Patrick explores maintaining joy amidst suffering with practical advice. Joe from Mount Prospect discusses finding books on joy during hardship, while Linda from Miami looks into the importance of Masses for the deceased. Patrick recommends classic spiritual works and emphasizes the power of prayer for souls in purgatory.

 

• Patrick continues the conversation from the previous hour about the ethics of training children to use firearms for defense
• Gary - I served in the marines and this seems like the Polish youth are simply being trained in marksmanship (07:10)
• Kristoph - I am Polish.  I grossly disagree with you! They are not training to kill. Just basic gun use. Biggest difference between US and Poland is that Poland has stricter gun laws. (15:49)
• Joe – In yesterday's reading. St Paul said we are to rejoice always. Do you know of a book to help me understand how to be joyful in tribulation? Also, what is the difference between joy and happiness? (25:49)
• Linda - Why do we allow priest to offer prayers for someone's deceased loved ones at Mass? (31:03)
• Bill - It is horrible that young children need to learn to defend themselves with firearms, but we forget in the USA how privileged we are. (33:19)
• Patrick shares the latest info about the recent Drones activity (40:29)
• Tom - I came from Poland. Thank you for touching this subject and for playing the Polish National Anthem. This training comes from a Cold War policy. I had to train growing up. (46:02)