Hey, everybody. Welcome to you. We're born for this podcast with Father John Ricardo, Mary Gilfoyle.

We're a couple of missionaries at Acts 29. And this is the podcast where we talk about how acquiring a biblical worldview brings us great hope in the God who created, rescued this world in order that we can be agents of transformation and

recreation. Mary, almost the middle of November, I can't believe it.

I know. I'm already thinking about my table scape for Thanksgiving and my meal plan,

and I'm thinking, how in the world did we get here?

Yeah, it's hard to believe, isn't it? My goodness gracious, and what a lot has been going on in the world, in the country, in the church.

But we've got a topic today that is going to put everything in perspective, don't we?

Yeah, we do.

The topic for our conversation today is, are you ready?

Are you ready?

So let's pray in the name of the Father,

end of the Son, end of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Father, as we continue to progress ever closer

to the end of the liturgical year and the great celebration of your son, the king of the universe,

we just ask for the gift of the Holy Spirit to be upon this conversation

right now. I thank you in a very particular way for the wondrous work that you have done in

Mary's life, for allowing her to be such a credible and inspiring witness to those of us who know her and get a chance to meet

her and to hear her. We just asked that you would use her right now and all that you have done

in and through her to help us to be ready. We ask it all in Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. In the name of the Father and the Son,

Holy Spirit. Hey, before we get to the scripture that we're going to look at this week,

a couple of quick things. One, we are going to be hosting a, or we've been invited, I should say,

by Franciscan University to lead the priest-deacon and seminarian

retreat or conference that goes on every year over there. Some people listening probably have

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