Patrick answers candid questions about Catholic life, moving from the morality of accepting work from controversial organizations to the spiritual value of suffering and whether end-of-life distress might bring purification. He weighs in on teenage dating and why he believes waiting until adulthood protects young hearts, and brings humor and sincerity to stories of large families, quitting smoking, and the memory of smoke-filled cars from the seventies.

 

• Jennifer (email) - You always talk about your family with many kids, did you come from a big family yourself? (01:45)
• Jackie - When people are in the process of dying, sometimes they have a hard time letting go. Are their final trials at death like their purgatory? (07:20)
• Helen - Is it okay to pray to the guardian angels of my non-practicing Catholic family and friends, to help bring them back to Jesus? (10:10)
• Shane - A Masonic lodge requested my services. Am I committing a sin by helping when the Church said to not because they are against the faith? (12:04)
• Grace - IVF helps infertility in some sources. Is this true, and effective for infertility? (21:06)
• Aaron - Our governor is planning a huge abortion clinic on the border of NM and TX. The contractor attends a Catholic parish. Wife said it’s 'just a building'. (28:44)
• Lou - Are there guidelines for Priests giving homilies? A priest I know goes up and down the aisle.  (41:58)
• Maria - My son Peter is 15 and wants to know what does the bible say anything about having a girlfriend before marriage? Or what do you think? (49:37)