Check out this awesome Encore show from October 21, 2025

Fr. Robert Ryan joins Patrick to discuss Vatican II

• (2:52) what is an ecumenical council?
• (5:48) What caused Vatican II to assimilate?

(21:20) Break 1

• Robert - Why the change from the Latin Mass?  Wondering why that's not very alive anymore.
• (28:57) what are the major documents of the Second Vatican Council?
• (32:16) Chris - I know in the past supersessions is the main teaching and then 2nd Vatican council condemned it. With everything going on now, I figured it would be a good thing to clear up.

(38:52) Break 2

• Greg - Lumen Gentium...chapter 16 where it talks about salvation. Just wanted to get take on the idea that a person needs to be Catholic to be saved, but all salvation goes through the church. If you die, you have the chance to enter.
• (47:36) Why is Vatican II so controversial in our times?

Check out this awesome encore show to help you celebrate Thanksgiving from November 20, 2025 

Fr. Dave Heney joins Patrick to discuss Evangelizing at the Dinner Table

• How is Joy and excitement in the Faith important to evangelization?
• (16:05) Julia - My daughter recently left the Catholic Church. I don't want to fight at the table. How can we discuss this?

(21:56) Break 1

• Brenda - I shared an Instagram link without explaining to my daughter-in-law. She was upset by this but we talked about this and it was very healing. I think social media is not a great way to Evangelize without proper context.
• (28:11) what is the importance of the family meal?

(39:45) Break 2

• (41:02) Steve - How do we deal with a same sex couple at Thanksgiving?
• (44:01) Martha - We are having a group of 35 people. We always say grace. Is it ok for a Protestant to lead the prayer this year?
• The origin of Thanksgiving.

Fr. Michael Hurley joins Patrick to discuss The Four Marks of the Church

• Father and Patrick share some thanksgiving stories
• (5:52) What are eh four Marks of the Church?
• What does the mean that the Church is one?

(23:19) Break 1

• (27:29) What does it mean that the Church is Holy?
• (33:18) E-Frain - You are talking about the 4 marks. What do you think of the Palmarian Catholic Church? Are they a valid Catholic Church?

(37:03) Break 2

• (39:03) What does it mean that the Church is Catholic?
• (45:25) what does it mean that the Church is apostolic?

Fr. Ryan Brady joins Patrick to discuss The Virtue of Temperance

• What is Temperance?
• (8:09) What is concupiscence?
• (15:19) Joanna - struggle with indulgence with food- tried fasting and some verses that helped me to work on temperance anything else?

(21:20) Break 1

• What is the proper motivation to gaining the virtue of temperance?
• The importance of the Eucharistic fast.
• (32:47) John - best homily that 'there is no excellence without sacrifice'
• (38:08) Mark - 12-year-old addicted to pornography and addicted to porn. how can i help this boy grow in temperance?

(43:47) Break 2

• How do the virtues help us grow in holiness?
• (49:15) The importance of community in growing in temperance.

Fr. Tom McCarthy joins Patrick to discuss Vocations

• (3:02) What is a vocation?
• Why doesn’t God make our vocation clear to us all of the time?
• (10:44) How did Father discern a vocation to the priesthood.
• What are the fears that young men and women are afraid of when discerning the priesthood.

(21:29) Break 1

• What is the importance of encouragement when discerning a vocation?
• (32:40) Rolando - I have a 9-yo son. He is really drawn to be a priest. How can I help him keep this fire going?
• Patrick - I have a 3-year-old son. How as a father can I encourage my son to consider religious life?
• (37:23) Flo - Parents should encourage their children. My granddaughter became a Dominican nun. Other parents I have known were not supportive of girls entering the convent.

(39:49) Break 2

• (44:36) What is the importance of Courage in discerning your vocation?

Resources:

• Discern your vocation
  • https://www.beafriar.org/
• Serra Club
  • www.serraus.org

Fr. Eric Nielsen joins Patrick to discuss Christ the King

• Why do we celebrate Christ the King?
• (8:10) why is Christ the king of the universe?
• (18:33) Sue - Father Eric, I found it interesting how you were talking about Jesus as King of the World. I am watching the Chosen and apostles address Christ as King of the World. I never prayed that way before.
• Mark - I know a lot of Jewish prayers address God as King of the Universe. Is this also a Messianic title from our Jewish heritage?

(24:25) Break 1

• How do other things get in the way of God being King in our Lives?
• (30:54) Elizabeth - Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam helps me recognize that my repetitive tasks a homemaker can be used for the greater glory of God. This is how I give glory to the King of the Universe.
• (38:02) Claire - I remember my teachers taught me that in Rome you only knelt to a King. Christ the King is my favorite Feast Day of the whole year.

(40:25) Break 2

• How is Christ both Friend and King?
• What can we do to prepare for Mass this Sunday on the feast of Christ the King

Fr. Dave Heney joins Patrick to discuss Evangelizing at the Dinner Table

• How is Joy and excitement in the Faith important to evangelization?
• (16:05) Julia - My daughter recently left the Catholic Church. I don't want to fight at the table. How can we discuss this?

(21:56) Break 1

• Brenda - I shared an Instagram link without explaining to my daughter-in-law. She was upset by this but we talked about this and it was very healing. I think social media is not a great way to Evangelize without proper context.
• (28:11) what is the importance of the family meal?

(39:45) Break 2

• (41:02) Steve - How do we deal with a same sex couple at Thanksgiving?
• (44:01) Martha - We are having a group of 35 people. We always say grace. Is it ok for a Protestant to lead the prayer this year?
• The origin of Thanksgiving.

• (2:24) Fr. Marcel Taillon joins Patrick to discuss Grace in Suffering
  • (2:49) What is the Catholic way of looking at suffering?
  • (13:56) God has 2 ways to be with us during suffering, Confession and the Anointing of The Sick
  • (16:36) Karen - I got cancer and went through surgery 7 weeks of that and had surgery. No one could believe how joyfully I was going through it. I offered up the horrible pain.

 

• (19:23) Break 1
  • (24:47) We want to be thankful to for the Passion. It is good to meditate on the Passion when we are not on the Cross too much.
  • (25:33) Teesa- I had lost a son and we went through a long battle of addiction. You tend to find redemption in the suffering.
  • (28:56) Mary Lou - I took spiritual exercises years back where we started first on Garden of Gethsemane. I remember I had an awakening because I saw myself there with Christ in the garden.

 

• (39:18) Break 2
  • (46:19) Joanie: Mary has helped me when I was suffering as a caregiver for my husband on hospice. She helped me through some very difficult times.

Fr. Allen Hoffa joins Patrick to discuss Spiritual Works of Mercy

• (4:51) what are the Spiritual Works of Mercy?
• Admonish the Sinner
• (16:29) Instruct the Ignorant

(22:31) Break 1

• Mary Ann - I have a granddaughter who just gave up her faith. I love her so much. How to approach this? How do I admonish the sinner?
• (28:31) Adam - If a person you're close to doesn't know that not going to Mass is a sin, is it your duty to inform them so they know so they are culpable?

(39:32) Break 2

• How do we forgive injuries of people who have really hurt us?
• (45:10) Carolyn - My son died by suicide. It's been painful knowing he suffered from mental illness. He was a God-fearing man.

Fr. Tom Wilson joins Patrick to have a Sunday Bible Study

• (8:23) Father Shares the Gospel for this Sunday?
• (15:51) how do things distract us from the end game of being with God?
• (19:08) Mark - I think 100% of the media is fearmongering. I remember that a lack of oil, and Aids was going to kill people.

(22:48) Break 1

• (31:17) Steve - I don't think kids in Confirmation Class ever get talked about what you mentioned enough. Do you have any advice on how I can evangelize my kids? I am a catechist.

(37:20) Break 2

• Sharon - How do I not spend time in fear of drug addiction and alcoholism continuing in my family?
• (47:07)  Ann - I wanted to comment on Steve. how to talk about the subject of death. I think he should refer to Carlo Acutis