{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Thoughts from the Trailer with Fr. John Riccardo","home_page_url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org","feed_url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/json","description":"Thoughts from the Trailer is a weekly blog from ACTS XXIX (https://www.actsxxix.org/trailer)\r\nThis podcast is the audio version of those articles.\r\n\r\nIf you are blessed by our podcast, and wish to support us, please click https://www.actsxxix.org/give\r\n","_fireside":{"subtitle":"Weekly reflections in prayer with Fr. John Riccardo.","pubdate":"2024-05-15T02:00:00.000-04:00","explicit":false,"copyright":"2024 by ACTS XXIX","owner":"ACTS XXIX","image":"https://assets.fireside.fm/file/fireside-images/podcasts/images/a/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/cover.jpg?v=6"},"items":[{"id":"ba2134b7-9bad-4c87-b6a5-fcd10a26bc9f","title":"Episode 69: My Lord","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/69","content_text":"Idols? What in the world do idols have to do with us moderns? 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The thought that God might be love never entered the imaginations of the people in the ancient world. \n\n1 John 4:7-10\n\n=======\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!\n\nClick To Learn More About ACTS XXIX ","content_html":"<p>God ... Is ... Love</p>\n\n<p>The gods of the ancient world, whether Roman, Greek, Egyptian, Sumerian, or other, were to be appeased, kept happy, bargained with, and more –  lest they become angry and wreak havoc on mere mortals who are nothing but their playthings. The thought that God might be love never entered the imaginations of the people in the ancient world. </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+John+4%3A7-10&version=NCB\" rel=\"nofollow\">1 John 4:7-10</a></p>\n\n<p>=======<br>\n<a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click To Learn More About ACTS XXIX </a></p>","summary":"The gods of the ancient world, whether Roman, Greek, Egyptian, Sumerian, or other, were to be appeased, kept happy, bargained with, and more –  lest they become angry and wreak havoc on mere mortals who are nothing but their playthings. The thought that God might be love never entered the imaginations of the people in the ancient world. ","date_published":"2024-05-01T02:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/921fc8d4-5238-463c-ad6a-1f6d885f0cd6.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":7877194,"duration_in_seconds":492}]},{"id":"7651c407-c1c7-487b-8f48-17a2cd3f16ff","title":"Episode 66: The Dumb Shepherd?","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/66","content_text":"Usually, this weekly blog is about the 2nd Reading for the upcoming Sunday at Mass. 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Contact us!</a></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click To Learn More About ACTS XXIX </a></p>","summary":"Usually, this weekly blog is about the 2nd Reading for the upcoming Sunday at Mass. However, I can’t stop thinking and praying about the Gospel from last Sunday, and so I wanted to pass on what the Lord has been sharing with me in prayer in the hope that it might be helpful and timely for perhaps one other person out there.","date_published":"2024-04-24T02:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/7651c407-c1c7-487b-8f48-17a2cd3f16ff.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":11136858,"duration_in_seconds":695}]},{"id":"37037142-d406-4ffc-a151-0c0f1d8f245c","title":"Episode 65: Better Than Winning The Lottery","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/65","content_text":"Many years ago now some friends of mine adopted a young boy who was maybe nine or ten years old. 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Isn’t this us when we call out to God for His grace to help us be the men and women He made us to be and that we want to be? </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+John+2%3A1-5&version=NCB\" rel=\"nofollow\">1 John 2:1-5</a></p>\n\n<p>=======<br>\n<a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click To Learn More About ACTS XXIX </a></p>","summary":"Someone crying is someone who is in need or hurting somehow.","date_published":"2024-04-10T02:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/455c6579-a285-4ea0-9ad6-e7305a6b3f9b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":7027065,"duration_in_seconds":438}]},{"id":"78687310-b2d1-4d46-babc-516aa6c2e9f2","title":"Episode 63: Christus Victor","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/63","content_text":"Any mention of Jesus without the words Victor, Champion, King, and Lord are incomplete.\n\n1 John 5:1-6\n\n=======\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!\n\nClick To Learn More About ACTS XXIX ","content_html":"<p>Any mention of Jesus without the words Victor, Champion, King, and Lord are incomplete.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+John+5%3A1-6&version=NCB\" rel=\"nofollow\">1 John 5:1-6</a></p>\n\n<p>=======<br>\n<a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click To Learn More About ACTS XXIX </a></p>","summary":"Any mention of Jesus without the words Victor, Champion, King, and Lord are incomplete.","date_published":"2024-04-03T02:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/78687310-b2d1-4d46-babc-516aa6c2e9f2.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":7027065,"duration_in_seconds":438}]},{"id":"a61796a3-798a-4236-8df6-aa413115a57d","title":"Episode 62: Swear To God","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/62","content_text":"The highlight of the Easter Vigil is when those who have been preparing for many months now are transferred from the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of God’s beloved Son\n\nColossians 3:1-4\n\n=======\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!\n\nClick To Learn More About ACTS XXIX ","content_html":"<p>The highlight of the Easter Vigil is when those who have been preparing for many months now are transferred from the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of God’s beloved Son</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Colossians+3%3A1-4&version=NCB\" rel=\"nofollow\">Colossians 3:1-4</a></p>\n\n<p>=======<br>\n<a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click To Learn More About ACTS XXIX </a></p>","summary":"The highlight of the Easter Vigil is when those who have been preparing for many months now are transferred from the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of God’s beloved Son","date_published":"2024-03-27T02:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/a61796a3-798a-4236-8df6-aa413115a57d.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":7537811,"duration_in_seconds":470}]},{"id":"5bb6951b-8a12-40f4-9427-053c9705b92b","title":"Episode 61: Even Death on a Cross","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/61","content_text":"Some years ago, I found myself utterly absorbed in Fleming Rutledge’s The Crucifixion: Understanding the Death of Jesus Christ. It’s a most worthwhile read, especially at this time of year. One of the chapters is entitled, “The Godlessness of the Cross” and I thought the following excerpts might be helpful for us as we prepare to enter into those days that the Church often simply calls “the great week.” \n\nPhilippians 2:6-11\n\n=======\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!\n\nClick To Learn More About ACTS XXIX ","content_html":"<p>Some years ago, I found myself utterly absorbed in Fleming Rutledge’s The Crucifixion: Understanding the Death of Jesus Christ. It’s a most worthwhile read, especially at this time of year. One of the chapters is entitled, “The Godlessness of the Cross” and I thought the following excerpts might be helpful for us as we prepare to enter into those days that the Church often simply calls “the great week.” </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Phil+2%3A6-11&version=NCB\" rel=\"nofollow\">Philippians 2:6-11</a></p>\n\n<p>=======<br>\n<a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click To Learn More About ACTS XXIX </a></p>","summary":"Some years ago, I found myself utterly absorbed in Fleming Rutledge’s The Crucifixion: Understanding the Death of Jesus Christ. It’s a most worthwhile read, especially at this time of year.","date_published":"2024-03-20T02:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/5bb6951b-8a12-40f4-9427-053c9705b92b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":13330308,"duration_in_seconds":832}]},{"id":"8b46633f-3c69-4f89-99be-2cbdcb173e45","title":"Episode 60: Made Perfect?","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/60","content_text":"Prayers? Supplications? Loud cries? Tears? Where are we? \n\nHebrews 5:7-9\n\n=======\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!\n\nClick To Learn More About ACTS XXIX ","content_html":"<p>Prayers? Supplications? Loud cries? Tears? Where are we? </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+5%3A7-9&version=NCB\" rel=\"nofollow\">Hebrews 5:7-9</a></p>\n\n<p>=======<br>\n<a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click To Learn More About ACTS XXIX </a></p>","summary":"Prayers? Supplications? Loud cries? Tears? Where are we? ","date_published":"2024-03-13T02:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/8b46633f-3c69-4f89-99be-2cbdcb173e45.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":8802556,"duration_in_seconds":549}]},{"id":"9bb8b564-cf5e-4d58-bcf7-d529474a3d22","title":"Episode 59: There is No One Like You","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/59","content_text":"Unlike us, God “is rich in mercy.” Unlike us, God loves to forgive. Unlike us, God’s love knows no limits. Unlike us, Jesus cries out from the cross, “Father, forgive them, they don’t know what they’re doing.” Unlike us, God does not delight in the death of the wicked. Unlike us, God wants all men and women to be saved.\n\nEphesians 2:4-10\n\n=======\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!\n\nClick To Learn More About ACTS XXIX ","content_html":"<p>Unlike us, God “is rich in mercy.” Unlike us, God loves to forgive. Unlike us, God’s love knows no limits. Unlike us, Jesus cries out from the cross, “Father, forgive them, they don’t know what they’re doing.” Unlike us, God does not delight in the death of the wicked. Unlike us, God wants all men and women to be saved.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+2%3A4-10&version=NCB\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ephesians 2:4-10</a></p>\n\n<p>=======<br>\n<a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click To Learn More About ACTS XXIX </a></p>","summary":"Unlike us, God “is rich in mercy.” Unlike us, God loves to forgive. Unlike us, God’s love knows no limits. Unlike us, Jesus cries out from the cross, “Father, forgive them, they don’t know what they’re doing.” Unlike us, God does not delight in the death of the wicked. Unlike us, God wants all men and women to be saved.","date_published":"2024-03-06T02:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/9bb8b564-cf5e-4d58-bcf7-d529474a3d22.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":8802556,"duration_in_seconds":549}]},{"id":"852fea78-36bb-469e-a7e0-cd382eac1823","title":"Episode 58: Let the Holy Spirit Do the Convincing","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/58","content_text":"St. Paul was, to put it mildly, brilliant. Few people have impacted human history as profoundly as Paul...\n\n1 Corinthians 1:22-25\n\n=======\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!\n\nClick To Learn More About ACTS XXIX ","content_html":"<p>St. Paul was, to put it mildly, brilliant. Few people have impacted human history as profoundly as Paul...</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+1%3A22-25&version=NCB\" rel=\"nofollow\">1 Corinthians 1:22-25</a></p>\n\n<p>=======<br>\n<a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click To Learn More About ACTS XXIX </a></p>","summary":"St. Paul was, to put it mildly, brilliant. Few people have impacted human history as profoundly as Paul...","date_published":"2024-02-28T02:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/852fea78-36bb-469e-a7e0-cd382eac1823.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":7243568,"duration_in_seconds":452}]},{"id":"50003f56-70c6-4824-9041-4cb63d47b6c5","title":"Episode 57: What Kind of Father?","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/57","content_text":"I could never believe in a God who would crucify his own son. A very popular television talk show host from decades past said that.  I remember hearing those words as if he said them this morning. \n\nRomans 8:31-34\n\n=======\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!\n\nClick To Learn More About ACTS XXIX ","content_html":"<p>I could never believe in a God who would crucify his own son. A very popular television talk show host from decades past said that.  I remember hearing those words as if he said them this morning. </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+8%3A31-34&version=NCB\" rel=\"nofollow\">Romans 8:31-34</a></p>\n\n<p>=======<br>\n<a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click To Learn More About ACTS XXIX </a></p>","summary":"I could never believe in a God who would crucify his own son. A very popular television talk show host from decades past said that.  I remember hearing those words as if he said them this morning. ","date_published":"2024-02-21T02:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/50003f56-70c6-4824-9041-4cb63d47b6c5.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":7078892,"duration_in_seconds":442}]},{"id":"33ddedc4-3a05-42b8-9b18-ea61ed82e5e5","title":"Episode 56: The King Unshackles the Imprisoned ","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/56","content_text":"Today, we begin the grace filled season of Lent, and this passage from 1 Peter, challenging as parts of it can be, calls to mind how the season ends: in glorious triumph!\n\n1 Peter 3:18-22\n\n=======\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!\n\nClick To Learn More About ACTS XXIX ","content_html":"<p>Today, we begin the grace filled season of Lent, and this passage from 1 Peter, challenging as parts of it can be, calls to mind how the season ends: in glorious triumph!</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Peter+3%3A18-22&version=NCB\" rel=\"nofollow\">1 Peter 3:18-22</a></p>\n\n<p>=======<br>\n<a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click To Learn More About ACTS XXIX </a></p>","summary":"Today, we begin the grace filled season of Lent, and this passage from 1 Peter, challenging as parts of it can be, calls to mind how the season ends: in glorious triumph!","date_published":"2024-02-14T02:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/33ddedc4-3a05-42b8-9b18-ea61ed82e5e5.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":12440472,"duration_in_seconds":777}]},{"id":"cf00e69a-c275-4ecf-8283-19f6699f46cd","title":"Episode 55: Can People Tell To Whom We Belong?","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/55","content_text":"A quick drive down any city street, or walk through any park can instantly reveal where people’s allegiances lie. Bumper stickers, hats, and sweatshirts immediately declare a person to be a Michigan fan, a Swiftie, a Trump or Biden devotee, proudly pro-life or proudly pro-abortion. \n\n1 Corinthians 10:31-11:1\n\n=======\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!\n\nClick To Learn More About ACTS XXIX ","content_html":"<p>A quick drive down any city street, or walk through any park can instantly reveal where people’s allegiances lie. Bumper stickers, hats, and sweatshirts immediately declare a person to be a Michigan fan, a Swiftie, a Trump or Biden devotee, proudly pro-life or proudly pro-abortion. </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+corinthians+10&version=NCB\" rel=\"nofollow\">1 Corinthians 10:31-11:1</a></p>\n\n<p>=======<br>\n<a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click To Learn More About ACTS XXIX </a></p>","summary":"A quick drive down any city street, or walk through any park can instantly reveal where people’s allegiances lie. Bumper stickers, hats, and sweatshirts immediately declare a person to be a Michigan fan, a Swiftie, a Trump or Biden devotee, proudly pro-life or proudly pro-abortion. 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Contact us!\n\nClick To Learn More About ACTS XXIX ","content_html":"<p>Perhaps I’m just really selfish and disordered, but I’ve always been encouraged by passages in Scripture that seem to convey that the disciples thought like me (at least at times). James and John jockey for positions of power, wanting seats at the right and left of Jesus.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+corinthians+9&version=NCB\" rel=\"nofollow\">1 Corinthians 9</a></p>\n\n<p>=======<br>\n<a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click To Learn More About ACTS XXIX </a></p>","summary":"Perhaps I’m just really selfish and disordered, but I’ve always been encouraged by passages in Scripture that seem to convey that the disciples thought like me (at least at times). James and John jockey for positions of power, wanting seats at the right and left of Jesus.","date_published":"2024-01-31T02:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/c1cd9aa3-7a24-4e2d-8474-e6de58ce0a7c.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":9050405,"duration_in_seconds":565}]},{"id":"c671616f-d174-4140-8682-7659ec3d8070","title":"Episode 53: A Pastor Responds to His Flock","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/53","content_text":"I can just imagine the eyerolls among some people this coming Sunday as this passage is proclaimed at Mass. There goes the Catholic Church again. Why is she always so down on marriage and sexuality and the things of this world?!\n\n1 Corinthians 7:32-35\n\n=======\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!\n\nClick To Learn More About ACTS XXIX ","content_html":"<p>I can just imagine the eyerolls among some people this coming Sunday as this passage is proclaimed at Mass. There goes the Catholic Church again. Why is she always so down on marriage and sexuality and the things of this world?!</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+7%3A32-35&version=NCB\" rel=\"nofollow\">1 Corinthians 7:32-35</a></p>\n\n<p>=======<br>\n<a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click To Learn More About ACTS XXIX </a></p>","summary":"I can just imagine the eyerolls among some people this coming Sunday as this passage is proclaimed at Mass. There goes the Catholic Church again. Why is she always so down on marriage and sexuality and the things of this world?!","date_published":"2024-01-24T02:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/c671616f-d174-4140-8682-7659ec3d8070.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":8116267,"duration_in_seconds":507}]},{"id":"b25c2c4c-9ecd-4e79-b754-fd205d392178","title":"Episode 52: A Scene Change is Coming","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/52","content_text":"The line that I am personally dwelling on this week is the last one: “The world in its present form is passing away.”\n\n=======\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!\n\nClick To Learn More About ACTS XXIX ","content_html":"<p>The line that I am personally dwelling on this week is the last one: “The world in its present form is passing away.”</p>\n\n<p>=======<br>\n<a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click To Learn More About ACTS XXIX </a></p>","summary":"The line that I am personally dwelling on this week is the last one: “The world in its present form is passing away.”","date_published":"2024-01-17T02:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/b25c2c4c-9ecd-4e79-b754-fd205d392178.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":6825609,"duration_in_seconds":426}]},{"id":"540ad9c5-b169-4270-9aca-15beab863e57","title":"Episode 51: Pondering God’s Word on the Body","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/51","content_text":"I was fortunate after ordination to the priesthood to spend several years studying the theology of the body in depth. I can still recall as if it was yesterday an experience I had sitting outside reading the Holy Father and suddenly realizing I was starting to sit up straighter.\n\n=======\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!\n\nClick To Learn More About ACTS XXIX ","content_html":"<p>I was fortunate after ordination to the priesthood to spend several years studying the theology of the body in depth. I can still recall as if it was yesterday an experience I had sitting outside reading the Holy Father and suddenly realizing I was starting to sit up straighter.</p>\n\n<p>=======<br>\n<a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click To Learn More About ACTS XXIX </a></p>","summary":"I was fortunate after ordination to the priesthood to spend several years studying the theology of the body in depth.","date_published":"2024-01-10T02:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/540ad9c5-b169-4270-9aca-15beab863e57.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":5640276,"duration_in_seconds":352}]},{"id":"fb42068e-605d-4161-922d-950f65aa6ebb","title":"Episode 50: Remodeling the House","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/50","content_text":"I had a conversation with a young woman recently that I can’t shake. Hers is a rather common tale: she grew up in a strong Catholic family, went to Catholic schools, got to college and drifted away. There’s much more to it, of course, but how many young people are in her shoes, and how many parents know the anguish that hers know?\n\n=======\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!\n\nClick To Learn More About ACTS XXIX ","content_html":"<p>I had a conversation with a young woman recently that I can’t shake. Hers is a rather common tale: she grew up in a strong Catholic family, went to Catholic schools, got to college and drifted away. There’s much more to it, of course, but how many young people are in her shoes, and how many parents know the anguish that hers know?</p>\n\n<p>=======<br>\n<a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click To Learn More About ACTS XXIX </a></p>","summary":"I had a conversation with a young woman recently that I can’t shake. Hers is a rather common tale: she grew up in a strong Catholic family, went to Catholic schools, got to college and drifted away....","date_published":"2024-01-03T02:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/fb42068e-605d-4161-922d-950f65aa6ebb.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":9029925,"duration_in_seconds":564}]},{"id":"376c5fd2-9581-4728-b9ca-3fe071c08388","title":"Episode 49: Reading Scripture On Our Knees","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/49","content_text":"=======\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!\n\nClick To Learn More About ACTS XXIX ","content_html":"<p>=======<br>\n<a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click To Learn More About ACTS XXIX </a></p>","summary":"Fr. John reflects on Colossians 3:12-21.\r\n\"We have acquired something of a habit of excising those parts of Scripture we find uncomfortable, confusing, and problematic. Hans Urs von Balthasar was fond of saying we need to do theology on our knees, and not at a desk. In other words, we need to let God’s Word pick us apart, not us pick it apart.\"","date_published":"2023-12-27T01:30:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/376c5fd2-9581-4728-b9ca-3fe071c08388.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":8717879,"duration_in_seconds":575}]},{"id":"42ac05a9-4f38-4ee8-ac54-2102ed360b52","title":"Episode 48: Veiling and Unveiling the Mystery ","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/48","content_text":"This was originally an entirely different article. And then Monday happened. For those unaware, The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith published the Declaration Fiducia Supplicans on Monday. This Declaration has caused, well, wholesale confusion. Seemingly everywhere.\n\n=======\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!\n\nClick To Learn More About ACTS XXIX ","content_html":"<p>This was originally an entirely different article. And then Monday happened. For those unaware, The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith published the Declaration Fiducia Supplicans on Monday. This Declaration has caused, well, wholesale confusion. Seemingly everywhere.</p>\n\n<p>=======<br>\n<a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click To Learn More About ACTS XXIX </a></p>","summary":"This was originally an entirely different article. And then Monday happened.","date_published":"2023-12-20T02:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/42ac05a9-4f38-4ee8-ac54-2102ed360b52.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":9949854,"duration_in_seconds":621}]},{"id":"ad3eaaaa-1782-4958-962c-7e69a1afa603","title":"Episode 47: On Being 'Hopeful Lamenters'","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/47","content_text":"We in ACTS XXIX think of this mission of ours as priests as being “hopeful lamenters.” Hopeful because Jesus is Lord, and He has defeated Sin, Death and Satan, and He will make all things new. But lamenting because the world is right now groaning in pain\n\n=======\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!\n\nClick To Learn More About ACTS XXIX ","content_html":"<p>We in ACTS XXIX think of this mission of ours as priests as being “hopeful lamenters.” Hopeful because Jesus is Lord, and He has defeated Sin, Death and Satan, and He will make all things new. But lamenting because the world is right now groaning in pain</p>\n\n<p>=======<br>\n<a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click To Learn More About ACTS XXIX </a></p>","summary":"We in ACTS XXIX think of this mission of ours as priests as being “hopeful lamenters.”","date_published":"2023-12-13T02:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/ad3eaaaa-1782-4958-962c-7e69a1afa603.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":8470696,"duration_in_seconds":529}]},{"id":"b77885d7-8cee-442d-92fb-ac5ff4e2b14d","title":"Episode 46: You Are What You Eat","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/46","content_text":"Without clarity on the mission, all sorts of negative results can and usually do occur. \n\n=======\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!\n\nClick To Learn More About ACTS XXIX ","content_html":"<p>Without clarity on the mission, all sorts of negative results can and usually do occur. </p>\n\n<p>=======<br>\n<a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click To Learn More About ACTS XXIX </a></p>","summary":"Without clarity on the mission, all sorts of negative results can and usually do occur. ","date_published":"2023-12-06T02:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/b77885d7-8cee-442d-92fb-ac5ff4e2b14d.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":8019300,"duration_in_seconds":500}]},{"id":"00a67d0a-e2b1-400e-92c4-7d968134e61e","title":"Episode 45: Jesus’ One Homily ","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/45","content_text":"I would argue that at the root of every temptation is the accusation that God is not a good Father and He cannot be trusted. \n\n=======\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!\n\nClick To Learn More About ACTS XXIX ","content_html":"<p>I would argue that at the root of every temptation is the accusation that God is not a good Father and He cannot be trusted. </p>\n\n<p>=======<br>\n<a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click To Learn More About ACTS XXIX </a></p>","summary":"I would argue that at the root of every temptation is the accusation that God is not a good Father and He cannot be trusted. ","date_published":"2023-11-29T02:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/00a67d0a-e2b1-400e-92c4-7d968134e61e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":8778732,"duration_in_seconds":548}]},{"id":"660cd7e4-ff2c-4e2a-90b6-e6260005a457","title":"Episode 44: Thankful for All of You!","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/44","content_text":"“ACTS XXIX is the most fruitful apostolate I’ve ever seen and been around. Every dollar is building the kingdom. There’s so much fruit, both measurable and of eternal consequences.” A dear friend and partner on mission recently shared these words with us. \n\n=======\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!\n\nClick To Learn More About ACTS XXIX ","content_html":"<p>“ACTS XXIX is the most fruitful apostolate I’ve ever seen and been around. Every dollar is building the kingdom. There’s so much fruit, both measurable and of eternal consequences.” A dear friend and partner on mission recently shared these words with us. </p>\n\n<p>=======<br>\n<a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click To Learn More About ACTS XXIX </a></p>","summary":"“ACTS XXIX is the most fruitful apostolate I’ve ever seen and been around...\"","date_published":"2023-11-22T02:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/660cd7e4-ff2c-4e2a-90b6-e6260005a457.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":9111845,"duration_in_seconds":569}]},{"id":"b5486f88-5be0-42eb-96cf-72fe4721720c","title":"Episode 43: How Do You See Things? ","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/43","content_text":"How, as believers in Jesus, are we to live in this time of “already and not yet?” With the news seemingly getting worse (and crazier) each day in the world, the country, and the Church, this question seems increasingly important.\n\n=======\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!\n\nClick To Learn More About ACTS XXIX ","content_html":"<p>How, as believers in Jesus, are we to live in this time of “already and not yet?” With the news seemingly getting worse (and crazier) each day in the world, the country, and the Church, this question seems increasingly important.</p>\n\n<p>=======<br>\n<a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click To Learn More About ACTS XXIX </a></p>","summary":"How, as believers in Jesus, are we to live in this time of “already and not yet?” ","date_published":"2023-11-15T02:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/b5486f88-5be0-42eb-96cf-72fe4721720c.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":7043365,"duration_in_seconds":439}]},{"id":"43b4a656-f528-4e8a-b7fc-eb2a4db23c5f","title":"Episode 42: Grieving With Hope","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/42","content_text":"When I was a younger priest I used to think I knew a lot more than I do now. As I’ve gotten older, I am less and less sure about many things. There is one thing, though, that I know for certain. God hates death. It isn’t supposed to be here.\n\n=======\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!\n\nClick To Learn More About ACTS XXIX ","content_html":"<p>When I was a younger priest I used to think I knew a lot more than I do now. As I’ve gotten older, I am less and less sure about many things. There is one thing, though, that I know for certain. God hates death. It isn’t supposed to be here.</p>\n\n<p>=======<br>\n<a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click To Learn More About ACTS XXIX </a></p>","summary":"When I was a younger priest I used to think I knew a lot more than I do now. 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Contact us!</a></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click To Learn More About ACTS XXIX </a></p>","summary":"It’s been said often that we are rapidly leaving behind an era called Christendom for a very different one","date_published":"2023-11-01T02:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/13f66a0d-224f-41ae-babf-78879706afa6.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":9614623,"duration_in_seconds":600}]},{"id":"2fbef1df-464f-4419-808d-89dd5a8dd5fe","title":"Episode 40: Building Our Lives On Rock","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/40","content_text":"Special guest presenter this week. We welcome Albert Faraj to the Podcast!\n\nSaint Augustine repeatedly warned his flock not to build on sand, meaning not to think life was going to be easy once a person became a Christian. Faith doesn’t magically make all of life’s challenges disappear. Instead, faith enables us to know and to see that with every challenge and every temptation God provides the grace and the strength necessary to endure. \n\n=======\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!\n\nClick To Learn More About ACTS XXIX Special Guest: Albert Faraj.","content_html":"<p>Special guest presenter this week. We welcome Albert Faraj to the Podcast!</p>\n\n<p>Saint Augustine repeatedly warned his flock not to build on sand, meaning not to think life was going to be easy once a person became a Christian. Faith doesn’t magically make all of life’s challenges disappear. Instead, faith enables us to know and to see that with every challenge and every temptation God provides the grace and the strength necessary to endure. </p>\n\n<p>=======<br>\n<a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click To Learn More About ACTS XXIX </a></p><p>Special Guest: Albert Faraj.</p>","summary":"Saint Augustine repeatedly warned his flock not to build on sand, meaning not to think life was going to be easy once a person became a Christian. ","date_published":"2023-10-25T02:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/2fbef1df-464f-4419-808d-89dd5a8dd5fe.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":5024622,"duration_in_seconds":313}]},{"id":"e7102632-1505-4a88-b88f-ac2eb6e7afcf","title":"Episode 39: So Much More Than \"Hello\"","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/39","content_text":"Let us beg St. Paul in these unsettled days to pray for peace in the land he once walked, and to intercede in a mighty way for those who are now as he once was.\n\n=======\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!\n\nClick To Learn More About ACTS XXIX ","content_html":"<p>Let us beg St. Paul in these unsettled days to pray for peace in the land he once walked, and to intercede in a mighty way for those who are now as he once was.</p>\n\n<p>=======<br>\n<a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click To Learn More About ACTS XXIX </a></p>","summary":"Let us beg St. Paul in these unsettled days to pray for peace in the land he once walked, and to intercede in a mighty way for those who are now as he once was.","date_published":"2023-10-18T02:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/e7102632-1505-4a88-b88f-ac2eb6e7afcf.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":5620632,"duration_in_seconds":351}]},{"id":"805b1b79-0e40-46b4-aac0-ddcad500c0fc","title":"Episode 38: What’s the Secret?","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/38","content_text":"Perhaps it’s as simple as this: God can be trusted. He is our Father, and not an absent or abusive Father but a good Father. Because He is a good Father He will supply for all our needs. \n\n=======\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!\n\nClick To Learn More About ACTS XXIX ","content_html":"<p>Perhaps it’s as simple as this: God can be trusted. He is our Father, and not an absent or abusive Father but a good Father. Because He is a good Father He will supply for all our needs. </p>\n\n<p>=======<br>\n<a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click To Learn More About ACTS XXIX </a></p>","summary":"Perhaps it’s as simple as this: God can be trusted.","date_published":"2023-10-11T02:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/805b1b79-0e40-46b4-aac0-ddcad500c0fc.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":4402947,"duration_in_seconds":274}]},{"id":"51f4a056-2cb5-4004-8c62-f94c4da86d8d","title":"Episode 37: Either/Or","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/37","content_text":"Lest we think the Christian message is all rainbows and unicorns, it’s worth reminding ourselves where Paul is as he writes these words to the Church in Philippi. He’s in prison. Not a county jail with three square meals, indoor plumbing and some degree of heating and cooling.\n\n=======\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!\n\nClick To Learn More About ACTS XXIX ","content_html":"<p>Lest we think the Christian message is all rainbows and unicorns, it’s worth reminding ourselves where Paul is as he writes these words to the Church in Philippi. He’s in prison. Not a county jail with three square meals, indoor plumbing and some degree of heating and cooling.</p>\n\n<p>=======<br>\n<a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click To Learn More About ACTS XXIX </a></p>","summary":"Lest we think the Christian message is all rainbows and unicorns, it’s worth reminding ourselves where Paul is as he writes these words to the Church in Philippi. He’s in prison. Not a county jail with three square meals, indoor plumbing and some degree of heating and cooling.","date_published":"2023-10-04T02:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/51f4a056-2cb5-4004-8c62-f94c4da86d8d.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":6279941,"duration_in_seconds":391}]},{"id":"a63c49b0-f8dd-4411-9441-62ddfb3c838e","title":"Episode 36: Who In The World Would Do This?","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/36","content_text":"“All things” includes a universe that’s 90+ billion light years across. That’s 90 billion times 5.88 trillion miles across. That’s more than 522,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 miles across. And that’s just the visible universe. \n\n=======\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!\n\nClick To Learn More About ACTS XXIX ","content_html":"<p>“All things” includes a universe that’s 90+ billion light years across. That’s 90 billion times 5.88 trillion miles across. That’s more than 522,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 miles across. And that’s just the visible universe. </p>\n\n<p>=======<br>\n<a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click To Learn More About ACTS XXIX </a></p>","summary":"\"All things” includes a universe that’s 90+ billion light years across. That’s 90 billion times 5.88 trillion miles across. ","date_published":"2023-09-27T02:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/a63c49b0-f8dd-4411-9441-62ddfb3c838e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":8082072,"duration_in_seconds":504}]},{"id":"2a7aa9ca-cafa-4883-b976-55ef657c60a8","title":"Episode 35: Fill In The Blank","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/35","content_text":"Imagine for a moment sitting in prison, or awaiting a life threatening surgery, or heading into yet another round of chemotherapy. We decide to sit down and write a letter to our wife, husband, children, or dear friend.\n\n=======\n\nSeeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel.\n\nVisit us at our online site.\n\nSubscribe to our weekly communications\n\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!","content_html":"<p>Imagine for a moment sitting in prison, or awaiting a life threatening surgery, or heading into yet another round of chemotherapy. We decide to sit down and write a letter to our wife, husband, children, or dear friend.</p>\n\n<p>=======</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://watch.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Seeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Visit us at our online site</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to our weekly communications</a></p>\n\n<p><a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>","summary":"Imagine for a moment sitting in prison, or awaiting a life threatening surgery, or heading into yet another round of chemotherapy. We decide to sit down and write a letter to our wife, husband, children, or dear friend.","date_published":"2023-09-20T02:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/2a7aa9ca-cafa-4883-b976-55ef657c60a8.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":6187385,"duration_in_seconds":386}]},{"id":"81e992f5-d8ad-439f-a9e2-abf318817bf5","title":"Episode 34: The Measure With Which You Measure","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/34","content_text":"Timely, then, are the readings for Mass this week, for they are all related to the topics of mercy, forgiveness and judgment. Even this passage from Romans comes in the context of Paul warning the community to be very careful in their behavior towards one another, lest they end up passing judgment on the servant of another (i.e.,God).\n\n=======\n\nSeeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel.\n\nVisit us at our online site.\n\nSubscribe to our weekly communications\n\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!","content_html":"<p>Timely, then, are the readings for Mass this week, for they are all related to the topics of mercy, forgiveness and judgment. Even this passage from Romans comes in the context of Paul warning the community to be very careful in their behavior towards one another, lest they end up passing judgment on the servant of another (i.e.,God).</p>\n\n<p>=======</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://watch.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Seeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Visit us at our online site</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to our weekly communications</a></p>\n\n<p><a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>","summary":"Timely, then, are the readings for Mass this week, for they are all related to the topics of mercy, forgiveness and judgment. ","date_published":"2023-09-13T02:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/81e992f5-d8ad-439f-a9e2-abf318817bf5.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":5925742,"duration_in_seconds":370}]},{"id":"69103629-056d-431f-9812-208bd82b1530","title":"Episode 33: I AM","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/33","content_text":"It’s often noted that the simple key to problem solving is to define the problem. If we were to apply that simple logic to the mess that is the world, the country, the Church, what would be the answer? A newspaper supposedly posed that very question to its readers more than 100 years ago. The famous writer and Catholic G.K. Chesterton supposedly sent in his response. It read: “Dear Sirs: I am. Sincerely yours, G.K. Chesterton.”\n\n=======\n\nSeeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel.\n\nVisit us at our online site.\n\nSubscribe to our weekly communications\n\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!","content_html":"<p>It’s often noted that the simple key to problem solving is to define the problem. If we were to apply that simple logic to the mess that is the world, the country, the Church, what would be the answer? A newspaper supposedly posed that very question to its readers more than 100 years ago. The famous writer and Catholic G.K. Chesterton supposedly sent in his response. It read: “Dear Sirs: I am. Sincerely yours, G.K. Chesterton.”</p>\n\n<p>=======</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://watch.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Seeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Visit us at our online site</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to our weekly communications</a></p>\n\n<p><a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>","summary":"“Dear Sirs: I am. \r\nSincerely yours, G.K. Chesterton.”","date_published":"2023-09-06T02:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/69103629-056d-431f-9812-208bd82b1530.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":6686428,"duration_in_seconds":417}]},{"id":"9e520a3b-915f-4fb0-bc0a-4b8f3764095d","title":"Episode 32: Minds and Bodies and What to Do About Them ","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/32","content_text":"Paul urges us to present our bodies as “a living sacrifice.” This was written to people who, unlike us, were very familiar with ritual animal sacrifices...\n\n=======\n\nSeeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel.\n\nVisit us at our online site.\n\nSubscribe to our weekly communications\n\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!","content_html":"<p>Paul urges us to present our bodies as “a living sacrifice.” This was written to people who, unlike us, were very familiar with ritual animal sacrifices...</p>\n\n<p>=======</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://watch.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Seeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Visit us at our online site</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to our weekly communications</a></p>\n\n<p><a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>","summary":"Paul urges us to present our bodies as “a living sacrifice.”","date_published":"2023-08-30T02:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/9e520a3b-915f-4fb0-bc0a-4b8f3764095d.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":5426281,"duration_in_seconds":338}]},{"id":"f90e3135-7cd2-4690-87b0-7abc333b9a24","title":"Episode 31: Of Course","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/31","content_text":"The simple reality, Paul writes, is that God’s ways are not our ways. Our puny, finite minds simply cannot understand what He is about, the plan He has, and how it is all going to be fulfilled. He is God and we are dust and ashes\n\n=======\n\nSeeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel.\n\nVisit us at our online site.\n\nSubscribe to our weekly communications\n\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!","content_html":"<p>The simple reality, Paul writes, is that God’s ways are not our ways. Our puny, finite minds simply cannot understand what He is about, the plan He has, and how it is all going to be fulfilled. He is God and we are dust and ashes</p>\n\n<p>=======</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://watch.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Seeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Visit us at our online site</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to our weekly communications</a></p>\n\n<p><a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>","summary":"The simple reality, Paul writes, is that God’s ways are not our ways. Our puny, finite minds simply cannot understand what He is about, the plan He has, and how it is all going to be fulfilled. He is God and we are dust and ashes","date_published":"2023-08-23T02:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/f90e3135-7cd2-4690-87b0-7abc333b9a24.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":5188462,"duration_in_seconds":324}]},{"id":"13455143-f43f-4742-9ab9-11d8a128e3f2","title":"Episode 30: Great (Un)Expectations","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/30","content_text":"The problem was that since the Jewish people were part of the original human project it turns out they were in “the ditch” too, hopelessly bound by Sin and Death. The “tow truck” also needed to be rescued. In such a hopeless predicament, how could humanity ever be rescued? \n\n=======\n\nSeeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel.\n\nVisit us at our online site.\n\nSubscribe to our weekly communications\n\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!","content_html":"<p>The problem was that since the Jewish people were part of the original human project it turns out they were in “the ditch” too, hopelessly bound by Sin and Death. The “tow truck” also needed to be rescued. In such a hopeless predicament, how could humanity ever be rescued? </p>\n\n<p>=======</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://watch.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Seeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Visit us at our online site</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to our weekly communications</a></p>\n\n<p><a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>","summary":"The problem was that since the Jewish people were part of the original human project it turns out they were in “the ditch” too, hopelessly bound by Sin and Death. The “tow truck” also needed to be rescued. In such a hopeless predicament, how could humanity ever be rescued? ","date_published":"2023-08-16T02:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/13455143-f43f-4742-9ab9-11d8a128e3f2.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":6567728,"duration_in_seconds":410}]},{"id":"ead07af9-3002-4a52-8f02-27b980f3e3b4","title":"Episode 29: God of Abraham, Forgive","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/29","content_text":"Over and over in these chapters Paul reminds the Church in Rome that God has not and will not ever reject His promise to the Israelites. Furthermore, he reminds the Gentiles in the Church that they are “wild branches” that have been “grafted” onto the tree that is the Jewish people.\n\n=======\n\nSeeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel.\n\nVisit us at our online site.\n\nSubscribe to our weekly communications\n\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!","content_html":"<p>Over and over in these chapters Paul reminds the Church in Rome that God has not and will not ever reject His promise to the Israelites. Furthermore, he reminds the Gentiles in the Church that they are “wild branches” that have been “grafted” onto the tree that is the Jewish people.</p>\n\n<p>=======</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://watch.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Seeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Visit us at our online site</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to our weekly communications</a></p>\n\n<p><a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>","summary":"Over and over in these chapters Paul reminds the Church in Rome that God has not and will not ever reject His promise to the Israelites.","date_published":"2023-08-09T02:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/ead07af9-3002-4a52-8f02-27b980f3e3b4.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":5711747,"duration_in_seconds":356}]},{"id":"df713d77-87fe-4975-9313-003b75553732","title":"Episode 28: The One We Can Trust","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/28","content_text":"In the political landscape, well, does anyone really trust our leaders – no matter their party affiliation? \n\n=======\n\nSeeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel.\n\nVisit us at our online site.\n\nSubscribe to our weekly communications\n\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!","content_html":"<p>In the political landscape, well, does anyone really trust our leaders – no matter their party affiliation? </p>\n\n<p>=======</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://watch.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Seeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Visit us at our online site</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to our weekly communications</a></p>\n\n<p><a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>","summary":"In the political landscape, well, does anyone really trust our leaders – no matter their party affiliation? ","date_published":"2023-08-02T02:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/df713d77-87fe-4975-9313-003b75553732.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":5664100,"duration_in_seconds":353}]},{"id":"27a41f00-c426-44e0-b9f0-fa17d9229a93","title":"Episode 27: Who's In Charge Around Here?","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/27","content_text":"For those who believe in God, however, and not just a god, but the God who has revealed Himself to be Love, then suffering, pain, injustice and the rest can become very problematic indeed. Nobody asks more questions of God about suffering than Scripture.\n\n=======\n\nSeeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel.\n\nVisit us at our online site.\n\nSubscribe to our weekly communications\n\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!","content_html":"<p>For those who believe in God, however, and not just a god, but the God who has revealed Himself to be Love, then suffering, pain, injustice and the rest can become very problematic indeed. Nobody asks more questions of God about suffering than Scripture.</p>\n\n<p>=======</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://watch.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Seeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Visit us at our online site</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to our weekly communications</a></p>\n\n<p><a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>","summary":"For those who believe in God, however, and not just a god, but the God who has revealed Himself to be Love, then suffering, pain, injustice and the rest can become very problematic indeed. Nobody asks more questions of God about suffering than Scripture.","date_published":"2023-07-26T02:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/27a41f00-c426-44e0-b9f0-fa17d9229a93.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":8660031,"duration_in_seconds":540}]},{"id":"727a24c0-d116-421c-8ab2-d5ff511b154f","title":"Episode 26: The Gift of Weakness","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/26","content_text":"Personally, I hate the feeling of being weak, in any way. Yet, the Holy Spirit seems to be telling us through Paul that we need weakness.\n\n=======\n\nSeeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel.\n\nVisit us at our online site.\n\nSubscribe to our weekly communications\n\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!","content_html":"<p>Personally, I hate the feeling of being weak, in any way. Yet, the Holy Spirit seems to be telling us through Paul that we need weakness.</p>\n\n<p>=======</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://watch.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Seeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Visit us at our online site</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to our weekly communications</a></p>\n\n<p><a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>","summary":"Personally, I hate the feeling of being weak, in any way. Yet, the Holy Spirit seems to be telling us through Paul that we need weakness.","date_published":"2023-07-19T02:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/727a24c0-d116-421c-8ab2-d5ff511b154f.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":4736648,"duration_in_seconds":295}]},{"id":"fe78fb62-0503-4aea-a440-f84df6539888","title":"Episode 25: As Nothing?","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/25","content_text":"Paul reminds us of a most important truth. There, he teaches us that while suffering is never a good, it can be used for good things. \n\n=======\n\nSeeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel.\n\nVisit us at our online site.\n\nSubscribe to our weekly communications\n\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!","content_html":"<p>Paul reminds us of a most important truth. There, he teaches us that while suffering is never a good, it can be used for good things. </p>\n\n<p>=======</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://watch.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Seeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Visit us at our online site</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to our weekly communications</a></p>\n\n<p><a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>","summary":"Paul reminds us of a most important truth. There, he teaches us that while suffering is never a good, it can be used for good things. ","date_published":"2023-07-12T02:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/fe78fb62-0503-4aea-a440-f84df6539888.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":6448609,"duration_in_seconds":402}]},{"id":"cf7f56fd-c848-49bc-b89a-07730f40855a","title":"Episode 24: Shedding What is a Hindrance","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/24","content_text":"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. \n\n=======\n\nSeeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel.\n\nVisit us at our online site.\n\nSubscribe to our weekly communications\n\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!","content_html":"<p>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. </p>\n\n<p>=======</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://watch.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Seeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Visit us at our online site</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to our weekly communications</a></p>\n\n<p><a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>","summary":"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. ","date_published":"2023-07-05T02:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/cf7f56fd-c848-49bc-b89a-07730f40855a.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":4451600,"duration_in_seconds":277}]},{"id":"4b46f489-e777-46bc-8cf7-3c03b304d4ef","title":"Episode 23: The Real World","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/23","content_text":"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. \n\n=======\n\nSeeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel.\n\nVisit us at our online site.\n\nSubscribe to our weekly communications\n\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!","content_html":"<p>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. </p>\n\n<p>=======</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://watch.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Seeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Visit us at our online site</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to our weekly communications</a></p>\n\n<p><a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>","summary":"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. ","date_published":"2023-06-28T02:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/4b46f489-e777-46bc-8cf7-3c03b304d4ef.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":7423708,"duration_in_seconds":463}]},{"id":"5dc5b58c-ed17-4cfa-a34c-62718e0d3814","title":"Episode 22: Doomed to Succeed with Special Guest: Albert Faraj","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/22","content_text":"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.\n\n=======\n\nSeeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel.\n\nVisit us at our online site.\n\nSubscribe to our weekly communications\n\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!Special Guest: Albert Faraj.","content_html":"<p>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.</p>\n\n<p>=======</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://watch.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Seeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Visit us at our online site</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to our weekly communications</a></p>\n\n<p><a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p><p>Special Guest: Albert Faraj.</p>","summary":"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.","date_published":"2023-06-21T02:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/5dc5b58c-ed17-4cfa-a34c-62718e0d3814.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":5450105,"duration_in_seconds":340}]},{"id":"19538e18-5a81-4b27-a425-0baf47d05d6d","title":"Episode 21: The Sin of David with special guest: Albert Faraj","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/21","content_text":"What is the role of a father? A way to break this open is to understand that fatherhood essentially includes imparting identity, living unconditional love, and speaking words of authority. \n\n=======\n\nSeeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel.\n\nVisit us at our online site.\n\nSubscribe to our weekly communications\n\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!Special Guest: Albert Faraj.","content_html":"<p>What is the role of a father? A way to break this open is to understand that fatherhood essentially includes imparting identity, living unconditional love, and speaking words of authority. </p>\n\n<p>=======</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://watch.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Seeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Visit us at our online site</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to our weekly communications</a></p>\n\n<p><a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p><p>Special Guest: Albert Faraj.</p>","summary":"What is the role of a father? ","date_published":"2023-06-14T02:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/19538e18-5a81-4b27-a425-0baf47d05d6d.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":5652397,"duration_in_seconds":353}]},{"id":"1aae4892-a56e-4dec-8153-37499717c816","title":"Episode 20: Names Matter with special guest: Mary Guilfoyle","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/20","content_text":"In the story of the Good Shepherd in John’s gospel we read that, “The sheep hear His voice, and He calls his own sheep by name” (Jn. 10:3).  Do you know that? Do you believe that? The Good Shepherd calls you by name. The One who named every star He breathed has a name for you too. \n\n=======\n\nSeeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel.\n\nVisit us at our online site.\n\nSubscribe to our weekly communications\n\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!Special Guest: Mary Guilfoyle .","content_html":"<p>In the story of the Good Shepherd in John’s gospel we read that, “The sheep hear His voice, and He calls his own sheep by name” (Jn. 10:3).  Do you know that? Do you believe that? The Good Shepherd calls you by name. The One who named every star He breathed has a name for you too. </p>\n\n<p>=======</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://watch.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Seeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Visit us at our online site</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to our weekly communications</a></p>\n\n<p><a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p><p>Special Guest: Mary Guilfoyle .</p>","summary":"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. ","date_published":"2023-06-07T02:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/1aae4892-a56e-4dec-8153-37499717c816.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":6187385,"duration_in_seconds":386}]},{"id":"27ffa64a-2f18-4fcd-ad3c-c0e35dba22ea","title":"Episode 19: ALL","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/19","content_text":"“All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age” (Mt 28:18-20).\n\n=======\n\nSeeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel.\n\nVisit us at our online site.\n\nSubscribe to our weekly communications\n\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!","content_html":"<p>“All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age” (Mt 28:18-20).</p>\n\n<p>=======</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://watch.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Seeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Visit us at our online site</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to our weekly communications</a></p>\n\n<p><a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>","summary":"“All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.\"","date_published":"2023-05-31T02:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/27ffa64a-2f18-4fcd-ad3c-c0e35dba22ea.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":4760472,"duration_in_seconds":297}]},{"id":"3f92e4ce-df5b-4e3e-922c-cd6e50597bdc","title":"Episode 18: The Experience of Faith","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/18","content_text":"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.\n\n=======\n\nSeeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel.\n\nVisit us at our online site.\n\nSubscribe to our weekly communications\n\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!","content_html":"<p>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.</p>\n\n<p>=======</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://watch.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Seeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Visit us at our online site</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to our weekly communications</a></p>\n\n<p><a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>","summary":"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.","date_published":"2023-05-24T02:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/3f92e4ce-df5b-4e3e-922c-cd6e50597bdc.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":5307581,"duration_in_seconds":331}]},{"id":"987a98c5-1ddf-483b-aa0e-96efc87f6428","title":"Episode 17: Come, Lord and Giver of Life!","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/17","content_text":"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. \n\n=======\n\nSeeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel.\n\nVisit us at our online site.\n\nSubscribe to our weekly communications\n\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!","content_html":"<p>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. </p>\n\n<p>=======</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://watch.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Seeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Visit us at our online site</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to our weekly communications</a></p>\n\n<p><a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>","summary":"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. ","date_published":"2023-05-17T02:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/987a98c5-1ddf-483b-aa0e-96efc87f6428.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":6187385,"duration_in_seconds":386}]},{"id":"ae18711c-2b02-4a11-a9dd-5ea4ac2e2501","title":"Episode 16: Let Us Approach With Confidence","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/16","content_text":"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.\n\n=======\n\nSeeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel.\n\nVisit us at our online site.\n\nSubscribe to our weekly communications\n\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!","content_html":"<p>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.</p>\n\n<p>=======</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://watch.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Seeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Visit us at our online site</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to our weekly communications</a></p>\n\n<p><a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>","summary":"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.","date_published":"2023-05-10T02:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/ae18711c-2b02-4a11-a9dd-5ea4ac2e2501.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":4831943,"duration_in_seconds":301}]},{"id":"af8b3af2-8a21-4370-b6e2-a6231572a6e7","title":"Episode 15: What Would He Say To Us?","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/15","content_text":"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?\n\n=======\n\nSeeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel.\n\nVisit us at our online site.\n\nSubscribe to our weekly communications\n\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!","content_html":"<p>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?</p>\n\n<p>=======</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://watch.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Seeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Visit us at our online site</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to our weekly communications</a></p>\n\n<p><a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>","summary":"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?","date_published":"2023-05-03T02:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/af8b3af2-8a21-4370-b6e2-a6231572a6e7.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":4118487,"duration_in_seconds":257}]},{"id":"24ea3608-25d0-4972-908a-3cc81545ad3e","title":"Episode 14: Do We Have What It Takes?","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/14","content_text":"We need a Church unafraid of going forth into their night. We need a Church capable of meeting them on their way. We need a Church capable of entering into their conversation. We need a Church able to dialogue with those disciples who, having left Jerusalem behind, are wandering aimlessly, alone, with their own disappointment, disillusioned by a Christianity now considered barren, fruitless soil, incapable of generating meaning.\n\n=======\n\nSeeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel.\n\nVisit us at our online site.\n\nSubscribe to our weekly communications\n\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!","content_html":"<p>We need a Church unafraid of going forth into their night. We need a Church capable of meeting them on their way. We need a Church capable of entering into their conversation. We need a Church able to dialogue with those disciples who, having left Jerusalem behind, are wandering aimlessly, alone, with their own disappointment, disillusioned by a Christianity now considered barren, fruitless soil, incapable of generating meaning.</p>\n\n<p>=======</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://watch.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Seeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Visit us at our online site</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to our weekly communications</a></p>\n\n<p><a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>","summary":"We need a Church unafraid of going forth into their night.","date_published":"2023-04-26T02:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/24ea3608-25d0-4972-908a-3cc81545ad3e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":10062703,"duration_in_seconds":628}]},{"id":"4d35ddb1-bbd2-4864-af58-fdbce55a96a3","title":"Episode 13: Her Face","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/13","content_text":"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. \n\n=======\n\nSeeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel.\n\nVisit us at our online site.\n\nSubscribe to our weekly communications\n\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!","content_html":"<p>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. </p>\n\n<p>=======</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://watch.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Seeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Visit us at our online site</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to our weekly communications</a></p>\n\n<p><a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>","summary":"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. ","date_published":"2023-04-19T02:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/4d35ddb1-bbd2-4864-af58-fdbce55a96a3.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":7042947,"duration_in_seconds":439}]},{"id":"af7eeb3a-b3e6-4935-9cee-d94acd2f4813","title":"Episode 12: Harrowing of Hell","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/12","content_text":"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. \n\n=======\n\nSeeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel.\n\nVisit us at our online site.\n\nSubscribe to our weekly communications\n\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!","content_html":"<p>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. </p>\n\n<p>=======</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://watch.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Seeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Visit us at our online site</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to our weekly communications</a></p>\n\n<p><a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>","summary":"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. ","date_published":"2023-04-12T02:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/af7eeb3a-b3e6-4935-9cee-d94acd2f4813.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":9105994,"duration_in_seconds":568}]},{"id":"9437731a-1f55-4360-a31e-09ce2e28f44f","title":"Episode 11: The Hunter Makes His Move","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/11","content_text":"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.\n\n=======\n\nSeeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel.\n\nVisit us at our online site.\n\nSubscribe to our weekly communications\n\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!","content_html":"<p>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.</p>\n\n<p>=======</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://watch.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Seeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Visit us at our online site</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to our weekly communications</a></p>\n\n<p><a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>","summary":"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.","date_published":"2023-04-05T02:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/9437731a-1f55-4360-a31e-09ce2e28f44f.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":7851698,"duration_in_seconds":490}]},{"id":"df9d6ded-7b41-417f-ae44-475262849e35","title":"Episode 10: Getting a New Address","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/10","content_text":"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.\n\n=======\n\nSeeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel.\n\nVisit us at our online site.\n\nSubscribe to our weekly communications\n\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!","content_html":"<p>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.</p>\n\n<p>=======</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://watch.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Seeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Visit us at our online site</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to our weekly communications</a></p>\n\n<p><a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>","summary":"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.","date_published":"2023-03-29T02:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/df9d6ded-7b41-417f-ae44-475262849e35.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":4570301,"duration_in_seconds":285}]},{"id":"d7c7f419-3681-4ac7-84ae-7e1744c70dae","title":"Episode 9: The Mission and Task of Fatherhood","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/9","content_text":"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.\n\n=======\n\nSeeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel.\n\nVisit us at our online site.\n\nSubscribe to our weekly communications\n\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!","content_html":"<p>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.</p>\n\n<p>=======</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://watch.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Seeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Visit us at our online site</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to our weekly communications</a></p>\n\n<p><a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>","summary":"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.","date_published":"2023-03-22T02:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/d7c7f419-3681-4ac7-84ae-7e1744c70dae.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":4998291,"duration_in_seconds":312}]},{"id":"c9baecf8-7f97-4068-a477-fc6dee84ce50","title":"Episode 8: Taking Back Ground in Our Own Lives for the Kingdom","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/8","content_text":"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. \n\n=======\n\nSeeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel.\n\nVisit us at our online site.\n\nSubscribe to our weekly communications\n\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!","content_html":"<p>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. </p>\n\n<p>=======</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://watch.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Seeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Visit us at our online site</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to our weekly communications</a></p>\n\n<p><a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>","summary":"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. ","date_published":"2023-03-15T02:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/c9baecf8-7f97-4068-a477-fc6dee84ce50.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":4213782,"duration_in_seconds":263}]},{"id":"2f457c2d-3132-4a65-ac2a-471930434d23","title":"Episode 7: The New Moses","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/7","content_text":"On Calvary, just as at the Red Sea, God was fighting.\n\nwatch the Holy Land pilgrimage series at\nwatch.actsxxix.org/journey-through-the-holy-land\n\n=======\n\nSeeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel.\n\nVisit us at our online site.\n\nSubscribe to our weekly communications\n\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!","content_html":"<p>On Calvary, just as at the Red Sea, God was fighting.</p>\n\n<p>watch the Holy Land pilgrimage series at<br>\nwatch.actsxxix.org/journey-through-the-holy-land</p>\n\n<p>=======</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://watch.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Seeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Visit us at our online site</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to our weekly communications</a></p>\n\n<p><a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>","summary":"On Calvary, just as at the Red Sea, God was fighting.","date_published":"2023-03-08T02:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/2f457c2d-3132-4a65-ac2a-471930434d23.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":12747885,"duration_in_seconds":393}]},{"id":"dc3594d0-23f0-485c-9b03-50a06c7fbe36","title":"Episode 6: Here","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/6","content_text":"Fr. John shares how pilgrimage highlights the reality of the Incarnation, and why here matters.\n\n=======\n\nSeeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel.\n\nVisit us at our online site.\n\nSubscribe to our weekly communications\n\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!","content_html":"<p>Fr. John shares how pilgrimage highlights the reality of the Incarnation, and why here matters.</p>\n\n<p>=======</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://watch.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Seeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Visit us at our online site</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to our weekly communications</a></p>\n\n<p><a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>","summary":"Fr. John shares how pilgrimage highlights the reality of the Incarnation, and why here matters.","date_published":"2023-03-01T02:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/dc3594d0-23f0-485c-9b03-50a06c7fbe36.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":5354810,"duration_in_seconds":334}]},{"id":"50c68294-1887-4eda-bd5f-15b736355fbe","title":"Episode 5: This is Serious","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/5","content_text":"Fr. John reflects on the challenge and the call to forgive others even - or especially - when we have been hurt deeply.\n\n=======\n\nSeeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel.\n\nVisit us at our online site.\n\nSubscribe to our weekly communications\n\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!","content_html":"<p>Fr. John reflects on the challenge and the call to forgive others even - or especially - when we have been hurt deeply.</p>\n\n<p>=======</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://watch.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Seeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Visit us at our online site</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to our weekly communications</a></p>\n\n<p><a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>","summary":"Fr. John reflects on the challenge and the call to forgive others even - or especially - when we have been hurt deeply.","date_published":"2023-02-22T02:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/50c68294-1887-4eda-bd5f-15b736355fbe.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":4974467,"duration_in_seconds":310}]},{"id":"0c2b71df-aea0-40ba-bd0a-1e96e6e898f5","title":"Episode 4: Eating Well for Lent","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/4","content_text":"Fr. John Riccardo shares rich fare for the upcoming Lenten season\n\n=======\n\nSeeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel.\n\nVisit us at our online site.\n\nSubscribe to our weekly communications\n\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!","content_html":"<p>Fr. John Riccardo shares rich fare for the upcoming Lenten season</p>\n\n<p>=======</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://watch.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Seeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Visit us at our online site</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to our weekly communications</a></p>\n\n<p><a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>","summary":"Fr. John Riccardo shares rich fare for the upcoming Lenten season","date_published":"2023-02-15T02:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/0c2b71df-aea0-40ba-bd0a-1e96e6e898f5.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":4263937,"duration_in_seconds":266}]},{"id":"d66aa485-55c9-4c08-be60-cae474683139","title":"Episode 3: Oh, for a Great Soul!","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/3","content_text":"Fr. John reflects on magnanimity which is the great call for every disciple of Jesus.\n\n=======\n\nSeeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel.\n\nVisit us at our online site.\n\nSubscribe to our weekly communications\n\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!","content_html":"<p>Fr. John reflects on magnanimity which is the great call for every disciple of Jesus.</p>\n\n<p>=======</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://watch.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Seeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Visit us at our online site</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to our weekly communications</a></p>\n\n<p><a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>","summary":"Fr. John reflects on magnanimity which is the great call for every disciple of Jesus.","date_published":"2023-02-08T02:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/d66aa485-55c9-4c08-be60-cae474683139.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":4143564,"duration_in_seconds":258}]},{"id":"876723b2-c4ef-4631-ba3c-94d888946d37","title":"Episode 2: Getting Ready for Lent","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/2","content_text":"Fr. John reflects on a prayerful discernment approach to getting ready for Lent. \n\n=======\n\nSeeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel.\n\nVisit us at our online site.\n\nSubscribe to our weekly communications\n\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!","content_html":"<p>Fr. John reflects on a prayerful discernment approach to getting ready for Lent. </p>\n\n<p>=======</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://watch.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Seeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Visit us at our online site</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to our weekly communications</a></p>\n\n<p><a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>","summary":"Fr. John reflects on a prayerful discernment approach to getting ready for Lent. ","date_published":"2023-02-01T02:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/876723b2-c4ef-4631-ba3c-94d888946d37.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":5014036,"duration_in_seconds":258}]},{"id":"757189f2-4cc3-472b-b31e-a8a0ddbb56af","title":"Episode 1: Did Paul Have a Staff?","url":"https://trailer.actsxxix.org/1","content_text":"There are many components to this “Pauline vision” of priesthood, but on this feast Fr. John Riccardo reflects on how he thought of those on mission with him.\n\n======\n\nSeeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel.\n\nVisit us at our online site.\n\nSubscribe to our weekly communications\n\nHave a comment about this podcast? Contact us!","content_html":"<p>There are many components to this “Pauline vision” of priesthood, but on this feast Fr. John Riccardo reflects on how he thought of those on mission with him.</p>\n\n<p>======</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://watch.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Seeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Visit us at our online site</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.actsxxix.org/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to our weekly communications</a></p>\n\n<p><a href = \"mailto: trailer@actsxxix.org\">Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!</a></p>","summary":"There are many components to this “Pauline vision” of priesthood, but on this feast Fr. John Riccardo reflects on how he thought of those on mission with him.","date_published":"2023-01-25T02:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/abf94d80-2162-4226-b80b-cc5d96a3dcf2/757189f2-4cc3-472b-b31e-a8a0ddbb56af.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":7426737,"duration_in_seconds":368}]}]}