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

We are a couple of missionaries of Acts 29.

This is the podcast where we talk about the Word of God and how it brings transformation

and renewal to our lives.

Mary, I could use a little transformation and renewal, quite honestly.

I feel like I'm the only one standing on our team. It looks like some bug has hit our team and

people are being knocked down like dominoes and I know you're barely here today. I'm just glad somebody's

feeling good because I'm not.

But God is good, and we had a wonderful time at the Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana last week,

and they were gracious enough to pass off some bug to me, I think.

I don't know where I got this from, but it was a joyful time.

We had the great joy of being with something like 185 diocesan leaders, including the bishop there.

Bishop Doherty.

Bishop Doherty, just a wonderful, wonderful bishop.

And his team, great conversations with pastors and their leaders.

So we walked away, Father John, with not only

a lot of joy, but a lot of new friendships. Yeah. And a huge shout out to Father Thomas

Hahn in a special way for just his hospitality to us at St. Louis de Montfort and Fisher's,

Indiana. There's a really special thing. If you live in the heartland and if you're somewhere

close to Indianapolis, can't encourage you enough to check out what the Lord's doing at that parish. It's

pretty spectacular. It's really spectacular. And also just from my end, too, and I think you

would agree, Deacon Brian Freiburger. Oh, yeah. Between Father, Father Han andacon, Brian, are like a dynamic duo, and they're running hard for the

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