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Episodes
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Episode 43: How Do You See Things?
November 15th, 2023 | 7 mins 19 secs
acts xxix, actsxxix, encouragement, faith, fr. john riccardo, hope, inspiration, mission, prayer, reflections, weekly
How, as believers in Jesus, are we to live in this time of “already and not yet?”
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Episode 42: Grieving With Hope
November 8th, 2023 | 7 mins 14 secs
acts xxix, actsxxix, encouragement, faith, fr. john riccardo, hope, inspiration, mission, prayer, reflections, weekly
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.
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Episode 41: Not Just The Gospel
November 1st, 2023 | 10 mins
acts xxix, actsxxix, encouragement, faith, fr. john riccardo, hope, inspiration, mission, prayer, reflections, weekly
It’s been said often that we are rapidly leaving behind an era called Christendom for a very different one
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Episode 40: Building Our Lives On Rock
October 25th, 2023 | 5 mins 13 secs
acts xxix, actsxxix, encouragement, faith, fr. john riccardo, hope, inspiration, mission, prayer, reflections, weekly
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.
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Episode 39: So Much More Than "Hello"
October 18th, 2023 | 5 mins 51 secs
acts xxix, actsxxix, encouragement, faith, fr. john riccardo, hope, inspiration, mission, prayer, reflections, weekly
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.
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Episode 38: What’s the Secret?
October 11th, 2023 | 4 mins 34 secs
acts xxix, actsxxix, encouragement, faith, fr. john riccardo, hope, inspiration, mission, prayer, reflections, weekly
Perhaps it’s as simple as this: God can be trusted.
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Episode 37: Either/Or
October 4th, 2023 | 6 mins 31 secs
acts xxix, actsxxix, encouragement, faith, fr. john riccardo, hope, inspiration, mission, prayer, reflections, weekly
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.
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Episode 36: Who In The World Would Do This?
September 27th, 2023 | 8 mins 24 secs
acts xxix, actsxxix, encouragement, faith, fr. john riccardo, hope, inspiration, mission, prayer, reflections, weekly
"All things” includes a universe that’s 90+ billion light years across. That’s 90 billion times 5.88 trillion miles across.
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Episode 35: Fill In The Blank
September 20th, 2023 | 6 mins 26 secs
acts xxix, actsxxix, encouragement, faith, fr. john riccardo, hope, inspiration, mission, prayer, reflections, weekly
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.
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Episode 34: The Measure With Which You Measure
September 13th, 2023 | 6 mins 10 secs
acts xxix, actsxxix, encouragement, faith, fr. john riccardo, hope, inspiration, mission, prayer, reflections, weekly
Timely, then, are the readings for Mass this week, for they are all related to the topics of mercy, forgiveness and judgment.
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Episode 33: I AM
September 6th, 2023 | 6 mins 57 secs
acts xxix, actsxxix, encouragement, faith, fr. john riccardo, hope, inspiration, mission, prayer, reflections, weekly
“Dear Sirs: I am.
Sincerely yours, G.K. Chesterton.” -
Episode 32: Minds and Bodies and What to Do About Them
August 30th, 2023 | 5 mins 38 secs
acts xxix, actsxxix, encouragement, faith, fr. john riccardo, hope, inspiration, mission, prayer, reflections, weekly
Paul urges us to present our bodies as “a living sacrifice.”