Hey, everybody. Welcome to The You Were Born for this podcast with Father John Ricardo.

That's me. I'm Father John. I'm the executive director of Acts 29, where we talk about anything and everything related to transforming parishes, which is even more timely than ever right now, given all that's happening.

And as always, I'm here with Nick and Mary, my co-hosts.

Guys, good to be with you.

Good to be with you, Father.

Yeah, great to be here, Father John.

So, Nick, what have we got for a topic today?

This is really timely, given what's going on in the country.

It really is, Father John.

And today, on this episode, we want to exhort priests, right?

Our brothers, our friends here, to press really deeply into what we call God as the

architect, a principle for parish transformation.

And we want to offer some practical but non-prescriptive ways for them to father their

spiritual children right now during this time.

But before we really unpack this, Father, as we do every single episode, will you pray us in?

Absolutely.

Let's pray in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

Well, we do thank you for the grace that it is to be alive right now at this time

and that you willed us to be alive right now,

wherever we are across the country or even across the world.

But we ask for ears that are able to hear your voice and to discern your will for our families

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