FR. JOHN RICCARDO, missionary and ACTS XXIX Executive Director. He was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Detroit in 1996. In 2019, after 23 years in parish ministry, he founded Acts XXIX to proclaim the gospel in an attractive and compelling way and to equip clergy and lay leaders for the age in which God has chosen us to live. Fr. John is a graduate of the University of Michigan, the Gregorian University, and the Pope John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family.
Fr. John Riccardo has hosted 14 Episodes.
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E13: My Favorite Seven Words
September 22nd, 2024 | Season 1 | 14 mins 13 secs
As we near the end of the Rescue Project Challenge, Fr. John shares ways that we can engage with the world to build the kingdom of God and help God get His world back.
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E12: Agents of Sabotage
September 21st, 2024 | Season 1 | 13 mins 17 secs
Today, Fr. John shows us how God has invited us to become agents of both resistance and healing for the sake of building the Kingdom of God.
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E11: What’s the Big Deal About Holiness?
September 20th, 2024 | Season 1 | 13 mins 33 secs
On day 11, Fr. John talks about why holiness is so important and shares three helpful methods of prayer to help us grow closer to God.
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E10: Prove It
September 19th, 2024 | Season 1 | 19 mins 12 secs
In this very important episode, Fr. John shares with us the power of the Holy Spirit and leads us in a meditation on accepting God’s love.
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E9: Defeated Not Yet Destroyed
September 18th, 2024 | Season 1 | 18 mins 23 secs
In episode 9, Fr. John reflects on three life-changing effects of Jesus’ death and resurrection.
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E8: The Day It All Changed
September 17th, 2024 | Season 1 | 16 mins 49 secs
Today we embark on our second week of the Rescue Project Challenge! Fr. John explains 3 things that Jesus was doing for us on the cross. We’ll meditate on how in dying, Jesus defeated death itself.
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E7: What is He?
September 16th, 2024 | Season 1 | 17 mins 57 secs
As we come to the end of our first week of this challenge, Fr. John helps us understand how God rescued us by answering the question: “What is He?” At the end of this episode, we’ll enter into a powerful meditation about Jesus setting us free.
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E6: Trafficked
September 15th, 2024 | Season 1 | 14 mins 59 secs
In Day 6 of The Rescue Project Challenge, things get worse. Fr. John explains how the Bible talks about sin and death as powers, and that we need someone to save us.
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E5: What The Hell Happened?
September 14th, 2024 | Season 1 | 17 mins 23 secs
Fr. John reveals the truth about the Enemy as we begin to see how we’ve drifted away from God's original plan for humanity.
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E4: My Beloved
September 13th, 2024 | Season 1 | 14 mins 57 secs
On our fourth day of the Rescue Project Challenge, Fr. John meditates on the truth that God is love, and that changes everything. We reflect on how God is not only mighty, but that He created the world out of love for each and every one of us.
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E3: Chaos vs. Creation
September 12th, 2024 | Season 1 | 14 mins 7 secs
Today, Fr. John begins to answer the question: “why is there something rather than nothing?” by revealing what makes the Creation accounts found in the Bible so unique and important.
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E2: The Most Urgent Task of Our Day
September 11th, 2024 | Season 1 | 11 mins 27 secs
Welcome back to day 2 of the Rescue Project Challenge! In today’s episode, Fr. John gives us an overview of the Gospel and shares what he sees as being the most urgent task of our day.