About the show
Thoughts from the Trailer is a weekly blog from ACTS XXIX (https://www.actsxxix.org/trailer)
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Episodes
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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.”
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Episode 31: Of Course
August 23rd, 2023 | 5 mins 24 secs
acts xxix, actsxxix, encouragement, faith, fr. john riccardo, hope, inspiration, mission, prayer, reflections, weekly
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
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Episode 30: Great (Un)Expectations
August 16th, 2023 | 6 mins 50 secs
acts xxix, actsxxix, encouragement, faith, fr. john riccardo, hope, inspiration, mission, prayer, reflections, weekly
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?
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Episode 29: God of Abraham, Forgive
August 9th, 2023 | 5 mins 56 secs
acts xxix, actsxxix, encouragement, faith, fr. john riccardo, hope, inspiration, mission, prayer, reflections, weekly
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.
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Episode 28: The One We Can Trust
August 2nd, 2023 | 5 mins 53 secs
acts xxix, actsxxix, encouragement, faith, fr. john riccardo, hope, inspiration, mission, prayer, reflections, weekly
In the political landscape, well, does anyone really trust our leaders – no matter their party affiliation?
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Episode 27: Who's In Charge Around Here?
July 26th, 2023 | 9 mins
acts xxix, actsxxix, encouragement, faith, fr. john riccardo, hope, inspiration, mission, prayer, reflections, weekly
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.