God's Playbook

Send us Fan Mail Today we continue our mini-series of the Fruits of the Holy Spirit. Today, we focus on Peace. Peace is an important fruit of the Holy Spirit. Through prayer and worship, we experience peace and try to spread this worldwide. What is the Peace that God gives? Do you have peace with yourself? Let's discuss this more in today's podcast episode.  Support the show Thank you fo...

Send us Fan Mail Today as we continue our mini-series on the fruits of the Holy Spirit we look towards Joy. What does Joy mean? Where does Joy come from? What is the Joy of Jesus? How can we be more Joyful and how do we share this Joy? Let's hear and explore more about Joy with Fr. Rico.  Support the show Thank you for listening! Support us using any of our links below: Buzzsprout: https://ww...

Send us Fan Mail In addition to the 7 Gifts of the Holy Spirit, there are also 12 fruits of the Holy Spirit. Today we start the mini-series on the 12 fruits of the Holy Spirit beginning with Charity. What does Charity mean? How do we express Charity? How do we model Charity? Let's explore more about Charity on today's podcast episode alongside Fr. Rico.  Support the show Thank you for li...

Send us Fan Mail Today on God's Playbook we conclude our mini-series on the gifts of the Holy Spirit, finishing with the Gift of Fortitude. According to St. Thomas Aquinas, Fortitude is the virtue that allows us to overcome fear and to remain steady in our will in the face of obstacles. Let's learn more about Fortitude alongside Fr. Rico.  Support the show Thank you for listening! Suppor...

Send us Fan Mail Today, we continue looking toward our mini-series on the fruits and gifts of the Holy Spirit. St. Thomas Aquinas defines piety as the principally revering God with affection. How does piety help us to know, love, and serve God more?  Let's discuss this more today as we dive deeper into this alongside Fr. Rico.  Support the show Thank you for listening! Support us using any of...

Send us Fan Mail Today we continue our mini-series of the gift and fruits of the Holy Spirit. Today we look towards the Gift of Counsel or Right Judgement. What does right judgment mean? How does this gift of the Holy Spirit differ from other similar gifts? The gift of Counsel is the perfection of the cardinal virtue of Prudence. Let's explore this on today's podcast alongside Fr. Rico. ...

Send us Fan Mail Today is the Birthday of the Church! Today is Pentecost. The Holy Spirit descended upon Mother Mary and the Apostles. The Birthday of the Church is a time of renewal. Today is a day of rejoicing that we are renewed by the Holy Spirit. Let's talk and rejoice more alongside Fr. Rico today! Support the show Thank you for listening! Support us using any of our links below: Buzzsp...

Send us Fan Mail Today we continue our mini-series of the Gifts and Fruits of the Holy Spirit. Today we look towards the Gift of the Fear of the Lord. This gift is described by St. Thomas Aquinas as a fear of separating oneself from God. He describes the gift as a "filial fear," like a child's fear of offending his father, rather than a "servile fear," that is, a fear of p...

Send us Fan Mail We continue our mini-series on the Gifts and Fruits of the Holy Spirit. St. Thomas Aquinas defines the Gift of knowledge as the ability to judge correctly. Regarding matters of faith, it is the knowing between what's good and bad, what's right and wrong, etc. Let's discuss this more on today's podcast.  Support the show Thank you for listening! Support us using...

Send us Fan Mail Today on God's Playbook we continue discussing our mini-series on the Gifts and Fruits of the Holy Spirit. Today we look towards the Gift of Understanding. The Gift of Understanding is seeing it from a divine perspective. What does this mean? Let's learn more as we dive deeper alongside Fr. Rico.  Support the show Thank you for listening! Support us using any of our link...

Send us Fan Mail Today we begin a mini-series on the Gifts of the Holy Spirit, followed by another mini-series on the Fruits of the Holy Spirit. Today we look towards the Gift of Wisdom. According to St. Thomas Aquinas, the gift of Wisdom is both the knowledge of and judgement of divine things. Let's dive deeper into this and explore the gifts of wisdom alongside Fr. Rico.  Support the show T...

Send us Fan Mail Today is the feast day of St. Matthias. St. Matthias was chosen by God through the apostles to replace Judas Iscariot after he betrayed Jesus and his subsequent death. His calling as an apostle is unique, in that his appointment was not made personally by Jesus but came before the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles through prayer. Let's learn more on today's po...

Send us Fan Mail Today is the feast day of our Lady of Fatima. As we celebrate her feast day today, the first 2 messages she gave to the shepherd children were to pray for Peace. Peace for Russia, and Peace throughout the World. Let's learn more on today's podcast episode alongside Fr. Rico. Let's also pray for peace. Our Lady of Fatima... pray for us.  Support the show Thank you fo...

Send us Fan Mail Today is Ascension Sunday. After Jesus rose from the dead, the Apostles were happy as Jesus was there with them physically. However, Jesus, wants the Apostles to take action and take the lead. On the ascension, we should be grateful to God for his coming back. The ascension also begins the mission that the apostles and each one of us are called to lead. Let's learn more from...

Send us Fan Mail On today's podcast, we look towards the joys and gift of Motherhood. Mother Mary is the greatest example of what true motherhood is all about. Mother Mary recognizes that even her baby is a gift from the Lord. We ought to recognize what our mothers did for us, who are mothers are, and the sacrifices they made.  From everyone here at God's Playbook, we wish all mothers a...

Send us Fan Mail Today on God's Playbook we talk about women and Labour Pains—the connection between mother and child. Are we willing to go through the labour pains in life to see the beautiful child after 9 months? What are the labour pains in life that you are going through? Let's discuss this more alongside Fr. Rico.  Support the show Thank you for listening! Support us using any of o...

Send us Fan Mail Today as we continue during May, we look towards May Flowers. When we think of May flowers, let's think about it in relationship with our Blessed Mother, Mary. The church gives us the months of May and October dedicating it towards Mary. Let's talk and explore this more on today's podcast alongside Fr. Rico.  Support the show Thank you for listening! Support us usin...

Send us Fan Mail Today we are going to focus on listening versus pondering. What exactly does this mean? Why should we ponder? Let's explore this further alongside Fr. Rico.  Support the show Thank you for listening! Support us using any of our links below: Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1984653/support Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/godsplaybookpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Go...

Send us Fan Mail "May the 4th be with you." This is a reference to Star Wars. When we are passionate about something, ie. Sports, Movies, Books, and TV; we use phrases or examples to express that. We should be the same with our Faith. If we are passionate about our relationship with God, we should do the same using phrases and lines in our daily lives. Let's dive deeper and explore...

Send us Fan Mail As we continue the Easter season, today we celebrate the feast days of St. Philip and St. James. What is the role of the Apostles? St. James was well known and was held in high esteem. We recognize St. Philip was called by name by Jesus. St. Philip was a big evangelizer. Let's learn more today on today's podcast. St. Philip and St. James... pray for us.  Support the show...

Send us Fan Mail Today on God's Playbook, we ask who is a Gentile. The simple answer was, anyone who wasn't Jewish, was a Gentile. What were the people who followed Jesus called in the early times of the Christian faith? Let's discuss, find out, and talk about this more on today's podcast alongside Fr. Rico.  Support the show Thank you for listening! Support us using any of our...

Send us Fan Mail Today on God's Playbook, we look at the dignity of work. Today is the Memorial of St. Joseph the Worker.  We need also to remember the underemployed and unemployed. How do we contribute to the dignity of work and the dignity of each worker? Let's learn more alongside Fr. Rico today. St. Joseph... pray for us.  Support the show Thank you for listening! Support us using an...

Send us Fan Mail Today on God's Playbook we look towards the Peace of Jesus. What is the peace of Jesus? We need to recognize that the world needs more Peace. When we think of ourselves, don't we need Peace? What are we afraid of? Fear cripples us, yet the peace of Jesus helps us. Let's discuss more on today's podcast alongside Fr. Rico.  Support the show Thank you for listenin...

Send us Fan Mail Today is the feast day of one of the evangelists in the Church, St. Mark. Mark and Luke in the early church were instrumental in spreading the Gospel message of Jesus. Out of the 4 Gospels, St. Marks is attributed as the original Gospel, meaning the first to be written down. Let's explore and learn more about St. Mark on today's podcast episode with Fr. Rico. St. Mark......

Send us Fan Mail Jesus calls himself the light of the World. What does that mean? Where does the imagery come from? Let's discuss this with Fr. Rico on today's podcast episode.   Support the show Thank you for listening! Support us using any of our links below: Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1984653/support Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/godsplaybookpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebo...