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You Were Born for This with Fr. John Riccardo

Episode 381: A Most Unexpected Question

You Were Born for This with Fr. John Riccardo

ACTS XXIX

Parish Transformation, Religion & Spirituality, Detroit, Evangelization, Christianity, Fr. John Riccardo, Catholic, Acts Xxix

4.8652 Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Fr. John and Mary continue their Easter series on the appearances of the risen Jesus. This week’s episode breaks open the encounter between Jesus and His friend, Peter, at the Sea of Galilee after Peter’s failure.

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0:00.0

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

0:07.1

Guilfoyle. We're a couple of missionaries at Acts 29. This is the podcast where we talk about

0:11.7

how acquiring a biblical worldview brings us great hope. God who created and rescued this world

0:18.8

calls you and me to be agents of transformation and

0:22.9

recreation. Mary, how do you like the windy city? We're out here in Chicago doing a little work

0:27.2

with the Seminary Formation Council this week, as well as a whole host of pastors from various

0:33.5

parts of the country trying to prepare them for receiving actually a newly ordained

0:38.7

priest.

0:40.2

There's a, I think many people probably know that those who are ordained transitional deacons,

0:45.9

they are ordained deacons for an indeterminate number of months, usually six to 12.

0:51.2

And then their first critical assignment is just that.

0:54.5

It's critical.

0:55.2

And so we're having an opportunity to serve, come alongside some of our brothers who

0:59.1

are going to be receiving those guys.

1:00.4

I've got some work with them before.

1:02.1

It's been great to be with them again.

1:03.2

It's always a delight to be with our beloved priests.

1:07.7

Amen.

1:08.3

And these were priests that we were with, what, Father John, two years ago

1:12.1

on the front end of this two-year process. And it'll be delight to be with them again. They

1:17.5

are among our favorite people. Indeed, they are. And they are very much in my mind as we

1:23.1

tackle this topic today, as we continue this series on the resurrection appearances of Jesus to various

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