You Were Born for This with Fr. John Riccardo
Join Fr. John Riccardo and Mary Guilfoyle as we talk about anything and everything that has to do with reacquiring a Biblical Worldview. This podcast seeks to encourage and inspire our listeners with hope firmly founded in the Lordship of Jesus. If you are blessed by our podcast, and wish to support us, please click https://www.actsxxix.org/give
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August 4, 2025 • 25 mins
In this episode, Fr. John and Mary begin a series that draws on the common experience many of us have of reliving great memories of the past with friends and prayerfully apply those great memories to the mission God is entrusting to us today.
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July 28, 2025 • 25 mins
In this episode, Fr. John and Mary bring their three-part series on their apostolic values to a close by talking about the importance of being docile to the Holy Spirit and choosing to sail instead of row on mission. They reflect on what it means to let go of control, allowing the Spirit to set the course, trusting His power over our own efforts.
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July 21, 2025 • 39 mins
In this episode, Fr. John and Mary continue their three-part conversation about ACTS XXIX’s apostolic core values, focusing today on what it means to do mission in a way that’s authentically human. Drawing from Scripture and their own experiences, they share what it means to do life together.
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July 14, 2025 • 27 mins
In this episode, Fr. John and Mary kick off a three-part series that we hope and pray will inspire us all to think and pray about how we do what we do, and to realize this is as important as what we do.
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June 23, 2025 • 28 mins
Fr. John and Mary talk about the amazing gift that is the communion of saints – both here on earth and in heaven, and offer some summer suggestions to help us get to know our family better.
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June 16, 2025 • 24 mins
In preparation for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, Fr. John and Mary consider three concrete and practical reasons why Jesus gives Himself to us in the Eucharist.
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June 9, 2025 • 32 mins
In this final episode of their Easter series, Fr. John and Mary look back at yesterday’s celebration of Pentecost and consider how the Holy Spirit is eager to use us to renew the face of the earth.
Desert Fathers in a Year (DYIF) on You Tube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt3oFkBkM&list=PLwQJPNow77DpxWouk4-QGw4ngIPv7O4LS&index=24
Book Recommendations:
Holy Spirit, Fire of Divine Love by Fr. Wilfrid Stinissen
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June 2, 2025 • 38 mins
In this episode, Fr. John and Mary continue their Easter series on the mission of the Church, concentrating in a particular way on how the lay faithful can be instruments in God’s hands wherever He has planted them to make the world more human.
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May 26, 2025 • 22 mins
On this Memorial Day, Fr. John and Mary continue their Easter series on the mission of the Church concentrating this week on the single, most essential thing that has to happen.
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May 19, 2025 • 38 mins
As they continue their Easter series on the mission of the Church, Fr. John and Mary discuss the unique and privileged role of the laity in renewing and transforming the world by focusing on Jesus’ images of salt, light and leaven.
Decree on the Laity:
https://www.vatican.va/archive/histcouncils/iivaticancouncil/documents/vat-iidecree19651118apostolicam-actuositatem_en.html
Fire of Mercy, Heart of the World
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May 12, 2025 • 37 mins
As Fr. John and Mary continue their Easter series on the Mission of the Church, they propose some new mindsets that priests might want to consider putting on. Next week they will focus on a new mindset the lay faithful might want to consider.
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May 5, 2025 • 32 mins
In Part 3 of this Easter series on the Mission of the Church, Fr. John and Mary look at Acts 4:32-6-36 as a means to help us better understand God’s plan for the human race and what He’s asking us to do as the Church here and now.
Lorraine Cross Media: https://www.lorrainecross.media/
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April 28, 2025 • 37 mins
As the Church prays for the repose of the soul of Pope Francis, as well for the man known only to God right now as the next successor of Peter, Fr. John and Mary consider these events in the context of this Easter series on the mission of the Church.
Link to Prime Matters Weekly Newsletter:
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April 21, 2025 • 23 mins
Fr. John and Mary begin a new series for the Easter season focused on the urgent task of reclaiming and going about the mission of the Church.
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April 14, 2025 • 29 mins
In this final episode of their Lenten series on Psalm 51, Fr. John and Mary reflect on how David’s acknowledgement of the need for a broken and contrite heart can prepare us to better understand and marvel at what Jesus is doing for us on the cross.
Psalm 51:16-19 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2051&version=NABRE)
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April 7, 2025 • 23 mins
In their ongoing Lenten series on Psalm 51, Fr. John and Mary concentrate on how David is not only desperate to receive God’s mercy but to announce that He is merciful to others who are likewise in need of it.
Psalm 51:13-15 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2051&version=NABRE)
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March 31, 2025 • 22 mins
Continuing their Lenten series on Psalm 51, Fr. John and Mary linger with verses 11 and 12, highlighting David’s humility and self awareness that everything he has and is is a gift from God that could be taken away…and yet isn’t because of God’s great mercy.
Psalm 51:11-12 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2051&version=NABRE)
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March 24, 2025 • 19 mins
“Our God is a consuming fire,” Hebrews tells us, and so it is not safe to draw near Him. And yet God is Goodness itself and invites us into His presence. In this episode, as Fr. John and Mary continue to reflect on Psalm 51 they focus their attention on David’s cry, “Create in me, O God, a clean heart!”
Psalm 51:6-10 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2051&version=NABRE)
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March 17, 2025 • 34 mins
In this episode, Fr. John and Mary continue their reflection on Psalm 51, reflecting this week especially on David’s tearful, no-excuse act of repentance and how he serves as a model for us.
Psalm 51:3-5 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2051%3A3-5&version=NABRE)
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March 10, 2025 • 28 mins
In this episode, Fr. John and Mary continue their reflection for Lent on Psalm 51 and go deep with the unexpected and shocking love of God.
Scripture passage: Psalm 51 (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2051&version=NABRE)
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