Episode Archive

85 episodes of Thoughts from the Trailer with Fr. John Riccardo since the first episode, which aired on January 25th, 2023.

  • Episode 13: Her Face

    April 19th, 2023  |  7 mins 19 secs
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    There are some pretty funny things in Scripture. I think we often read the Word of God with nowhere near enough of a sense of humor. God is all-powerful, omnipotent, and omniscient. But He also is funny.

  • Episode 12: Harrowing of Hell

    April 12th, 2023  |  9 mins 28 secs
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    There is a favorite icon of the Eastern Church known as the anastasis. Anastasis is the Greek word for resurrection. Icons, we might remember, aren’t paintings. Rather, they are “written” to be something like windows into the mysteries they are depicting. Placing ourselves in front of them, asking the Holy Spirit to come to us, can draw us into whatever it is that is placed before our senses.

  • Episode 11: The Hunter Makes His Move

    April 5th, 2023  |  8 mins 10 secs
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    As we prepare to enter into the holiest days of the year, the days that celebrate the liberation of our race from Death, Sin, hell and Satan, we need to keep reminding ourselves that he is not the helpless victim here.

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    Episode 10: Getting a New Address

    March 29th, 2023  |  4 mins 45 secs
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    Few things can compare for me with baptizing an adult. Most of us standing in the font on that wondrous night are filled with a holy jealousy, as we watch men and women walk into the water one way and leave another.

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    Episode 9: The Mission and Task of Fatherhood

    March 22nd, 2023  |  5 mins 12 secs
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    It’s often said about parents that they’re only as happy as their least happy child. I have always admired this about the moms and dads I know. There is no time off, or away from, their children – no matter how old they are. Indeed, their hearts ache for their children.

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    Episode 8: Taking Back Ground in Our Own Lives for the Kingdom

    March 15th, 2023  |  4 mins 23 secs
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    A Jewish son, heir to his father’s significant wealth, runs out of that wealth and then hires himself out – sells himself to another – to feed … pigs. Pigs! A Jewish man enslaves himself to feed an unclean animal that he himself cannot eat. This is a truly pathetic state.

  • Episode 7: The New Moses

    March 8th, 2023  |  6 mins 33 secs
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    On Calvary, just as at the Red Sea, God was fighting.

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    Episode 6: Here

    March 1st, 2023  |  5 mins 34 secs
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    Fr. John shares how pilgrimage highlights the reality of the Incarnation, and why here matters.

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    Episode 5: This is Serious

    February 22nd, 2023  |  5 mins 10 secs
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    Fr. John reflects on the challenge and the call to forgive others even - or especially - when we have been hurt deeply.

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    Episode 4: Eating Well for Lent

    February 15th, 2023  |  4 mins 26 secs
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    Fr. John Riccardo shares rich fare for the upcoming Lenten season

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    Episode 3: Oh, for a Great Soul!

    February 8th, 2023  |  4 mins 18 secs
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    Fr. John reflects on magnanimity which is the great call for every disciple of Jesus.

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    Episode 2: Getting Ready for Lent

    February 1st, 2023  |  4 mins 18 secs
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    Fr. John reflects on a prayerful discernment approach to getting ready for Lent.