Patrick steers an hour crackling with listener calls about Catholic burial, interfaith family tensions, and tough questions of faith, cutting straight to personal stories and cultural flashpoints. He fields debates on sleepovers, Buddhist retreats, immigration protests, and celebrity activism, all while the pledge drive pushes generosity and invites every voice to reconnect with Catholic tradition. Some moments are gentle, others jolt, but Patrick stays sharp, offering clarity as the discussion tumbles between prayer and the pressures swirling outside.

 

• Audio: No Sleepovers (00:15)
• Zyra - Is it ok for Catholic to go to a Vipassana retreat? (01:59)
• Dennis - Catholic funeral masses: Does the priest need to have all of the cremains for the mass to be said? (14:39)
• Maureen - Is it a sin to not be buried in a Catholic Cemetery? (20:15)
• Audio: Billie Eilish calls America "stolen land" - https://x.com/endwokeness/status/2018176829723398321?s=46 (27:09)
• Audio: Josh Seiter Walking Tomahawk - Isn’t that how immigration works? – Everyone is welcome, but illegals. -  https://x.com/danproft/status/2017585940483465336?s=46&t=m_l2itwnFvka2DG8_72nHQ (34:17)
• Mark - If you take any 2 hot button issues and look at behavior of protests there is a marked difference. I am talking about March for Life and ICE protests. (41:26)
• Audio: Tolerance double standards - It isn’t about morality or good and evil, or even right and wrong. It’s about power.  From @liam.out.loud –  https://x.com/thelizvariant/status/2017083337366483330?s=46&t=m_l2itwnFvka2DG8_72nHQ (43:26))
• Jillian - If you had a child out of wedlock how do you explain church teaching without making the child feel like a mistake? (46:17)