

You Were Born for This with Fr. John Riccardo
ACTS XXIX
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.
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Jul 28, 2025 • 26min
Episode 341: The Power and Attraction of How We Do What We Do, Part Three
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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Jul 21, 2025 • 39min
Episode 340: The Power and Attraction of How We Do What We Do, Part Two
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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Jul 14, 2025 • 27min
Episode 339: The Power and Attraction of How We Do What We Do
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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Jun 23, 2025 • 28min
Episode 338: “It Is Enough For Me to See You”: The Gift of Holy Friendships
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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Jun 16, 2025 • 25min
Episode 337: Tylenol or the Eucharist: Which Is More Powerful?
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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Jun 9, 2025 • 33min
Episode 336: This is Our Time!
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=qt3_oF_kBkM&list=PLwQJPNow77DpxWouk4-QGw4ngIPv7O4LS&index=24
Book Recommendations:
Holy Spirit, Fire of Divine Love by Fr. Wilfrid Stinissen
Sober Intoxication of the Spirit, Raneiro Cardinal Cantalamessa
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Jun 2, 2025 • 39min
Episode 335: Implementing the King’s Plan
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 • 22min
Episode 334: Swear to God: The Sine Qua Non to Accomplish the Mission of the Church
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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The Rescue Project
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May 19, 2025 • 39min
Episode 333: The Role of the Laity, No More Bystanders
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/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_decree_19651118_apostolicam-actuositatem_en.html
Fire of Mercy, Heart of the World
https://www.amazon.com/Fire-Mercy-Heart-Word-Meditations/dp/0898705584/ref=sr_1_3?crid=SMS8YULWD54M&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.dhphLTA3XUpcqVl-zhzAOw3bzcuXXr_NIe_yao-g9cOD7YFo3h6W0-_6By8PKiDln2tRjDz9gP3wfBOzuQzpzPvBk2_jvpkPZyQNBwQMP9wZzl2mJ-G7Ob8Ygf5XxCHzpxxfD5T7CRDJFPRJdJpql07s5pYwz27L4t-WnBAxhT1WPwJyBuMJY29Wf4FYIQCY_uMCHNz-qwe_XrOLH870RWo1NdSXY-7KyuAAb6U62e8.UGgH3xpBslUxoYx8ObVHsVKUVkljY07dBxnDP7eQXE8&dib_tag=se&keywords=erasmo+leiva-merikakis&qid=1747404846&sprefix=erasmo%2Caps%2C208&sr=8-3
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The Rescue Project
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May 12, 2025 • 38min
Episode 332: I’ll Never Vest the Same Way Again
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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