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Simply put, an experience of the gospel surrounded by food, conversation and prayer. The Rescue Project seeks to proclaim the gospel in a compelling and attractive way over eight weeks in a small group format. This experience is imbued with beauty, authentic humanity, and accompaniment.

The Series

Vous souhaitez vous équiper pour effectuer du Sauvetage ?
Vous trouverez ici « Diriger Le Sauvetage », nos vidéos qui vous prépareront à diriger les autres.

Nous avons également des guides complémentaires, que vous pouvez trouver ici : https://rescueproject.us/sauvetage/

Diriger Le Sauvetage (French)

The Rescue Challenge is an extraordinary journey of transformation which launched September 10, 2024. Join us as Fr. John Riccardo leads us through a 14-day journey that will bring you the true hope that comes from meeting the only One Who makes all the difference in life! We believe the most urgent need today is a compelling proclamation of the gospel. The Rescue Project is the way God has led us to share the gospel for these times for which we were born. The adventure you were born for beckons! The Rescue Project is also offered in an eight-week small group experience of the gospel surrounded by food, conversation and prayer! Go to https://RescueProject.us to learn more.

The Challenge podcast

Créé. Saisi. Sauvé. Une Réponse. [https://RescueProject.us/sauvetage]
Nous croyons que la tâche la plus urgente est la proclamation de l'Évangile. Cette annonce doit être faite de manière attrayante, en proposant une manière de voir la réalité et en donnant un sens au monde, à l’histoire et à la vie qui soit différent de ce que la culture moderne nous propose.

Pour le moment, la foi chrétienne est souvent vécue comme une accumulation de règles et de disciplines et le simple fait d'aller à l'Église a peu de chance de pousser quelqu’un à s’engager dans la grande aventure qui consiste à suivre Jésus et à continuer sa mission de salut pour le monde.

Créé. Saisi. Sauvé. Une Réponse.

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Le Projet Sauvetage (French)

Everyone sees reality through a particular worldview, a set of lenses, if you will. In this introduction, we offer a set of lenses that brings hope.

“This is how stories work. They invite listeners into a new world, and encourage them to make it their own, to see their ordinary world from now on through this lens, within this grid.”

– N.T. Wright, Jesus and the Victory of God

Created. Captured. Rescued. Response.
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Ch 1 -  Why stories are important

The Rescue Project Trailer

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Chapter 4 - Prayer and the retreat

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Q&A - Home Groups

Why is everything so obviously messed up? Chapter Three shines light on why things are not as they should be, and identifies the one and only enemy of the human race.

“The sight of these happy creatures filled the devil and his fallen angels with anger and envy. They took thought as to how they might mar the work of God and destroy the destiny of this newly created race. They set about to enslave those whom they had been meant to serve and to degrade those who had been assigned such an exalted place into the lowly slime beneath their feet.”
– Sophia Consulting, The Christian Cosmic Narrative

Created. Captured. Rescued. Response.
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Ch 3 - The Enemy is the enemy

Looking to get equipped to run Rescue? Enjoy our two seasons:
- Running Rescue: Our equipping videos produced with 4PM Media.
- Launch Livestreams: Recordings of our weekly launch accompaniment.

For even more equipping resources, go to our website: https://RescueProject.us/

Running Rescue

Chapter Six delves into the many ways a person’s life can be changed right now because of the resurrection of Jesus from the dead.

“Let no one fear death, for the Death of our Savior has set us free. He has destroyed it by enduring it. He destroyed Hades when He descended into it. He put it into an uproar even as it tasted of His flesh. Isaiah foretold this when he said, ‘You, O Hell, have been troubled by encountering Him below.’ Hell was in an uproar because it was done away with. It was in an uproar because it is mocked. It was in an uproar, for it is destroyed. It is in an uproar, for it is annihilated. It is in an uproar, for it is now made captive. Hell took a body, and discovered God. It took earth, and encountered Heaven. It took what it saw, and was overcome by what it did not see. O death, where is thy sting? O Hades, where is thy victory?” – St. John Chrysostom

Created. Captured. Rescued. Response.
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Ch 6 - What difference does it make?

Chapter Four helps us to understand what the dire predicament every single human person is in and why we need someone to rescue us.

“The controlling metaphor of this section is slavery and freedom. Paul paints a black-or- white picture of the human situation: either one lives in service to sin and remains in spiritual bondage, or one lives in obedience to God and enjoys liberation from sin’s captivity. It is a stark either-or: no fence-sitting, no third option.”
– Dr. Scott Hahn, Commentary on Romans

Created. Captured. Rescued. Response.
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Ch 4 - It gets worse

In our inaugural livestream, Fr. John and Mary introduce The Rescue Project and delve into Chapter 1.

En nuestra transmisión en vivo inaugural, el Padre John y Mary presentan El Rescate y profundizan el primer capítulo.

As a part of our accompaniment on The Rescue Project launch, we are sharing more insights on how to approach each of the episodes, along with additional updates on the experience and launch. 

Week 1 addresses The Importance of Stories.

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Launch Series - Week 1

Created. Captured. Rescued. Response. [https://RescueProject.us] We passionately believe that the most urgent task is the compelling proclamation of the gospel, one that not only shares it in an attractive &ndash; and concentrated &ndash; way, but that also offers people a way of seeing reality, and of making sense of the world, history, and life that is vastly different from the story our modern culture tells. Until this happens, the Christian faith is often experienced as a mere set of rules and disciplines, and simply going to Church isn&rsquo;t likely to lead a person to embark on the great adventure that is following Jesus and continuing His mission of the rescuing of this world. Created. Captured. Rescued. Response. For more information and free resources go to https://RescueProject.us

The Rescue Project

Looking to get equipped to run Rescue? Look no further! Here are our rough draft episodes. The final ones will be uploaded early in 2023.

Q&A - Prayer Ministry

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Realizando Resgate (Portuguese)

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Creemos apasionadamente que la tarea más urgente es la proclamación convincente del evangelio, una que no solo lo comparta de una manera atractiva y concentrada, sino que también ofrezca a las personas una forma de ver la realidad y de dar sentido al mundo, la historia y la vida que es muy diferente de la historia que cuenta nuestra cultura moderna.

Hasta que esto suceda, la fe cristiana a menudo se experimenta como un mero conjunto de reglas y disciplinas, y simplemente ir a la Iglesia no es probable que lleve a una persona a embarcarse en la gran aventura que está siguiendo a Jesús y continuando Su misión de rescatar a este mundo.

Rescate (Spanish)

Why the retreat - An Invitation From Fr. John Riccardo

Möchten Sie sich für die Durchführung von Rescue rüsten? 
Hier finden Sie „Führende Rettungsprojekt“, unsere Videos, die Sie in die Lage versetzen, andere zu führen. 

Wir haben auch begleitende Ressourcenhandbücher, die Sie hier finden: https://RescueProject.us/german/

Führende Rettungsprojekt (German)

Criado. Capturado. Resgatado. Resposta. [https://RescueProject.us/resgate]
Acreditamos apaixonadamente que a tarefa mais urgente é a proclamação convincente do evangelho, que não apenas o compartilhe de uma forma atraente - e concentrada, mas que também ofereça às pessoas uma maneira de ver a realidade e de dar sentido ao mundo, história e vida que é muito diferente da história que nossa cultura moderna conta.

Até que isso aconteça, a fé cristã é muitas vezes vivida como um mero conjunto de regras e disciplinas, e simplesmente ir à Igreja não é susceptível de levar uma pessoa a embarcar na grande aventura que é seguir Jesus e continuar a Sua missão de resgatar este mundo.

Criado. Capturado. Resgatado. Resposta.
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Projeto Resgate (Portuguese)

Chapter Two examines Scipture’s answer to this profound question and the impact it can have on our lives right now.

“Either all individual things are the product of evolution, including man. Or else they are not…Of course, the question remains open whether being … has a meaning and it cannot be decided within the theory of evolution itself; for that theory this is a methodologically foreign question, although of course of a live human being it is the fundamental question on which the whole thing depends.”

– Joseph Ratzinger,
Credo for Today: What Christians Believe

Created. Captured. Rescued. Response.
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Ch 2 - Why is there something rather than nothing?

Erstellt. Gefangen. Rettung. Antwort. [https://RescueProject.us/german]
Wir glauben leidenschaftlich, dass die dringendste Aufgabe die überzeugende Verkündigung des Evangeliums ist, eine Verkündigung, die es nicht nur auf attraktive – und konzentrierte – Weise verbreitet, sondern den Menschen auch die Möglichkeit bietet, die Realität zu sehen und der Welt einen Sinn zu geben. Geschichte und Leben, die sich stark von der Geschichte unterscheiden, die unsere moderne Kultur erzählt.

Solange dies nicht geschieht, wird der christliche Glaube oft nur als eine Reihe von Regeln und Disziplinen erlebt, und der bloße Besuch der Kirche wird einen Menschen wahrscheinlich nicht dazu verleiten, sich auf das große Abenteuer einzulassen, das darin besteht, Jesus nachzufolgen und seine Mission der Erlösung fortzusetzen diese Welt.

Erstellt. Gefangen. Rettung. Antwort.
Weitere Informationen und kostenlose Ressourcen finden Sie unter https://RescueProject.us/german

Rettungsprojekt (German)

Created. Captured. Rescued. Response. The gospel is power. it is the transforming power of Love! At its core, the gospel is that YOU matter&hellip; to God! For additional resources and to <a href="https://rescueproject.us">learn more</a>.

Rescue across the Globe

创造。捕获。营救。回应。[https://RescueProject.us/chinese]
我们坚信，最紧迫的任务是令人信服地宣扬福音，不仅要以一种有吸引力和集中的方式分享福音，还要为人们提供一种看待现实的方式，以及理解与我们现代文化所讲述的故事截然不同的世界、历史和生活的方式。

在此之前，基督教信仰通常被视为一套规则和纪律，而仅仅去教堂不太可能引导一个人踏上追随耶稣并继续他拯救这个世界的使命的伟大冒险。

创造。捕获。营救。回应。
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营救 计划 (Chinese)

What are we supposed to be doing with our lives right now? Chapter Nine breaks open 6 answers to this question. 
 
“In the high-stakes drama all around us, we have each been given a part to play, one that bears our name and no one else’s. We each have the mercy of God to receive, a self put to death, a Kingdom to gain, a battle to fight and spiritual enemies to slay, comrades to aid, rebels to win over. . . . The ancient battle rages all around us, and the adventure we were born for beckons.”
– Sophia Consulting, The Christian Cosmic Narrative

Created. Captured. Rescued. Response.
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Ch 9 - Getting Clarity on the Mission

We turn our gaze to Jesus and ask, “Was he simply a wise, kind, and good man – or did He come to rescue us from powers against which we could never compete on our own?”

“Lord God Almighty, who sent your Only Begotten Son to endow humankind, imprisoned in slavery to Sin, with the freedom of Your sons and daughters, we pray most humbly for these children, whom you know will experience the allurements of this world, and will fight against the snares of the devil: by the power of the Passion and Resurrection of your Son deliver them now from the stain of Original Sin, strengthen them with the grace of Christ, and guard them always on their journey through life.” – Baptismal Ritual of the Catholic Church

Created. Captured. Rescued. Response.
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Ch 5 - What if anything has God done about it?

Q&A - Small Groups

Thee Rescue Project seeks to proclaim the gospel in a compelling and attractive way.

Experience Rescue

Welcome to the Rescue Project Challenge! In our first session, Fr. John Riccardo invites us to consider the &ldquo;lens&rdquo; through which we view the world. Connect with us and our community on our websites and social media: https://www.actsxxix.org + https://rescueproject.us Instagram: @acts.xxix and @the.rescue.project Facebook: @ACTSXXIXmission

The Rescue Challenge | Episode 1

Por qué todo está tan obviamente desordenado? El enemigo es el enemigo. El capítulo tres arroja luz sobre por qué las cosas no son como deberían ser, e identifica al único enemigo de la raza humana.

“La visión de estas criaturas felices llenó al diablo y a sus ángeles caídos de ira y envidia. Pensaron en cómo podrían arruinar la obra de Dios y destruir el destino de esta raza recién creada. Se dispusieron a esclavizar a aquellos a quienes habían estado destinados a servir y a degradar a aquellos a quienes se les había asignado un lugar tan exaltado en el limo humilde bajo sus pies”. – Sophia Consulting, La narrativa cósmica cristiana

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C3 - El Enemigo es el enemigo

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&nbsp;Fr. John shares how we see the mission of the Church, and how it flows from the Big Story. From this Big Story flows the mission of the Church. And from it flows our own mission in the particular time and place in which the Lord has put us.

The Big Story

In this episode Fr. John and Mary quickly recap The Jesus Conference and invite us to listen to a few testimonies of what the Lord did over the weekend.

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Episode 402: Testimonies from The Jesus Conference

In this episode, Fr. John and Mary try to better understand the cleansing of the Temple that takes place immediately before the Gospel this week, so that we can better understand what the Lord is saying to each of us in His word.

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Episode 400: Let’s Go To Work

In this episode, Fr. John and Mary talk about the Parable of the Unforgiving Servant and what’s at stake if we don’t forgive.

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Episode 398:  Everything is At Stake

In this episode, Fr. John and Mary find themselves stunned and bewildered at the generous love and mercy of God as they ponder another parable of Jesus.

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Episode 399: God Is Not Like Us And That’s a Great Thing

In this episode, Fr. John and Mary break open Jesus’ challenging instructions on how to have messy conversations with brothers and sisters.

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Episode 397:  Before You Tell Anyone Else

In this episode, Fr. John and Mary wrestle with one of the most difficult encounters in all of the Gospels — the meeting between Jesus and the Canaanite woman. 

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Episode 394: A Jarring, Yet Encouraging, Gospel

In this episode, Fr. John and Mary build on last week’s episode regarding our understanding of God the Father. They invite everyone to listen to perhaps Jesus’ most pointed parable on His Father.

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Episode 393:  The Father Who Runs

In this episode, Fr. John and Mary continue their conversation about why how we do what we do is as important as what we do. This week they address this by looking at their 2nd Apostolic Value entitled: Striving to Be Authentically Human

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Episode 390: Do Life Together

In this episode, Fr. John and Mary share some of the key takeaways from the recent ACTS XXIX pilgrimage in the footsteps of St. Paul and how we can live and do in our day what Paul did in his.

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Episode 386: One of the Ways Scripture is Useful

In this episode, Fr. John and Mary continue to talk about transitions in parish life, only this time Fr. John asks Mary to speak about this from the perspective of someone in the pews. It all ends in an exhortation to allow ourselves to love ever more genuinely.

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Episode 385: Becoming Ever More Human

Fr. John and Mary continue their Easter series on the appearances of the risen Jesus. This week’s episode breaks open the encounter between Jesus and His friend, Peter, at the Sea of Galilee after Peter’s failure.

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Episode 381: A Most Unexpected Question

In this episode, Fr. John and Mary continue their series on Jesus’ words to the 7 Churches in the Book of Revelation. Today, they look at Jesus’ words to the Church in Thyatira and how relevant what He said to them so long ago is for us here and now. 

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Episode 373: Don’t Drift

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In this episode, Fr. John and Mary continue their series on Jesus’ words to the 7 Churches in the Book of Revelation. Today, they look at Jesus’ words to the Church in Pergamum and His challenge to them and to us to repent of those places in our lives where we have served two masters.

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Episode 372:  No Compromise

In this episode, Fr. John and Mary break open Psalm 78, the Psalm for this coming Sunday, encouraging us to teach to those entrusted to our charge the great things He has done, and to consider how we’re personally responding to His extravagant mercy and patience in our own lives.

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Episode 347: God’s Extraordinary Response to a Forgetful Race

After the traumatic events that took place last week in Minnesota, Fr. John and Mary reflect on the anguish many of us are experiencing in light of Scripture in general, the Psalms in particular and Saint Augustine. 

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Episode 346: How Long, O Lord?!

Fr. John and Mary conclude their Easter series on the appearances of the risen Jesus. This week they look at the appearance of Jesus to Paul. 

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Episode 382:  From Persecutor to Apostle

Fr. John and Mary continue their Easter series on appearances of the Risen Jesus to disciples. Today, they look at Jesus’ encounter with the two disciples on the road to Emmaus — could these people be members of His family?! 

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Episode 379: A Word For Discouraged Disciples

Fr. John and Mary begin a series on various appearances of the Risen Jesus for the Easter season. On this Easter Monday, they consider the person many saints reasoned was the first to whom Jesus showed Himself alive: His mother.

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Episode 377: She Had to Have Been First!

In this episode, Fr. John and Mary continue their series on Jesus’ words to the 7 Churches in the Book of Revelation. Today, they look at Jesus’ devastating words to the Church in Sardis, reminding us all that He knows us through and through.

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Episode 374:  Heart Failure

In this episode, Fr. John and Mary share the exciting news about the Jesus Conference – Mobilizing the Church for the World He Loves, ACTS XXIX’s first international gathering happening in Plymouth, Michigan on October 2-4, 2026.

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Episode 345: The Jesus Conference – Mobilizing the Church for the World He Loves

In this episode, Fr. John and Mary continue their series drawing on the common experience many of us have of reliving great memories of the past with friends and prayerfully apply those great memories to the mission God is entrusting to us today.

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Episode 343:  Glory Days: Are They In the Past? Part II

In this episode, Fr. John and Mary kick off a three-part series that we hope and pray will inspire us all to think and pray about how we do what we do, and to realize this is as important as what we do.

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Episode 339:  The Power and Attraction of How We Do What We Do

On this Memorial Day, Fr. John and Mary continue their Easter series on the mission of the Church concentrating this week on the single, most essential thing that has to happen. 

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Episode 334: Swear to God: The Sine Qua Non to Accomplish the Mission of the Church

In this final episode of their Lenten series on Psalm 51, Fr. John and Mary reflect on how David’s acknowledgement of the need for a broken and contrite heart can prepare us to better understand and marvel at what Jesus is doing for us on the cross.

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Episode 328: The Sacrifice That Makes Holy

“Our God is a consuming fire,” Hebrews tells us, and so it is not safe to draw near Him. And yet God is Goodness itself and invites us into His presence. In this episode, as Fr. John and Mary continue to reflect on Psalm 51 they focus their attention on David’s cry, “Create in me, O God, a clean heart!”

<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2051&amp;version=NABRE" rel="nofollow noopener"> Psalm 51:6-10</a>

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Episode 325: Good But Not Safe

Fr. John and Mary talk about the amazing gift that is the communion of saints – both here on earth and in heaven, and offer some summer suggestions to help us get to know our family better.

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Episode 338:  “It Is Enough For Me to See You”: The Gift of Holy Friendships

In this episode, Fr. John and Mary continue the conversation from last week’s episode on speech and consider how we as disciples of Jesus can be agents of recreation in our culture by how we speak, text and post.

First Reading: <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ben%20Sira%2027%3A4-7&amp;version=NABRE" rel="nofollow noopener">Sirach 27:4-7</a>

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Book Recommendation: The Hidden Power of Silence in the Mass, by Fr. Boniface Hicks, O.S.B.

Scriptural Exam for speech:

Prov 15:28 “The heart of the righteous weighs its answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes evil.” 
Prov 16:28 “A perverse person stirs up conflict and a gossip separates close friends.” 
Prov 20:19: “A gossip betrays a confidence; so avoid anyone who talks too much.” 
1 Peter 3:10: “For whoever would love life and see good days must keep their tongue from evil and their lips from deceitful speech.” 
Titus 3:2: “Slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate and always to be gentle towards everyone.” 
Prov 21:23: “Those who guard their mouths and their tongues keep themselves from calamity.” 
Prov 18:13: “To answer before listening, that is folly and shame.” 
1 Thess 5:11: “Therefore encourage one another and build each other up just as in fact you are doing.” 
Prov 16:24: “Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.” 
Eph 4:29: “Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs so that it may benefit those who listen.” 
James 3:5: “Likewise, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark.” 
Col 4:6: “Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.” 
Prov 12:18: “The words of the reckless pierce like swords but the tongue of the wise brings healing.” 
Ps 19:14: “May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart, be pleasing in your sight, my Lord, my rock and my redeemer”

Mt 12:34: “For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.”

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Episode 321: Sticks, Stones, and Names

In this episode, Fr. John and Mary talk about the extraordinary ways Old Testament prophecies were fulfilled in Jesus, and how some prophecies we’re still waiting to see fulfilled are not only right around the corner but will be beyond anything we can imagine.

<a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/micah/5" rel="nofollow noopener"> Micah 5:1-4a</a>

Book referenced, “Come Lord Jesus: Meditations on the Art of Waiting” by Mother Mary Francis

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Episode 312: I Can Only Imagine

Why can we have hope in the middle of calamitous situations? Because God is good, He is faithful and He acts. In this episode, Fr. John and Mary look at the disaster that had befallen Israel at the time of Baruch, how God rescued them, and what that has to say to us here and now. 

<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Baruch%205&amp;version=NABRE" rel="nofollow noopener">Baruch 5:1-9</a>

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Episode 310: God is the Subject of the Verb

Given how November is a month to both pray for our faithful departed and to contemplate our own death, Fr. John invites Mary to share the lessons the Lord taught her some years ago when she was gravely ill. 

Scripture Passage: Daniel 12:1-3 
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Episode 307: Are You Ready?

<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy%206&amp;version=NABRE" rel="nofollow noopener">Deut. 6:2-6</a>

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Episode 305: Do We Know Our Story?

Scripture: <a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah%2031&amp;version=NABRE" rel="nofollow noopener"> Jeremiah 31:7-9</a>

St. Augustine's Commentary Excerpt on Psalm 109: 

God is faithful. He has made himself our debtor, not by receiving anything from us but by promising us so much. The promise alone was not enough for him: he wanted it in writing, so that he could be held to it, practically entering into a contract with us that listed the promises he was making. In that way, when he began to fulfill his promises, we could see the order of their fulfillment by looking in Scripture. Therefore the time of the prophets was the time of making promises.

He promised us eternal salvation and an unending life of blessedness with the angels, and an imperishable inheritance, the joy of seeing his face, a dwelling-place with him in heaven, and the fear of death removed from us through the resurrection. This is, if you like, his ultimate promise. We look forward to it, and when we reach it, we will want nothing more. But as to how this final end is to be reached, he has also told us in promises and prophecies.

He has promised to men that they will be like God; to mortals he has promised immortality; to sinners, righteousness; to the lowly, glory.

Indeed, brethren, because what God promised seemed incredible to men - that from mortality, decay, weakness, lowliness, dust and ashes they should become equals of the angels of God - he did not only sign a contract with them to convince them. He sent, not just any prince, not just any angel or archangel, but his only Son. The road by which he was to lead us to the end he had promised us - through his Son he would show us that road.

Even so, it was not enough for God to send his Son to point out the way - he made his Son the way itself, so that we can go on our journey guided by him as he walks along his own way.

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Episode 304: The Promise Keeper

In this episode, Fr. John and Mary discuss how and why for Lent they’re going to be doing a series on Psalm 51. Today’s episode breaks open the background of this most hopeful Psalm of David.

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Episode 322: Can Sparks Set Fire to the Ocean of God’s Mercy?

In this episode, Fr. John and Mary discuss the parable that Jeremiah puts before us this Sunday and how we can move from being a barren shrub in the desert to a lush tree planted beside a river with deep roots.

Scripture for today’s podcast |<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah%2017%3A5-8&amp;version=NABRE" rel="nofollow noopener"> Jeremiah 17:5-8</a>

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Episode 319: Putting Down Roots

As we turn the page on the calendar, Fr. John and Mary reflect on the manifestation of Jesus as the true King of all the world and offer a practical thought to consider for our new year’s resolutions.

<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2060%3A1-6&amp;version=NABRE" rel="nofollow noopener">Isaiah 60:1-6</a>

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Episode 314: Regime Change

As we begin this new year, Fr. John and Mary dig into the word “Comfort” spoken by the prophet Isaiah and share some helpful places they turn to for comfort.

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Episode 315: What’s Your Comfort Zone?

In this episode, Fr. John and Mary recount several overwhelming experiences from the recent mission in Los Angeles and how the saints, both in heaven and on earth, can inspire us to become saints ourselves.

Scripture:<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Wisdom%207%3A7-11&amp;version=RSV" rel="nofollow noopener"> Wisdom 7:7-11</a>

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Episode 302: Show Me Who Your Friends Are and I’ll Tell You Who You Are

In this episode, Fr. John and Mary reflect on something that perhaps many fail to think about: the courage Jesus showed in knowingly running into all that was coming His way out of love for each of us by name so as to rescue us from Death. 

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Scripture Passage: Wisdom 2:12, 17-20

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Episode 299: The Incomprehensible Courage of Jesus

In this episode, Fr. John and Mary struggle to put into words the inexpressible reality of Jesus’ passion foreshadowed in Isaiah that we will hear this Sunday.

Scripture: Isaiah 50:5-9a

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Episode 298: Have We Become Accustomed to the Unimaginable?

In this episode, Fr. John and Mary return to their regular format of breaking open the First Reading for Mass this upcoming Sunday and discuss opportunities to make our homes places where the world meets the Church. 

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Episode 296: Our Homes: Where the World Meets the Church

In this episode, Fr. John and Mary conclude their four-part series and discuss a fourth critical question to take to prayer in order to be every freer for the mission God wants to work in and through us. 

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Episode 295: What Territory Are You Asking Me to Take Back, Lord? - Part 4 of 4

In this episode Fr. John and Mary break open part two of a four part series on specific questions to take to prayer in order to be freer for the mission God wants to work in and through us.

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Episode 293: A Visit to the Divine Physician - Part 2 of 4

In this episode, Fr. John and Mary continue with their series on forever changing the way we make decisions, this week bringing to the Divine Physician, “What is our biggest wound?”

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1 Corinthians 13:1-17 
Colossians: 3:1-7 
Romans 12:9-18 
Philippians 2:1-4

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Episode 288: What Is Our Biggest Wound, Lord?

In this episode, Fr, John and Mary look at the ascension of our Lord and address a few things we might need to unlearn, a few things we might need to learn, and then apply this great solemnity to our mission as disciples today.

<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+1%3A1-11&amp;version=NCB" rel="nofollow noopener">Acts 1:1-11 </a>

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Episode 280: God is Not A.W.O.L.

In this episode, Fr. John and Mary break open part three of a four part series and discuss a third crucial question to bring to prayer in order to be ever freer for the mission God wants to work in and through us.

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Episode 294: Eavesdropping on the Enemy’s Strategy - Part 3 of 4

In this episode, Fr. John and Mary conclude their four-part series on changing the way we make decisions and break open how to pray with the mindset of a general in order to prayerfully discern what most needs to happen now.

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Episode 291: Praying With The Mindset of a General

In this episode, Fr. John and Mary break open the worst day in human history and why it is that God's response to this should fill us with great hope.

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Episode 284: Who Wrote the First Gospel

In this episode, Fr. John and Mary consider how Jesus on the cross fulfills the startling promises of the covenant made in the Old Testament. 

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Episode 283: O Mad Lover!

In this episode, Fr. John and Mary ponder the significance of the very first miracle in the Acts of the Apostles and the startling fact that there were two Jesus’ put before the crowds on Good Friday…and before us today. 

<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts3%3A13-19&amp;version=NCB" rel="nofollow noopener">Acts 3:13-15, 17-19</a>

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Episode 276: You Asked for the Wrong Jesus

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. 

<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=acts+10%3A+34-+43&amp;version=NCB" rel="nofollow noopener">Acts 10: 34a, 37-43</a>

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

In this episode, Fr. John and Mary wrap up the series on healing and reflect on what the Lord calls our parishes to be. 
Sir. 3:2-6; 12-14

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Episode 261: A City on a Hill

In this episode, Father John and Mary encourage us this Thanksgiving week to prayerfully call to mind the many occasions on which the good Shepherd has rescued us. 

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Episode 256: Grateful We Have a (good) Shepherd

In this episode, Fr. John and Mary encourage us all to pray and fast for the situation in the Middle East, and discuss two key relevant themes found in the First Reading from Isaiah this coming Sunday.

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Episode 251: Idols and the One True God

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.

<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deut.+18%3A15-20&amp;version=NCB" rel="nofollow noopener">Deut. 18:15-20</a>

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Episode 265: Terrifying Intimacy

In this episode, Fr. John and Mary continue their Advent series on healing in light of the upcoming Sunday 1st Reading, focusing this week on how the Lord desires and is able to bring healing to our families. 

2 Samuel: 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a,16

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Episode 260: He is Not Ashamed to Call Us Brothers and Sisters

In this episode, Fr. John and Mary reflect on how necessary it is to pray for and desire wisdom, and consider the startling reality that the One who is wise desires us! 

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Episode 254: Pursuing and Pursued by Wisdom

In this episode, Fr. John and Mary discuss the extraordinary graces of heaven and the closest we can get to them on earth.

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Episode 250: The Best Is Up Ahead

In this episode, Fr. John and Mary look at the Lord’s Word through the Prophet Isaiah and reflect on what God is looking for in us as disciples of His Son. 

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Episode 249: What Does He Want From Me?

In this episode, Fr. John and Mary reflect on three essential virtues priests, parents and other leaders need to have.

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Episode 245: Prophets (That’s all of us!) Need Love, Courage and Humility

In this episode, Fr. John and Mary peer into God’s Heart displayed for us through the prophet Isaiah, and ponder together the great news that He is not like us with regards to mercy and forgiveness. 

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Episode 247: An Invitation We Should Not to Refuse

In this episode, Fr. John and Mary reflect on the mission, privilege and at times pain of being prophets, like Jeremiah.

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Episode 244: Prophetic Pain

In this episode, Fr. John and Mary welcome Msgr. James Shea, President of University of Mary and discuss the true purpose of Catholic education. (This episode originally aired on July 26, 2021)

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