Patrick opens the hour with commentary on Pope Leo’s recent call for peace, then fields a rapid stream of listener calls and emails about purgatory, spiritual warfare, exorcists, confession tips, tattoos, and reverent ways to dispose of sacramentals.

 

• Audio: Pope Leo on Trump’s warning to Iran of “civilization” destruction — “This is truly not acceptable. Here there are certainly questions of international law, but even more than this a question of morality for the good of people.” (00:37)
• Ralph - Have you heard about the book “Mary the Second Eve” by John Henry Newman? What do you think about the argument against Purgatory that there is a fork in the road that leads to heaven or hell? (04:22)
• ME (email) - Here’s another helpful guide [a mnemonic will help the memory].  Picture yourself slapping an egg.  SLAP EGG to recall the 7 Deadly Sins: Sloth, Lust, Anger, PRIDE, Envy, Greed, and Gluttony.  The sillier the mnemonic, the better.
• Sarah (email) - Could you please speak about celebrity exorcists? It greatly troubles me that many of my friends and family take their words very seriously. I think they give demons too much power and attention over their lives. I just want to focus on Jesus and the power of His saving work on the Cross. I know spiritual warfare is real, but Jesus is infinitely more powerful! (15:01)
• Connie (email) - As a recent convert, a large part of my conversion process was due to public exorcists.  (20:21)
• Arthur (7-years-old) - Do you remember Earth when you are in heaven? (21:12)
• Eugene - Can I burn religious items instead of throwing them away? (23:11)
• Sandra (email) – Can we pray to the souls in purgatory for their intercession? Some of us were certain we could ask them for intercession, while others were extremely opposed to it, because they were not totally purified yet. What is the church's teaching on this? And where can we find it? (24:40)
• Aimee (email) - I have a good number of tattoos, and there’s an adrenalin rush each time (27:23)
• DJ (email) - My prompt to Grok: "Can you act as Patrick Madrid and answer this question as he would?” (31:16)
• Laura (email) – My husband and I have wedding tattoos on our ring fingers (38:51)
• How Cyrus lost his wedding ring (44:21)
• Robert - My son and his wife have 6 children and have adopted embryos. Is this ok? My parish priest said no. (47:14)