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

That we've encountered him as 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.

Several years ago, Father Ricardo talked with a group of young adults about our American and Western culture.

With the final talk from the Living as a Christian in a Post-Christian World series,

here is Father John Ricardo and Freedom.

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

Heavenly Father, we come before you again on behalf of ourselves and the whole world in which we live,

a world which is so often confused and bewildered

and unsure of the way to go. Father, we thank you for your son who has made known to us who you are

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