You Were Born for This with Fr. John Riccardo
Jul 20, 2026 · 22 min · 9 segments
In this episode, fresh off the heels of a visit to the Carmelite Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Los Angeles, Fr. John and Mary gently encourage us to take time this week to pray in a special…
John RiccardoHost
Mary GuilfoyleHost
This is going to sound, in my mind, almost like a public service announcement for the religious in the church.
an extraordinary week so you me albert we had the great privilege of spending five six days with carmelite sisters of the sacred heart of los angeles as they kicked off their 100th anniversary jubilee how and why they asked us to come be a part of that i have no idea but And I don't know if they got anything at all out of it, but my goodness, I said to them, I felt like I was at Jacob's ladder.
You know, that passage in the Old Testament when Jacob sees the angels ascending and descending up and down this ladder, and he's like, surely the Lord's in this place.
their retreat center and they had all their sisters there for the week to celebrate profession of vows and to kick off the Jubilee.
You know, we had a chance to be with him about a year and a half ago, but we were only there for a very short time.
And I remember their mother superior said, Mary, you can come back and retreat here anytime you want.
It was, you know, Father John, we often say here in our work that this place where we minister out of is very much seen by bishops and priests as a Bethany and as a haven for them.
Out in Los Angeles with the sisters is very much a Bethany and a home for all of us.
We could talk about their joy, their simplicity, their beauty, the integrated life that we see them living.
But I left with a heart that was overflowing with graces I didn't even know I needed.
And they do, like every religious community, they have a variety of different apostolates.
This is going to sound, in my mind, almost like a public service announcement for the religious in the church.
an extraordinary week so you me albert we had the great privilege of spending five six days with carmelite sisters of the sacred heart of los angeles as they kicked off their 100th anniversary jubilee how and why they asked us to come be a part of that i have no idea but And I don't know if they got anything at all out of it, but my goodness, I said to them, I felt like I was at Jacob's ladder.
You know, that passage in the Old Testament when Jacob sees the angels ascending and descending up and down this ladder, and he's like, surely the Lord's in this place.
their retreat center and they had all their sisters there for the week to celebrate profession of vows and to kick off the Jubilee.
You know, we had a chance to be with him about a year and a half ago, but we were only there for a very short time.
And I remember their mother superior said, Mary, you can come back and retreat here anytime you want.
It was, you know, Father John, we often say here in our work that this place where we minister out of is very much seen by bishops and priests as a Bethany and as a haven for them.
Out in Los Angeles with the sisters is very much a Bethany and a home for all of us.
We could talk about their joy, their simplicity, their beauty, the integrated life that we see them living.
But I left with a heart that was overflowing with graces I didn't even know I needed.
And they do, like every religious community, they have a variety of different apostolates.
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