Hey, everybody, welcome to the You Are Born for this podcast with Father John Ricardo.

That's me. I'm your host. I'm Father John. I am the executive director at Acts 29, where we talk about anything and everything having to do with transformation in the church.

And I'm here again with my dear friend, teammate, family member, Mary Guilfoyle.

How you doing, Mary?

I'm great, Father John.

It's great to be here today.

Nick's hiding under the table.

Nope, Nick's not here again.

But Nick's really still part of the team, isn't he?

Yes, he is.

We're just giving you grief, brother. We look forward to having you back on a podcast soon. We miss your voice, and there's plenty of oxygen in the room for you. So,

Mary, what's our topic? Yeah, so Father John, our topic today is a look at the heart and the mind

of a seminarian. Oh, that's awesome. I love that, because I know how passionate you are about our brothers in the seminary. I know you're kind of like a seminarian. Oh, that's awesome. I love that because I know how passionate you are about

our brothers in the seminary. I know you're kind of like a spiritual mom to a lot of guys here in the

archdiocese in Detroit and elsewhere too, but especially in Detroit. This could be fun. It was a,

it's going to be a blessed conversation. We're eager to share with all of you what it is. We were able to do this over the last couple weeks. So Father John, how about we pray?

Let's do that. In the name of the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit.

Father, as we continue our Lenton pilgrimage, we look forward to the great celebration of what you've accomplished for us in the life and the death and the resurrection of your son, we pray in a very special way right now

for our brothers who are in formation, who are soon to be standing at the altar,

celebrating the sacred mysteries, guiding and leading the flock,

and the celebration of the sacraments, breaking open the word of God, accompanying them

in all the different ways that you call a priest to do.

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