We found 10 episodes of You Were Born for This with Fr. John Riccardo with the tag “priest”.
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Episode 317: Take a Field Trip During Christian Unity Week
January 20th, 2025 | 24 mins
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In this episode, Fr. John and Mary reflect on the passage from Nehemiah in light of a transformative experience the ACTS XXIX family had last week on retreat with some Maronite bishops and priests and encourage us to visit an Eastern Rite liturgy sometime this week.
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Episode 316: God’s Scandalous Desire
January 13th, 2025 | 23 mins 20 secs
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In this episode, Fr. John and Mary reflect on the staggering truth that God’s love for us is more intimate than we can imagine.
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Episode 315: What’s Your Comfort Zone?
January 6th, 2025 | 26 mins 55 secs
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As we begin this new year, Fr. John and Mary dig into the word “Comfort” spoken by the prophet Isaiah and share some helpful places they turn to for comfort.
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Episode 314: Regime Change
December 30th, 2024 | 22 mins 56 secs
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As we turn the page on the calendar, Fr. John and Mary reflect on the manifestation of Jesus as the true King of all the world and offer a practical thought to consider for our new year’s resolutions.
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Episode 313: Has Anything Really Changed?
December 23rd, 2024 | 27 mins 2 secs
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In this episode, Fr. John and Mary address the fact that Christmas is not an escape from reality but rather the celebration that God has come to fight for us.
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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.
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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.