Knowing Jesus is the best gift that any person can receive.

That we've encountered him is the best thing that's happened in our lives.

And making him known by our word and deeds is our greatest joy.

If you're hungry for that encounter,

if you're dying to know the love of God, which

alone makes sense out of life, if you're longing to know that you matter so much and that his

power can fill you with all that you need so that you can be the man or the woman that you want

to be, then join me and dig into the scriptures and the teachings

of the church so that we can find the life that Jesus has made us for.

Ave Maria Radio presents Christ is the answer with Father John Ricardo.

He's a priest of the Archdiocese of Detroit and is currently the executive director of a

non-profit organization called Acts 29, which exists to work with pastors

and their teams to transform their parish culture and reclaim the church's missionary identity.

He was ordained in 1996.

The title of tonight's talk is friendship or a faithful friend, the elixir of life.

Anybody know what elixir is? It's actually a quote from scripture. What's an elixir of life. Anybody know what elixir is?

It's actually a quote from scripture.

What's an elixir?

A mixed drink?

No, but it's a good guess.

A medicine?

What kind of medicine?

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