraid: Jesus is Lord!
March 31st, 2020 | 8 mins 59 secs
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Looking for certainty in these uncertain days? Here’s a few questions to take to prayer. Just wait until you hear the answers!
In this episode, Fr. John poses a set of questions to us around who Jesus is and what He was doing on the Cross.