Displaying items 331-340 of 375 in total of You Were Born for This with Fr. John Riccardo with the tag "gospel".
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Episode 45: Be Not Afraid: God Is Faithful to His Promises
April 24th, 2020 | 13 mins 38 secs
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Why are Jesus’ promises often not enough for us?
In this podcast, Fr. John dives into the Word of God and speaks to the promises God has made to be with us always.
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Episode 44: Be Not Afraid: What Does a Priest Do?
April 23rd, 2020 | 10 mins 16 secs
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Do you know what Jesus is doing right now? He’s making intercession for us!
In this episode, Fr. John unpacks for us today’s Collect prayer and what it is Jesus is doing right now on our behalf before the Father in heaven.
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Episode 43: Be Not Afraid: The Father Loves You!
April 22nd, 2020 | 6 mins 21 secs
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Feeling like you don’t measure up? You're loveable just as you are!
In this episode, Fr. John invites us to let go of any nagging fears we have that we have to earn the Father’s love.
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Episode 42: Be Not Afraid: Conversations with God
April 21st, 2020 | 9 mins 3 secs
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Have some questions for Jesus? These days present an opportunity to deepen our friendship with God through honest conversations.
In this episode, Fr. John invites us to use these days to learn to talk more sincerely and honestly with God and to listen.
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Episode 41: Unprecedented Times, Unprecedented Prayer
April 20th, 2020 | 33 mins 51 secs
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What do we mean by the term “culture of prayer?” There’s never been a more opportune time to learn.
In this episode, Fr. John, Nick, and Mary discuss what it means to create a culture of prayer and offers bishops, priests, and lay leaders practical ideas about how to begin to pray as a team to discern God’s plan for their diocese or parish in these days.
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Episode 40: Be Not Afraid: Our Reason for Hope
April 18th, 2020 | 8 mins 14 secs
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How in the world did Peter move from a place of cowardice to exceptional and unshakeable faith?
In this episode, Fr. John talks about how it is Peter is able to say, “It is impossible for us not to speak about what we have seen and heard!”
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Episode 39: Be Not Afraid: Pray for Your Parish Priests
April 17th, 2020 | 13 mins 16 secs
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How does Jesus handle the fall of one of His chosen ministers? Today’s gospel shows forth His Mercy.
In this episode, Fr. John unpacks today’s gospel and shows us how Jesus handles the fall of Peter and invites us to pray for the priests in our life.
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Episode 38: Be Not Afraid: What Does Repentance Really Mean?
April 16th, 2020 | 6 mins 53 secs
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Why is the Church so hung up on repentance? Perhaps in these days God is giving us an opportunity to think about what really makes for a great life.
In this episode, Fr. John breaks open today’s Scriptures and teaches us both about the importance of seeing reality as it is and having our minds transformed by the power of the Holy Spirit.
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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 36: Be Not Afraid: Understanding the Passion of Jesus
April 14th, 2020 | 14 mins 18 secs
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Enjoy a deeper dive into understanding the passion of Jesus by looking at Sacred Scripture and some rich commentary from the Early Church Fathers.
In this episode, Fr. John shares some feedback from his listeners and speaks about how Sacred Scripture and the Early Church always understood the passion of Jesus.