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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 5, 2021 • 16min
Episode 134: Bigger Than You Think
In this episode, Fr. John and Mary exhort us to understand that the same God who set apart Paul and Barnabas for ministry wants to do great things in and through us.
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Jun 28, 2021 • 34min
Episode 133: The Heart of a Shepherd
In this extraordinary encounter with Archbishop Sample, we get a most encouraging and inspiring look at one of the Church’s great leaders today.
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Jun 21, 2021 • 20min
Episode 132: Do We Believe Lots of Christian Things or Do We Believe Jesus?
In this episode, ACTS XXIX shares a favorite and inspired homily from Bishop Daniel Flores given many years ago now on Jesus' crucial question, "Do you want to leave me too?"
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Jun 14, 2021 • 19min
Episode 131: The Distinction Between My Story and The Story
In this episode, Fr. John and Mary discuss a crucial distinction between our personal story and the story, the importance of stories in general, and some practical things we can do this summer to know the story more deeply.
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Jun 7, 2021 • 23min
Episode 130: Don’t Shadow Box!
In this episode, Fr. John and Mary continue to discuss the transformation God wants to bring to our hearts so that we might be more conformed to Jesus and more credible witnesses in the world.
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May 31, 2021 • 31min
Episode 129: An Examination of Conscience Around 1 Corinthians 11
In this episode, Fr. John and Mary talk about the upcoming Feast of Corpus Christi and how this is a great week to do some self-reflection on our own lives as regards the Eucharist.
Books and articles mentioned in today's podcast:
In Sinu Jesu: When Heart Speaks to Heart, The Journal of a Priest at Prayer, A Benedictine Monk
Veneremur Cernui – Down in Adoration Falling, The Most Reverend Thomas J. Olmsted, Bishop of Phoenix
Dies Domini, The Holy Father John Paul II to the Bishops, Clergy and Faithfule of the Catholic Church on Keeping the Lord's Day Holy
God is Near Us: The Eucharist, the Heart of Life, Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger
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May 24, 2021 • 23min
Episode 128: How Do We Know it’s the Holy Spirit Guiding Us?
In this episode, Fr. John and Mary have a follow up conversation to last week’s episode and offer some practical wisdom on how to discern the voice of the Holy Spirit.
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May 17, 2021 • 23min
Episode 127: How Comfortable Would We Be in the First Century Church?
In this episode Fr. John and Mary talk about the normative experience of the early Church found in the Acts of the Apostles and pose a provocative question for all of us as we approach the Solemnity of Pentecost.
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May 10, 2021 • 20min
Episode 126: A Prayer for Repentance, Reconciliation, and Unity in the Church, Especially the Priesthood
In this episode, Fr. John and Mary talk about what the Spirit has been doing among the priests they've been ministering to and issue a call for prayer as we get closer to Pentecost.
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May 3, 2021 • 34min
Episode 125: Only As Strong As Our Foundation
In this episode, Fr. John and Nick discuss how values drive culture and propose some apostolic values for leaders and teams to consider as part of the work of transformation.
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