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    <title>Fr. John Riccardo Mic'd Up - Episodes Tagged with “Unleash The Gospel”</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2018 08:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
    <description>Selected homilies, presentations, and talks of Fr. John Riccardo as the Executive Director of ACTS XXIX and from when he was a Pastor at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Parish in Plymouth, MI. If you are blessed by our podcast, and wish to support us, please click https://www.actsxxix.org/give</description>
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  <title>Episode 754: February 4, 2018-Noon Mass at OLGC</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Fr. Riccardo preached at all of the Masses at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church this past weekend. In this homily from the noon Mass, Fr. John continues to breakdown Archbishop Vigneron's pastoral letter Unleash the Gospel while looking at the lives of St. Francis of Assisi and St. Paul. Fr. John remarks that like Francis and Paul, we need new hearts if we are to go out into the world to share the gospel message. As we enter the lenten season, Fr. John proposes praying, "Help us Lord, to experience as much as possible, the love that moved you to become man to save us from the drudgery that is life apart from you."</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Fr. Riccardo preached at all of the Masses at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church this past weekend. In this homily from the noon Mass, Fr. John continues to breakdown Archbishop Vigneron's pastoral letter &lt;a href="http://www.unleashthegospel.org" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Unleash the Gospel&lt;/a&gt; while looking at the lives of St. Francis of Assisi and St. Paul. Fr. John remarks that like Francis and Paul, we need new hearts if we are to go out into the world to share the gospel message. As we enter the lenten season, Fr. John proposes praying, "Help us Lord, to experience as much as possible, the love that moved you to become man to save us from the drudgery that is life apart from you."&lt;/p&gt; 
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  <title>Episode 752: December 31, 2017-Feast of The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>In this homily for The Feast of The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, Fr. Riccardo looks at the promises made by parents when they present their children for baptism in the Catholic Church. Fr. John continues to breakdown Archbishop Vigneron’s pastoral letter, "Unleash the Gospel", passing on the Catholic faith to their children. Fr. John concludes by challenging the congregants to adopt one of the Archbishop’s seven action steps for christian family identity and encourages them to try putting God first in their lives.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>24:08</itunes:duration>
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  <title>Episode 734: October 1, 2017-10 AM Mass at OLGC</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Fr. John Riccardo continues to breakdown Archbishop Vigneron's pastoral letter Unleash the Gospel in this homily from the 10 AM Mass at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church. Fr. John describes how a chance encounter with a gentleman on a golf course led to a life-changing encounter with Jesus in the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Fr. John remarks that Jesus is the Good Shepherd who goes looking for His lost sheep so that he may bring us back and save us from our pasts.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>24:19</itunes:duration>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Fr. John Riccardo continues to breakdown Archbishop Vigneron's pastoral letter &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.unleashthegospel.org/" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Unleash the Gospel&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;in this homily from the 10 AM Mass at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church. Fr. John describes how a chance encounter with a gentleman on a golf course led to a life-changing encounter with Jesus in the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Fr. John remarks that Jesus is the Good Shepherd who goes looking for His lost sheep so that he may bring us back and save us from our pasts.&lt;/p&gt; 
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    <![CDATA[<p>Fr. John Riccardo continues to breakdown Archbishop Vigneron's pastoral letter <em><a href="http://www.unleashthegospel.org/" rel="nofollow noopener">Unleash the Gospel</a>&nbsp;</em>in this homily from the 10 AM Mass at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church. Fr. John describes how a chance encounter with a gentleman on a golf course led to a life-changing encounter with Jesus in the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Fr. John remarks that Jesus is the Good Shepherd who goes looking for His lost sheep so that he may bring us back and save us from our pasts.</p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://www.actsxxix.org/give">Support Fr. John Riccardo Mic&#39;d Up</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Fr. John Riccardo continues to breakdown Archbishop Vigneron's pastoral letter <em><a href="http://www.unleashthegospel.org/" rel="nofollow noopener">Unleash the Gospel</a>&nbsp;</em>in this homily from the 10 AM Mass at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church. Fr. John describes how a chance encounter with a gentleman on a golf course led to a life-changing encounter with Jesus in the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Fr. John remarks that Jesus is the Good Shepherd who goes looking for His lost sheep so that he may bring us back and save us from our pasts.</p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://www.actsxxix.org/give">Support Fr. John Riccardo Mic&#39;d Up</a></p>]]>
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  <title>Episode 733: September 3, 2017-Noon Mass at OLGC</title>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 05 Sep 2017 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Fr. John Riccardo discusses some important events from his mother's life and the importance of absolution while beginning to breakdown Archbishop Vigneron's pastoral letter Unleash the Gospel.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>26:06</itunes:duration>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Fr. John Riccardo discusses some important events from his mother's life and the importance of absolution while beginning to breakdown Archbishop Vigneron's pastoral letter <a href="http://www.unleashthegospel.org" rel="nofollow noopener"><em>Unleash the Gospel</em></a>.</p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://www.actsxxix.org/give">Support Fr. John Riccardo Mic&#39;d Up</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Fr. John Riccardo discusses some important events from his mother's life and the importance of absolution while beginning to breakdown Archbishop Vigneron's pastoral letter <a href="http://www.unleashthegospel.org" rel="nofollow noopener"><em>Unleash the Gospel</em></a>.</p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://www.actsxxix.org/give">Support Fr. John Riccardo Mic&#39;d Up</a></p>]]>
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