Hey, everybody. Welcome to you were born for this podcast with Father John Ricardo, Mary Guilfoy.

We're a couple of missionaries at Acts 29. And this is the podcast where we talk about the Word of God and how it can bring transformation and renewal into our lives, especially as we reflect on the first reading at Mass, Mary.

How you doing?

I'm doing great, Father John.

But.

But what?

Let's go, Lions.

Let's go, so we are giddy here.

So you have to forgive our bantering on football.

It's like a sports podcast now, Father John.

Hey, that's right.

You know, you can be like the fabulous sports babe

remember that person who was on sports talk radio years ago I we don't know what to do

in the middle of January in the state of Michigan playing football so full

disclosure my grandfather was one of the owners of the Detroit Lions before the

Ford family bought them he sold them to the Ford family he was one of the owners of the Detroit Lions before the Ford family bought them. He

sold them to the Ford family. He was one of the owners. And we have in our office, we do see it

every day, the 1957 NFL world championship wool blanket, all Detroit Lion blanket. Now, I don't

want to take credit for the Michigan National Championship, but I will say that a certain person from the University of Michigan football team was in the office and touched the blanket. So I don't know that that's responsible or not, but we're giddy around here over football. So it's a wonderful little diversion. And in a city like Detroit, in all seriousness, it's a tremendous means to bring

unity and to galvanize people. So it's just been kind of fun. Absolutely. Amen to that,

Father, John. That said, I'm really, I'm really eager for this conversation that we're going to have.

I think the Lord's word at first glance is probably

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