Hey everybody, welcome to you were born for this podcast with Father John Ricardo.

That's me. I'm Father John. I'm 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, and a very noisy

afternoon with my partner in mission, Mary Guilfoyle. How are you, Mary?

John, I'm great. I'm wondering if our listeners can hear the drums and the partygoers outside.

We drove into our offices today to record and we drove smack dab into the St. Patrick's Day Parade,

which is a big deal here in Detroit.

Yeah, so if you're not familiar with our offices, we're in the heart of Detroit,

and I think two weeks ago we had semis driving by our windows.

We were recording who were protesting the invasion of Ukraine, and that was a little loud.

And today we have, I just saw Tyrannosaurus rexes, who I had no idea, it came from Ireland.

Is it Rexis or is it Rexai?

I don't know.

Yeah, Rexai, I guess.

So, yeah, so forgive the noise and we're going to try to do this anyway.

And our laughter, I was greeted by clowns.

We're going to try to keep a straight face here.

All that to say, what's the topic today, Mary?

We are thrilled to be here.

Yeah, so today's topic is when our hopes are shattered, Father John.

Ooh, that's going to be a good one.

All right, well, let's pray and we'll ask God's protection upon all the people in the parade

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