Episode 376: Stern Yet Hopeful
You Were Born for This with Fr. John Riccardo
ACTS XXIX
4.8 • 652 Ratings
🗓️ 30 March 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Fr. John and Mary conclude their series on Jesus’ words to the seven Churches in the Book of Revelation. Today, they look at His direct and yet hopeful words to the Church in Laodicea.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everybody. Welcome to you were born for this podcast with Father John Ricardo and Mary Guilfoy. |
| 0:06.8 | We're a couple of missionaries at Acts 29. This is the podcast where we talk about how acquiring a biblical worldview brings us great hope. |
| 0:15.3 | The God who created and rescued this world and calls you and me to be agents of transformation and recreation. |
| 0:22.0 | And Mary, we've made it to Holy Week. |
| 0:23.4 | And this is the week when he who created us rescued us. |
| 0:27.6 | And began their recreation of the entire cosmos. |
| 0:30.4 | So happy Holy Week. |
| 0:31.7 | Happy Holy Week to you too, Father John. |
| 0:33.5 | We're actually out in the Diocese of Orange again. |
| 0:37.5 | And it's not just because the weather is glorious And it's not just because the weather is glorious. |
| 0:39.6 | It's not just because the weather is glorious. |
| 0:41.4 | No, we're privileged to be back here with the bishops and with our brothers, the priests and the diocese here, for a couple of days to get them ready for the sacred Tridium. |
| 0:50.7 | And then we'll fly home, please God, Wednesday of Holy Week. |
| 0:53.7 | So please pray for the brothers here and know of our prayers for you may the holy spirit just help us to enter into these days with great expectation so what's our topic for this final church in revelation. Yeah, I love this. Stern yet hopeful. |
| 1:15.9 | Stern yet hopeful. You mean Jesus might have some reprimands for this church? I think so, |
| 1:20.9 | probably one that would land on our heart pretty personally. It's a pretty violent image, |
| 1:26.4 | actually. Yeah, we better pray. |
| 1:28.0 | In the name of the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit. |
| 1:29.7 | Amen. |
| 1:30.9 | Father, we just thank you for these days that we have finally entered into. |
| 1:34.9 | And we do ask for the grace of your Holy Spirit to be upon us that we might, |
| 1:38.9 | best we can, be able to push aside those distractions that we do not need to preoccupy ourselves with so as to |
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