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

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.

This time, Father Ricardo focuses our attention on our

Heavenly Father and trusting in him. And, true to all of the earlier sessions, he uses

illustrations from the Passion of the Christ. Here is Father John Ricardo.

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

Gracious Father, we thank you again for today and for the wondrous gift of life.

And our hearts are filled with expectation and anticipation as we draw near to Holy Week.

Just days away now.

We continue to pray that you would pour out your spirit upon us and upon the whole church

in this holiest of weeks.

Pray that you would root our eyes to the cross and to the great things which you have done for us

in your son. Fill us with great confidence in you. Remove all our fears and all our insecurities and all those things which threaten our trust in you

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