Episode Archive

275 episodes of You Were Born for This with Fr. John Riccardo since the first episode, which aired on December 16th, 2019.

  • Episode 274: The First Gentile Christian is a What?!

    March 25th, 2024  |  26 mins 59 secs
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    In this episode, Fr. John and Mary reflect on the momentous events of Acts 10, the story of the 1st Gentile to be baptized, and how much more is in Scripture than we might first realize.

  • Episode 273: Weary? Jesus Has a Word for Us This Week

    March 18th, 2024  |  26 mins 43 secs
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    In this episode, Fr. John and Mary look at Isaiah 50:4-7 and how God’s Word wants to prepare our hearts to enter ever more deeply into Holy Week by contemplating the outrageous love Jesus has displayed for us.

  • Episode 272: Stupendous Mercy!

    March 11th, 2024  |  27 mins 22 secs
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    In this episode, Fr. John and Mary discuss the only time the words “new covenant” appears in the Old Testament; in what the “newness” consists; and what Jesus means when He says His Blood is that new covenant.

  • Episode 271: A Heart Wrenched Open!

    March 4th, 2024  |  23 mins 1 sec
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    In this episode, Fr. John and Mary take a look at the final words in the Old Testament and how they offer us encouragement and hope. No matter how far or how often we wander, His plan is not frustrated!

  • Episode 270: The Ten Gifts

    February 26th, 2024  |  21 mins 41 secs
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    In this episode, Fr. John and Mary consider the context of the ten commandments, God’s desire for us to be free, and a prayer exercise to remind us of all God has liberated us from.

  • Episode 269: The Journey From Love to Trust

    February 19th, 2024  |  29 mins
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    In this episode, Fr. John and Mary wrestle together with one of the most difficult and challenging Scriptures – the testing of Abraham, and propose something for us to do in these Lenten days so as to grow in our capacity to entrust ourselves and all those we love to the Father.

  • Episode 268: Preparing to Pledge Allegiance

    February 12th, 2024  |  30 mins 44 secs
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    In this episode, Fr. John and Mary look at the story of Noah and the flood and how this helps us understand what is going to happen in the lives of those preparing to enter the Church at the Easter Vigil as well as the promises we are all going to renew that same night.

  • Episode 267: Stop Ringing the Bell

    February 5th, 2024  |  28 mins 32 secs
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    In this episode, Fr. John and Mary welcome Fr. Mark Moriarty from Ireland and together they break open the great grace that is the Sacrament of Confession that restores us to communion with God and one another.

  • Episode 266: There is Another Side to the Tapestry

    January 29th, 2024  |  32 mins 1 sec
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    In this episode, Fr. John and Mary reflect on suffering, some of the things that Scripture has to say to us about it, and how to keep our eyes fixed on Jesus when we’re in the midst of it.

  • Episode 265: Terrifying Intimacy

    January 22nd, 2024  |  32 mins 48 secs
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    In this episode, Fr. John and Mary talk about the 1st Reading for this coming week and how it can help us understand the importance of maintaining a relationship with God that is animated by both holy fear and profound intimacy.

  • Episode 264: Open Heart Surgery

    January 15th, 2024  |  26 mins 23 secs
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    In this episode, Fr. John and Mary look at Jonah’s hatred and animosity towards those he wrongly considers his enemies and what the Lord might want to reveal to us in our day.

  • Episode 263: The Art of Listening

    January 8th, 2024  |  33 mins 3 secs
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    In this episode, Fr. John asks Mary to share her experience of acquiring the habit of daily prayer as they reflect together on Samuel’s not yet being familiar with the Lord’s voice and learning how to listen to Him.