Displaying Episode 1 - 10 of 339 in total of You Were Born for This with Fr. John Riccardo with the tag “parish renewal”.
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Episode 340: The Power and Attraction of How We Do What We Do, Part Two
July 21st, 2025 | 39 mins 29 secs
christianity, detroit, evangelization, fr. john riccardo, gospel, parish renewal, priest
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 do mission in a way that’s authentically human. Drawing from Scripture and their own experiences, they share what it means to do life together.
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Episode 339: The Power and Attraction of How We Do What We Do
July 14th, 2025 | 27 mins 16 secs
christianity, detroit, evangelization, fr. john riccardo, gospel, parish renewal, priest
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, and to realize this is as important as what we do.
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Episode 338: “It Is Enough For Me to See You”: The Gift of Holy Friendships
June 23rd, 2025 | 28 mins 4 secs
christianity, detroit, evangelization, fr. john riccardo, gospel, parish renewal, priest
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 help us get to know our family better.
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Episode 337: Tylenol or the Eucharist: Which Is More Powerful?
June 16th, 2025 | 24 mins 45 secs
christianity, detroit, evangelization, fr. john riccardo, gospel, parish renewal, priest
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 gives Himself to us in the Eucharist.
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Episode 336: This is Our Time!
June 9th, 2025 | 32 mins 39 secs
christianity, detroit, evangelization, fr. john riccardo, gospel, parish renewal, priest
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 eager to use us to renew the face of the earth.
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Episode 335: Implementing the King’s Plan
June 2nd, 2025 | 38 mins 49 secs
christianity, detroit, evangelization, fr. john riccardo, gospel, parish renewal, priest
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 faithful can be instruments in God’s hands wherever He has planted them to make the world more human.
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Episode 334: Swear to God: The Sine Qua Non to Accomplish the Mission of the Church
May 26th, 2025 | 22 mins 20 secs
christianity, detroit, evangelization, fr. john riccardo, gospel, parish renewal, priest
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 essential thing that has to happen.
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Episode 333: The Role of the Laity, No More Bystanders
May 19th, 2025 | 38 mins 33 secs
christianity, detroit, evangelization, fr. john riccardo, gospel, parish renewal, priest
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 and transforming the world by focusing on Jesus’ images of salt, light and leaven.
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Episode 332: I’ll Never Vest the Same Way Again
May 12th, 2025 | 37 mins 51 secs
christianity, detroit, evangelization, fr. john riccardo, gospel, parish renewal, priest
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 putting on. Next week they will focus on a new mindset the lay faithful might want to consider.
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Episode 331: Do We Understand the Mission of the Church?
May 5th, 2025 | 32 mins 48 secs
christianity, detroit, evangelization, fr. john riccardo, gospel, parish renewal, priest
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 plan for the human race and what He’s asking us to do as the Church here and now.