In this opening episode of their series, Speak, Lord, Your Servants Are Listening: The Art of Synodality, Fr. John and Mary introduce everyone to the mission of ACTS XXIX and, in particular, their desire to help leaders in the Church forever change the way we make decisions.

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In this episode, Fr. John and Mary address a number of impediments that need to be addressed as well as a set of things that need to be in place before being able to collectively pray in order to know what to do.

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In this episode, Fr. John and Mary propose and reflect on two foundational Scriptures for all that will follow in the series: Luke 4:18-21 and John 5:2-9.

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In this episode, Fr. John and Mary begin to break open the personal healing exercises, leading with the first prayer, “Father, by what name do You call me?”

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In this episode, Fr. John and Mary break open the second personal healing prayer exercise, “Jesus, lovingly reveal the one thing that is most holding me back from following You.”

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In this episode, Fr. John and Mary break open the third personal healing prayer exercise, “Jesus, reveal the enemy’s primary strategy for my life.”

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In this episode, Fr. John and Mary offer a gentle encouragement to consider doing something in particular before moving on to the fourth personal healing prayer exercise.

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Speak, Lord: The Art of Synodality | Episode 8

In this episode, Fr. John and Mary tee up the fourth personal healing prayer exercise, “Jesus, reveal what is the most important thing for me to do right now.”

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In this episode, Fr. John and Mary move into the second part of the series, breaking open collective discernment, touching on the need to restore the initiative to God and what that practically looks like for diocesan teams, parish teams, apostolate leaders, married couples and more.

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In this episode, Fr. John and Mary break open the first collective prayer exercise, “Lord, reveal the most significant gift You have so generously entrusted to us.”

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In this episode, Fr. John and Mary break open the second collective prayer exercise, “Lord, reveal the biggest impediment preventing us from becoming the family on mission You intend us to be.”

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In this episode, Fr. John and Mary break open the third collective prayer exercise, “Lord, reveal the enemy’s primary strategy against us.”

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In this episode, Fr. John and Mary move into the last collective prayer exercise, “Lord, reveal the most important thing for us to do right now.”

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In this final episode of the series, Fr. John and Mary remind us that what they’ve shared is a principle (restoring the initiative to God) and a practical application of the principle. They also remind us that it is important to keep living and applying this principle going forward so as to forev...