In this episode, Dr. Fonseca explains and ties the significance of the events of the first Passover to those of the Last Supper and the Passion of Our Lord. See how God has brought to fulfillment all in Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ!

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The mission of Making Great Saints is to help you truly understand your identity as God’s image and likeness. As God’s image and likeness, we are called to be without sin, to be perfect as Our Heavenly Father is perfect. This is beyond us, but through Jesus, the impossible is made possible. Join us on this thoughtful journey in discipleship and explore with us how Jesus makes this happen, and how through Jesus and following Him, we will become Great Saints. Visit MakingGreatSaints.com for more episodes.

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Making Great Saints is brought to you by the following Ministries:

GOD'S EMBRACE MINISTRIES
God's Embrace Ministries teaches and empowers Catholics to experience the loving embrace of the Triune God by providing ongoing formation in daily discipleship through online and in-person groups, book studies, spiritual direction, retreats, and pilgrimages. Learn more at GodsEmbrace.org.

OUR LADY'S HEALING CENTER
Our Lady's Healing Center brings the Good News of Healing through Jesus Christ to those suffering deep mental, emotional, and spiritual pain through an intensive year-long healing program that includes both in-resident care and a spiritual companion for the healing journey in daily life. Learn more at OurLadysHealingCenter.com.

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In this episode of Making Great Saints, we hear how Abraham and Sarah's great trust in God's plan brought them an abundance of fruit and transformed them into Great Saints. From struggling with infertility to experiencing a miracle only God could have done, Sarah found joy beyond all words. From being presented with hard truths and being willing to make the greatest sacrifice a parent could make to receiving the gift of descendants who would be "as countless as the stars of the sky and the sands of the seashore" (Genesis 22:17), Abraham provides us an amazing example of a father who follows the Lord with great abandon and shows faith that has no bounds.

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The mission of Making Great Saints is to help you truly understand your identity as God’s image and likeness. As God’s image and likeness, we are called to be without sin, to be perfect as Our Heavenly Father is perfect. This is beyond us, but through Jesus, the impossible is made possible. Join us on this thoughtful journey in discipleship and explore with us how Jesus makes this happen, and how through Jesus and following Him, we will become Great Saints. Visit MakingGreatSaints.com for more episodes.

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Making Great Saints is brought to you by the following Ministries:

GOD'S EMBRACE MINISTRIES
God's Embrace Ministries teaches and empowers Catholics to experience the loving embrace of the Triune God by providing ongoing formation in daily discipleship through online and in-person groups, book studies, spiritual direction, retreats, and pilgrimages. Learn more at GodsEmbrace.org.

OUR LADY'S HEALING CENTER
Our Lady's Healing Center brings the Good News of Healing through Jesus Christ to those suffering deep mental, emotional, and spiritual pain through an intensive year-long healing program that includes both in-resident care and a spiritual companion for the healing journey in daily life. Learn more at OurLadysHealingCenter.com.

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Thank you for your interest in supporting Making Great Saints! Our content is free, but it is not free to make. You can learn here how to help support our mission to help all souls realize their true identity as being created in God’s image and likeness: Support Making Great Saints 

Abraham's journey to sainthood is a model for us all. God asks all of us to trust in Him completely, so He can make possible what is impossible for us as humans. In this Profile of a Saint, we see how Abraham struggled just as we all do. He wavered in his trust in God, took control, and suffered the consequences of sin. However, we also see God's great mercy and compassion, His patience with Abraham and Sarah, and through their complete surrender to God, how God was able to make the impossible possible and show He truly is a promise keeper. 

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The mission of Making Great Saints is to help you truly understand your identity as God’s image and likeness. As God’s image and likeness, we are called to be without sin, to be perfect as Our Heavenly Father is perfect. This is beyond us, but through Jesus, the impossible is made possible. Join us on this thoughtful journey in discipleship and explore with us how Jesus makes this happen, and how through Jesus and following Him, we will become Great Saints. Visit MakingGreatSaints.com for more episodes.

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Making Great Saints is brought to you by the following Ministries:

GOD'S EMBRACE MINISTRIES
God's Embrace Ministries teaches and empowers Catholics to experience the loving embrace of the Triune God by providing ongoing formation in daily discipleship through online and in-person groups, book studies, spiritual direction, retreats, and pilgrimages. Learn more at GodsEmbrace.org.

OUR LADY'S HEALING CENTER
Our Lady's Healing Center brings the Good News of Healing through Jesus Christ to those suffering deep mental, emotional, and spiritual pain through an intensive year-long healing program that includes both in-resident care and a spiritual companion for the healing journey in daily life. Learn more at OurLadysHealingCenter.com.

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Thank you for your interest in supporting Making Great Saints! Our content is free, but it is not free to make. You can learn here how to help support our mission to help all souls realize their true identity as being created in God’s image and likeness: Support Making Great Saints 

In this episode of Making Great Saints, Dr. Fonseca shares the story of the call of Abraham. This call required great trust and faith on the part of Abram (later named Abraham by God) and his wife, Sarah. This story of faith involves leaving behind family, moving to a foreign land, and trusting God when He promised Abraham his descendants would be as numerous as the stars in the sky (Genesis 15:5), even though Sarah was past her child-bearing years. Ultimately, we see how for Abraham and Sarah to remain faithful, God had to be the center of their lives. Listen in as Dr. Fonseca describes the struggles Abraham and Sarah had trusting God would fulfill His promises and how through it all, God remained faithful.

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The mission of Making Great Saints is to help you truly understand your identity as God’s image and likeness. As God’s image and likeness, we are called to be without sin, to be perfect as Our Heavenly Father is perfect. This is beyond us, but through Jesus, the impossible is made possible. Join us on this thoughtful journey in discipleship and explore with us how Jesus makes this happen, and how through Jesus and following Him, we will become Great Saints. Visit MakingGreatSaints.com for more episodes.

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Making Great Saints is brought to you by the following Ministries:

GOD'S EMBRACE MINISTRIES
God's Embrace Ministries teaches and empowers Catholics to experience the loving embrace of the Triune God by providing ongoing formation in daily discipleship through online and in-person groups, book studies, spiritual direction, retreats, and pilgrimages. Learn more at GodsEmbrace.org.

OUR LADY'S HEALING CENTER
Our Lady's Healing Center brings the Good News of Healing through Jesus Christ to those suffering deep mental, emotional, and spiritual pain through an intensive year-long healing program that includes both in-resident care and a spiritual companion for the healing journey in daily life. Learn more at OurLadysHealingCenter.com.

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Thank you for your interest in supporting Making Great Saints! Our content is free, but it is not free to make. You can learn here how to help support our mission to help all souls realize their true identity as being created in God’s image and likeness: Support Making Great Saints 

In this episode, you will hear how chapters 3-6 in the Book of Genesis portray a very dark and dismal picture of the destruction of sin in human life. From the first sin of Adam and Eve to the murder of Abel by his brother Cain to the continuation of violence in Cain’s lineage, we see how sin has taken root in the hearts of mankind and the destruction it leaves in its wake. However, God’s plan for salvation will not be thwarted. He will restore man to His image and likeness. 

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The mission of Making Great Saints is to help you truly understand your identity as God’s image and likeness. As God’s image and likeness, we are called to be without sin, to be perfect as Our Heavenly Father is perfect. This is beyond us, but through Jesus, the impossible is made possible. Join us on this thoughtful journey in discipleship and explore with us how Jesus makes this happen, and how through Jesus and following Him, we will become Great Saints. Visit MakingGreatSaints.com for more episodes.

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Making Great Saints is brought to you by the following Ministries:

GOD'S EMBRACE MINISTRIES
God's Embrace Ministries teaches and empowers Catholics to experience the loving embrace of the Triune God by providing ongoing formation in daily discipleship through online and in-person groups, book studies, spiritual direction, retreats, and pilgrimages. Learn more at GodsEmbrace.org.

OUR LADY'S HEALING CENTER
Our Lady's Healing Center brings the Good News of Healing through Jesus Christ to those suffering deep mental, emotional, and spiritual pain through an intensive year-long healing program that includes both in-resident care and a spiritual companion for the healing journey in daily life. Learn more at OurLadysHealingCenter.com.

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SUPPORT US

Thank you for your interest in supporting Making Great Saints! Our content is free, but it is not free to make. You can learn here how to help support our mission to help all souls realize their true identity as being created in God’s image and likeness: Support Making Great Saints 

When the Lord God says, “They will strike at your head,” in Genesis 3:15, who was He speaking about? And how will God’s original plan for mankind be restored through this first messianic promise? Listen in for an answer to these questions and more on this episode of Making Great Saints.

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The mission of Making Great Saints is to help you truly understand your identity as God’s image and likeness. As God’s image and likeness, we are called to be without sin, to be perfect as Our Heavenly Father is perfect. This is beyond us, but through Jesus, the impossible is made possible. Join us on this thoughtful journey in discipleship and explore with us how Jesus makes this happen, and how through Jesus and following Him, we will become Great Saints. Visit MakingGreatSaints.com for more episodes.

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Making Great Saints is brought to you by the following Ministries:

GOD'S EMBRACE MINISTRIES
God's Embrace Ministries teaches and empowers Catholics to experience the loving embrace of the Triune God by providing ongoing formation in daily discipleship through online and in-person groups, book studies, spiritual direction, retreats, and pilgrimages. Learn more at GodsEmbrace.org.

OUR LADY'S HEALING CENTER
Our Lady's Healing Center brings the Good News of Healing through Jesus Christ to those suffering deep mental, emotional, and spiritual pain through an intensive year-long healing program that includes both in-resident care and a spiritual companion for the healing journey in daily life. Learn more at OurLadysHealingCenter.com.

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SUPPORT US

Thank you for your interest in supporting Making Great Saints! Our content is free, but it is not free to make. You can learn here how to help support our mission to help all souls realize their true identity as being created in God’s image and likeness: Support Making Great Saints 

In this episode of Making Great Saints, Dr. Fonseca walks us through the fall of man in Genesis 3. He explains what sin is and its effect on our lives. He also shares a message of hope and how God will restore us to His image and likeness, therefore bringing us back into a harmonious relationship with Himself, each other, ourselves, and all of creation. 

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The mission of Making Great Saints is to help you truly understand your identity as God’s image and likeness. As God’s image and likeness, we are called to be without sin, to be perfect as Our Heavenly Father is perfect. This is beyond us, but through Jesus, the impossible is made possible. Join us on this thoughtful journey in discipleship and explore with us how Jesus makes this happen, and how through Jesus and following Him, we will become Great Saints. Visit MakingGreatSaints.com for more episodes.

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Making Great Saints is brought to you by the following Ministries:

GOD'S EMBRACE MINISTRIES
God's Embrace Ministries teaches and empowers Catholics to experience the loving embrace of the Triune God by providing ongoing formation in daily discipleship through online and in-person groups, book studies, spiritual direction, retreats, and pilgrimages. Learn more at GodsEmbrace.org.

OUR LADY'S HEALING CENTER
Our Lady's Healing Center brings the Good News of Healing through Jesus Christ to those suffering deep mental, emotional, and spiritual pain through an intensive year-long healing program that includes both in-resident care and a spiritual companion for the healing journey in daily life. Learn more at OurLadysHealingCenter.com.

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SUPPORT US

Thank you for your interest in supporting Making Great Saints! Our content is free, but it is not free to make. You can learn here how to help support our mission to help all souls realize their true identity as being created in God’s image and likeness: Support Making Great Saints 

In this episode of Making Great Saints, Dr. Michael Fonseca begins his series on the Story of Salvation within the context of God's love and enduring mercy. He starts by explaining Genesis 1 and 2 and contrasts them with other creation myths. He illustrates in more detail how God created man in His image and likeness and how in the beginning, Adam and Eve lived in a harmonious relationship with God, themselves, each other, and all of creation. God invites us into this perfect and harmonious relationship with Him as well. Dr. Fonseca ends with a message of hope, that even for us sinners, God shows us, through Jesus, how He intends to restore our relationship with Him to the same perfect and harmonious relationship Adam and Eve enjoyed with Him in the beginning...

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The mission of Making Great Saints is to help you truly understand your identity as God’s image and likeness. As God’s image and likeness, we are called to be without sin, to be perfect as Our Heavenly Father is perfect. This is beyond us, but through Jesus, the impossible is made possible. Join us on this thoughtful journey in discipleship and explore with us how Jesus makes this happen, and how through Jesus and following Him, we will become Great Saints. Visit MakingGreatSaints.com for more episodes.

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Making Great Saints is brought to you by the following Ministries:

GOD'S EMBRACE MINISTRIES
God's Embrace Ministries teaches and empowers Catholics to experience the loving embrace of the Triune God by providing ongoing formation in daily discipleship through online and in-person groups, book studies, spiritual direction, retreats, and pilgrimages. Learn more at GodsEmbrace.org.

OUR LADY'S HEALING CENTER
Our Lady's Healing Center brings the Good News of Healing through Jesus Christ to those suffering deep mental, emotional, and spiritual pain through an intensive year-long healing program that includes both in-resident care and a spiritual companion for the healing journey in daily life. Learn more at OurLadysHealingCenter.com.

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Thank you for your interest in supporting Making Great Saints! Our content is free, but it is not free to make. You can learn here how to help support our mission to help all souls realize their true identity as being created in God’s image and likeness: Support Making Great Saints 

On this first episode of Making Great Saints, Michael Fonseca, D.Min., talks about how one can combat mortal sin through the intercession of Our Blessed Mother and the Three Hail Marys Devotion.

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The mission of Making Great Saints is to help you truly understand your identity as God’s image and likeness. As God’s image and likeness, we are called to be without sin, to be perfect as Our Heavenly Father is perfect. This is beyond us, but through Jesus, the impossible is made possible. Join us on this thoughtful journey in discipleship and explore with us how Jesus makes this happen, and how through Jesus and following Him, we will become Great Saints. Visit MakingGreatSaints.com for more episodes.

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Making Great Saints is brought to you by the following Ministries:

GOD'S EMBRACE MINISTRIES
God's Embrace Ministries teaches and empowers Catholics to experience the loving embrace of the Triune God by providing ongoing formation in daily discipleship through online and in-person groups, book studies, spiritual direction, retreats, and pilgrimages. Learn more at GodsEmbrace.org.

OUR LADY'S HEALING CENTER
Our Lady's Healing Center brings the Good News of Healing through Jesus Christ to those suffering deep mental, emotional, and spiritual pain through an intensive year-long healing program that includes both in-resident care and a spiritual companion for the healing journey in daily life. Learn more at OurLadysHealingCenter.com.

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SUPPORT US

Thank you for your interest in supporting Making Great Saints! Our content is free, but it is not free to make. You can learn here how to help support our mission to help all souls realize their true identity as being created in God’s image and likeness: Support Making Great Saints 

The devotion of praying three Hail Marys daily is connected to St. Mechtilde of Hackeborn, a German Benedictine nun, to whom Our Lady revealed a way of lifting up a prayer of thanksgiving to the Holy Trinity for the privileges granted to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Join along in praying the Three Hail Marys Devotion with Dr. Michael Fonseca in this video below. You can listen using any major podcast apps.

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The mission of Making Great Saints is to help you truly understand your identity as God’s image and likeness. As God’s image and likeness, we are called to be without sin, to be perfect as Our Heavenly Father is perfect. This is beyond us, but through Jesus, the impossible is made possible. Join us on this thoughtful journey in discipleship and explore with us how Jesus makes this happen, and how through Jesus and following Him, we will become Great Saints. Visit MakingGreatSaints.com for more episodes.

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Making Great Saints is brought to you by the following Ministries:

GOD'S EMBRACE MINISTRIES
God's Embrace Ministries teaches and empowers Catholics to experience the loving embrace of the Triune God by providing ongoing formation in daily discipleship through online and in-person groups, book studies, spiritual direction, retreats, and pilgrimages. Learn more at GodsEmbrace.org.

OUR LADY'S HEALING CENTER
Our Lady's Healing Center brings the Good News of Healing through Jesus Christ to those suffering deep mental, emotional, and spiritual pain through an intensive year-long healing program that includes both in-resident care and a spiritual companion for the healing journey in daily life. Learn more at OurLadysHealingCenter.com.

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SUPPORT US

Thank you for your interest in supporting Making Great Saints! Our content is free, but it is not free to make. You can learn here how to help support our mission to help all souls realize their true identity as being created in God’s image and likeness: Support Making Great Saints