Displaying Episode 31 - 40 of 338 in total of You Were Born for This with Fr. John Riccardo with the tag “priest”.
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Episode 309: The Best is Yet to Come!
November 25th, 2024 | 21 mins 11 secs
christianity, detroit, evangelization, fr. john riccardo, gospel, parish renewal, priest
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
christianity, detroit, evangelization, fr. john riccardo, gospel, parish renewal, priest
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.
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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.
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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!
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Episode 302: Show Me Who Your Friends Are and I’ll Tell You Who You Are
October 7th, 2024 | 22 mins 58 secs
christianity, detroit, evangelization, fr. john riccardo, gospel, parish renewal, priest
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
christianity, detroit, evangelization, fr. john riccardo, gospel, parish renewal, priest
In this episode, Fr. John and Mary tackle one of the most important, and most misunderstood, passages about man, woman and marriage.
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Episode 300: Trolling for Talent
September 23rd, 2024 | 17 mins 51 secs
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In this episode, Fr. John and Mary discuss how great leaders, like Moses, are humble stewards of God’s gifts, eager to share the responsibility with other great leaders.