Latest Parish transformation Podcast Episodes
Episode 277: Are We Christians at Risk?
You Were Born for This with Fr. John Riccardo - April 15, 2024 06:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 557 ratingsIn this episode, Fr. John and Mary talk about an extraordinary conversation they had with two people whose lives were radically changed by Jesus, much like the lame man in Acts 4:8-12, and the non-negotiable nature of prayer in the life of the disciple. Acts 4:8-12 (https://www.biblegateway.com/...
Episode 276: You Asked for the Wrong Jesus
You Were Born for This with Fr. John Riccardo - April 08, 2024 06:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 557 ratingsIn this episode, Fr. John and Mary ponder the significance of the very first miracle in the Acts of the Apostles and the startling fact that there were two Jesus’ put before the crowds on Good Friday…and before us today. Acts 3:13-15, 17-19 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts3%3A1...
Episode 275: Are We Turning Anything Upside Down?
You Were Born for This with Fr. John Riccardo - April 01, 2024 06:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 557 ratingsIn this episode, Fr. John and Mary talk about one of the most important and powerful signs of the resurrection of Jesus, one that drew countless people into the early Church, and could again today! Acts 4:32-35 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+4%3A32-35&version=NCB) To access ou...
Episode 274: The First Gentile Christian is a What?!
You Were Born for This with Fr. John Riccardo - March 25, 2024 06:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 557 ratingsIn this episode, Fr. John and Mary reflect on the momentous events of Acts 10, the story of the 1st Gentile to be baptized, and how much more is in Scripture than we might first realize. Acts 10: 34a, 37-43 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=acts+10%3A+34-+43&version=NCB) ====== Have ...
Episode 273: Weary? Jesus Has a Word for Us This Week
You Were Born for This with Fr. John Riccardo - March 18, 2024 06:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 557 ratingsIn this episode, Fr. John and Mary look at Isaiah 50:4-7 and how God’s Word wants to prepare our hearts to enter ever more deeply into Holy Week by contemplating the outrageous love Jesus has displayed for us. Isaiah 50 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+50&version=NCB) Isaiah ...
Episode 272: Stupendous Mercy!
You Were Born for This with Fr. John Riccardo - March 11, 2024 06:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 557 ratingsIn this episode, Fr. John and Mary discuss the only time the words “new covenant” appears in the Old Testament; in what the “newness” consists; and what Jesus means when He says His Blood is that new covenant. Jer. 31:31-34 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jer.+31%3A31-34&version=NC...
Episode 271: A Heart Wrenched Open!
You Were Born for This with Fr. John Riccardo - March 04, 2024 07:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 557 ratingsIn this episode, Fr. John and Mary take a look at the final words in the Old Testament and how they offer us encouragement and hope. No matter how far or how often we wander, His plan is not frustrated! 2 Chr 36:14-16, 19-23 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Chr+36%3A14-23&version=...
Episode 270: The Ten Gifts
You Were Born for This with Fr. John Riccardo - February 26, 2024 07:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 557 ratingsIn this episode, Fr. John and Mary consider the context of the ten commandments, God’s desire for us to be free, and a prayer exercise to remind us of all God has liberated us from. Exodus 20:1-17 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+20%3A+1-17&version=NCB) ====== Have a comment a...
Episode 269: The Journey From Love to Trust
You Were Born for This with Fr. John Riccardo - February 19, 2024 07:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 557 ratingsIn this episode, Fr. John and Mary wrestle together with one of the most difficult and challenging Scriptures – the testing of Abraham, and propose something for us to do in these Lenten days so as to grow in our capacity to entrust ourselves and all those we love to the Father. Genesis 22:1-2, 9...
Episode 268: Preparing to Pledge Allegiance
You Were Born for This with Fr. John Riccardo - February 12, 2024 07:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 557 ratingsIn this episode, Fr. John and Mary look at the story of Noah and the flood and how this helps us understand what is going to happen in the lives of those preparing to enter the Church at the Easter Vigil as well as the promises we are all going to renew that same night. Genesis 9:8-15 (https://w...
Episode 267: Stop Ringing the Bell
You Were Born for This with Fr. John Riccardo - February 05, 2024 07:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 557 ratingsIn this episode, Fr. John and Mary welcome Fr. Mark Moriarty from Ireland and together they break open the great grace that is the Sacrament of Confession that restores us to communion with God and one another. Leviticus 13:1-2, 44-46 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Leviticus+13&ver...
Episode 266: There is Another Side to the Tapestry
You Were Born for This with Fr. John Riccardo - January 29, 2024 07:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 557 ratingsIn this episode, Fr. John and Mary reflect on suffering, some of the things that Scripture has to say to us about it, and how to keep our eyes fixed on Jesus when we’re in the midst of it. Job 7:1-4, 6-7 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=job+7&version=NCB) ====== Have a comment about...
Episode 265: Terrifying Intimacy
You Were Born for This with Fr. John Riccardo - January 22, 2024 07:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 557 ratingsIn this episode, Fr. John and Mary talk about the 1st Reading for this coming week and how it can help us understand the importance of maintaining a relationship with God that is animated by both holy fear and profound intimacy. Deut. 18:15-20 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deut.+1...
Episode 264: Open Heart Surgery
You Were Born for This with Fr. John Riccardo - January 15, 2024 07:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 557 ratingsIn this episode, Fr. John and Mary look at Jonah’s hatred and animosity towards those he wrongly considers his enemies and what the Lord might want to reveal to us in our day. Scripture Reading: Jonah 3:1-5, 10 Link to Msgr. James Shea's SEEK talk: https://seekreplay.com/video/21 ====== Have a co...
Episode 263: The Art of Listening
You Were Born for This with Fr. John Riccardo - January 08, 2024 07:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 557 ratingsIn this episode, Fr. John asks Mary to share her experience of acquiring the habit of daily prayer as they reflect together on Samuel’s not yet being familiar with the Lord’s voice and learning how to listen to Him. 1 Samuel 3:3-10,19 ====== Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us! Click To...
Episode 262: Either…Or!
You Were Born for This with Fr. John Riccardo - January 01, 2024 07:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 557 ratingsIn this episode, Fr. John and Mary discuss the mission of the disciple tio both evangelize and recreate in light of Isaiah’s prophecy in the 1st Reading this coming Sunday. Scripture Passage: Isaiah 60:1-6 ====== Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us! Click To Learn More About ACTS XXIX ...
Episode 261: A City on a Hill
You Were Born for This with Fr. John Riccardo - December 25, 2023 07:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 557 ratingsIn this episode, Fr. John and Mary wrap up the series on healing and reflect on what the Lord calls our parishes to be. Sir. 3:2-6; 12-14 ====== Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us! Click To Learn More About ACTS XXIX (https://www.actsxxix.org/)
Episode 260: He is Not Ashamed to Call Us Brothers and Sisters
You Were Born for This with Fr. John Riccardo - December 18, 2023 07:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 557 ratingsIn this episode, Fr. John and Mary continue their Advent series on healing in light of the upcoming Sunday 1st Reading, focusing this week on how the Lord desires and is able to bring healing to our families. 2 Samuel: 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a,16 ====== Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us! Cl...
Episode 259: Within Your Wounds, Hide Me
You Were Born for This with Fr. John Riccardo - December 11, 2023 07:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 557 ratingsIn this episode, Fr. John and Mary continue to apply the Word of God in Isaiah to the theme of healing, and especially this week to healing within marriages. The beautiful reality is that God has called and equipped husbands and wives to be agents of healing for one another, so as to help bind up...
Episode 258: Good News: We Can Be Healed
You Were Born for This with Fr. John Riccardo - December 04, 2023 07:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 557 ratingsIn this episode, Fr. John and Mary discuss the extraordinarily comforting message God gives to Isaiah and to us, namely, that He wants to bring healing to each and every one of us, and then send us out into a broken world in order to be agents of His healing wherever it is most needed. ====== Hav...
Episode 257: Humility, Humility, Humility
You Were Born for This with Fr. John Riccardo - November 27, 2023 07:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 557 ratingsIn this episode, Fr. John and Mary discuss the season of Advent that is about to begin and speak about the comforting and sobering reality of being a part of the human family that is constantly in need of mercy and being refashioned by the Potter. ====== Have a comment about this podcast? Contact...
Episode 256: Grateful We Have a (good) Shepherd
You Were Born for This with Fr. John Riccardo - November 20, 2023 07:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 557 ratingsIn this episode, Father John and Mary encourage us this Thanksgiving week to prayerfully call to mind the many occasions on which the good Shepherd has rescued us. ====== Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us! Click To Learn More About ACTS XXIX (https://www.actsxxix.org/)
Episode 255: Just Love
You Were Born for This with Fr. John Riccardo - November 13, 2023 07:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 557 ratingsIn this episode, Fr. John and Mary look at the Lord’s words to us in Proverbs 31 and apply them to our daily lives, regardless of our state of life. ====== Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us! Click To Learn More About ACTS XXIX (https://www.actsxxix.org/)
Episode 254: Pursuing and Pursued by Wisdom
You Were Born for This with Fr. John Riccardo - November 06, 2023 07:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 557 ratingsIn this episode, Fr. John and Mary reflect on how necessary it is to pray for and desire wisdom, and consider the startling reality that the One who is wise desires us! ====== Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us! Click To Learn More About ACTS XXIX (https://www.actsxxix.org/)
Episode 253: Whole Or Half-Hearted?
You Were Born for This with Fr. John Riccardo - October 30, 2023 06:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 557 ratingsIn this episode, Fr. John and Mary consider how God’s Word through both Malachi and the Gospel of Matthew leads us to think about how we can better use our time, money and gifting for the glory of God and our own good. ====== Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us! Click To Learn More Abo...
Episode 252: What Do Kings Do?
You Were Born for This with Fr. John Riccardo - October 23, 2023 06:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 557 ratingsIn this episode, Fr. John and Mary first reveal an exciting new matching gift made to ACTS XXIX and then discuss how we can practically respond to God’s challenging and sobering words to us in Exodus 20. ====== Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us! Click To Learn More About ACTS XXIX (h...
Episode 251: Idols and the One True God
You Were Born for This with Fr. John Riccardo - October 16, 2023 06:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 557 ratingsIn this episode, Fr. John and Mary encourage us all to pray and fast for the situation in the Middle East, and discuss two key relevant themes found in the First Reading from Isaiah this coming Sunday. ====== Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us! Click To Learn More About ACTS XXIX (htt...
Episode 250: The Best Is Up Ahead
You Were Born for This with Fr. John Riccardo - October 09, 2023 06:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 557 ratingsIn this episode, Fr. John and Mary discuss the extraordinary graces of heaven and the closest we can get to them on earth. ====== Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us! Click To Learn More About ACTS XXIX (https://www.actsxxix.org/)
Episode 249: What Does He Want From Me?
You Were Born for This with Fr. John Riccardo - October 02, 2023 02:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 557 ratingsIn this episode, Fr. John and Mary look at the Lord’s Word through the Prophet Isaiah and reflect on what God is looking for in us as disciples of His Son. ====== Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us! Click To Learn More About ACTS XXIX (https://www.actsxxix.org/)
Episode 248: Preparing for the Final Exam
You Were Born for This with Fr. John Riccardo - September 25, 2023 06:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 557 ratingsIn this episode, Fr. John and Mary break open God’s words through Ezekiel and offer sobering and hopeful reflections on the day of judgment awaiting us all. ====== Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us! Click To Learn More About ACTS XXIX (https://www.actsxxix.org/)
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