Thoughts from the Trailer with Fr. John Riccardo

Mark explained what he was going to do and then exposed the Lord in the Eucharist and slowly placed the stole around the monstrance on the altar. Almost immediately, in my mind’s eye, I “saw” Jesus standing there on the altar, the one and only true Priest. ======= Seeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel . Visit us at our online site . Subscribe to our w...

It’s not unusual to hear prayers for “a new Pentecost.” Do we really want that? Do we really want the Holy Spirit to fall on us, consume us, overwhelm us, set our hearts on fire, move us to surrender everything to Jesus in faith, and catapult us out into our streets to do now what the apostles did then? ======= Seeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel ....

We need a Church unafraid of going forth into their night. We need a Church capable of meeting them on their way. We need a Church capable of entering into their conversation. We need a Church able to dialogue with those disciples who, having left Jerusalem behind, are wandering aimlessly, alone, with their own disappointment, disillusioned by a Christianity now considered barren, fruitless soil,...

There are some pretty funny things in Scripture. I think we often read the Word of God with nowhere near enough of a sense of humor. God is all-powerful, omnipotent, and omniscient. But He also is funny. ======= Seeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel . Visit us at our online site . Subscribe to our weekly communications Have a comment about this podcas...

There is a favorite icon of the Eastern Church known as the anastasis. Anastasis is the Greek word for resurrection. Icons, we might remember, aren’t paintings. Rather, they are “written” to be something like windows into the mysteries they are depicting. Placing ourselves in front of them, asking the Holy Spirit to come to us, can draw us into whatever it is that is placed before our senses. ====...

As we prepare to enter into the holiest days of the year, the days that celebrate the liberation of our race from Death, Sin, hell and Satan, we need to keep reminding ourselves that he is not the helpless victim here. ======= Seeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel . Visit us at our online site . Subscribe to our weekly communications Have a comment ab...

Few things can compare for me with baptizing an adult. Most of us standing in the font on that wondrous night are filled with a holy jealousy, as we watch men and women walk into the water one way and leave another. ======= Seeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel . Visit us at our online site . Subscribe to our weekly communications Have a comment about...

It’s often said about parents that they’re only as happy as their least happy child. I have always admired this about the moms and dads I know. There is no time off, or away from, their children – no matter how old they are. Indeed, their hearts ache for their children. ======= Seeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel . Visit us at our online site . Subs...

A Jewish son, heir to his father’s significant wealth, runs out of that wealth and then hires himself out – sells himself to another – to feed … pigs. Pigs! A Jewish man enslaves himself to feed an unclean animal that he himself cannot eat. This is a truly pathetic state. ======= Seeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel . Visit us at our online site . Su...

On Calvary, just as at the Red Sea, God was fighting. watch the Holy Land pilgrimage series at watch.actsxxix.org/journey-through-the-holy-land ======= Seeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel . Visit us at our online site . Subscribe to our weekly communications Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!

Fr. John shares how pilgrimage highlights the reality of the Incarnation, and why here matters. ======= Seeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel . Visit us at our online site . Subscribe to our weekly communications Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!

Fr. John reflects on the challenge and the call to forgive others even - or especially - when we have been hurt deeply. ======= Seeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel . Visit us at our online site . Subscribe to our weekly communications Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!

Fr. John Riccardo shares rich fare for the upcoming Lenten season ======= Seeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel . Visit us at our online site . Subscribe to our weekly communications Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!

Fr. John reflects on magnanimity which is the great call for every disciple of Jesus. ======= Seeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel . Visit us at our online site . Subscribe to our weekly communications Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!

Fr. John reflects on a prayerful discernment approach to getting ready for Lent. ======= Seeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel . Visit us at our online site . Subscribe to our weekly communications Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!

There are many components to this “Pauline vision” of priesthood, but on this feast Fr. John Riccardo reflects on how he thought of those on mission with him. ====== Seeking to be even more encouraged and inspired? Follow our online streaming channel . Visit us at our online site . Subscribe to our weekly communications Have a comment about this podcast? Contact us!