Hey, everybody. Welcome to You Were Born for this podcast with Father John Ricardo, Acts 29.

That's me. I'm Father John, and as always I'm here with Nick and Mary, my co-hosts.

We talk about anything and everything having to do with transforming parishes.

And Nick, we got a, again, we hope a very timely, practical topic, especially for

pastors. What is it? Today's podcast episode is geared towards pastors. I mean, they always are,

but in a particular way today, and we want asking them to really be attentive to the people

the Holy Spirit has put on their minds and hearts during this time.

We think this is so important, right?

And so we're going to cover five points.

Those points are going to be first looking at the readings during this Easter season

and how they're speaking to us right now.

The second thing we want to cover is just a point about our name.

Acts 29.

The book of Acts ends in chapter 28. just a point about our name, Acts 29. You know,

the book of Acts ends in chapter 28. Just a quick point about the name, Acts 29. Then we want to talk about two practical examples of what we're talking about played out in real life, if you

will. And then our fourth point today is it's always about people. So we have something that you

should be looking for in yourself as a pastor and then the

people around you. And then the fifth point is just why this podcast is entitled what it is.

So Father John, as always, please bring us into prayer. Awesome. Thanks, Father. We got a roadmap for

where we're going to go. So let's ask the Holy Spirit to bless and animate our conversation and your ears as you hear what the Lord wants to say through us.

In the name of the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit.

Well, we just surrender this time to you.

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