Episode Archive

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

  • Episode 24: Shedding What is a Hindrance

    July 5th, 2023  |  4 mins 37 secs
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    As I prayed with this, I was immediately struck by how relevant that little detail is for so many of us. How tempted I am to think that many of the things that other people, or other ministries, need I must also need.

  • Episode 23: The Real World

    June 28th, 2023  |  7 mins 43 secs
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    Americans don’t usually like bad news. Oh, to be sure, we seem to enjoy reading other people’s “dirty laundry,” as an 80’s song once put it. But confronting the reality of demons who hate and are seeking to degrade, enslave and destroy us…? Uh, no thanks.

  • Episode 22: Doomed to Succeed with Special Guest: Albert Faraj

    June 21st, 2023  |  5 mins 40 secs
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    We live in a time which is simultaneously permissive in the extreme while being merciless on anyone who makes mistakes. Our society makes no allowance for those who have messed up… there can be no redemption.

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    Episode 21: The Sin of David with special guest: Albert Faraj

    June 14th, 2023  |  5 mins 53 secs
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    What is the role of a father?

  • Episode 20: Names Matter with special guest: Mary Guilfoyle

    June 7th, 2023  |  6 mins 26 secs
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    The enemy’s strategy is to rob you and me of our eternal inheritance, to undo our adoption in Jesus Christ. His tactic is to steal our hope and convince us that we’re disqualified because of our past.

  • Episode 19: ALL

    May 31st, 2023  |  4 mins 57 secs
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    “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me."

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    Episode 18: The Experience of Faith

    May 24th, 2023  |  5 mins 31 secs
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    Jesus has never said that our life should be a desert journey. If we understand the Christian life in this way, it should not surprise us that many turn their backs on the Church and Christianity and just go on to other traditions that promise peace, joy, and a full life. This is a reaction, not against Christianity, but against a type of Christianity that has lost its authenticity.

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    Episode 17: Come, Lord and Giver of Life!

    May 17th, 2023  |  6 mins 26 secs
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    Jesus told His disciples, and us, that it would be better for us if He left, so that another Advocate could come (cf. John 16:7). At first glance, this doesn’t make sense.

  • Episode 16: Let Us Approach With Confidence

    May 10th, 2023  |  5 mins 1 sec
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    Mark explained what he was going to do and then exposed the Lord in the Eucharist and slowly placed the stole around the monstrance on the altar. Almost immediately, in my mind’s eye, I “saw” Jesus standing there on the altar, the one and only true Priest.

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    Episode 15: What Would He Say To Us?

    May 3rd, 2023  |  4 mins 17 secs
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    It’s not unusual to hear prayers for “a new Pentecost.” Do we really want that? Do we really want the Holy Spirit to fall on us, consume us, overwhelm us, set our hearts on fire, move us to surrender everything to Jesus in faith, and catapult us out into our streets to do now what the apostles did then?

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    Episode 14: Do We Have What It Takes?

    April 26th, 2023  |  10 mins 28 secs
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    We need a Church unafraid of going forth into their night.

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    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.