Patrick examines the reality behind issues such as data center water consumption and contrasting it with agriculture and household use while confronting assumptions that distort perspective. He responds to painful calls about returning to the Church after time in schismatic sects, weighs confessional validity, encourages fidelity when marriage is shadowed by illness, and fields thoughts about liturgy reform, organ donation, cremation, and where deacons begin in scripture and practice. Questions come rapid-fire: some about faith in public, others about choosing where to use your gifts, all woven with personal struggle and encouragement that sidestep routine answers.

 

• Patrick put the “Data Center Water Usage” into perspective (00:59)
• Kathleen - I have severed myself from Radical Traditional groups and want to reconnect with the Catholic. What are your thoughts and guidance on this? (09:18)
• David – Is there anything new in the new edition of the Liturgy of the Hours coming out? (20:12)
• Amy - Can Catholics be cremated, and if so, can you scatter the ashes. Similar 'scattering of body' can you be an organ donor (living or dead)? (22:34)
• Steve - What does the Church say about a marriage where a spouse's personality changed after a brain injury. What happens if the partner is someone different than you married? (27:02)
• Maria - How do your marriage vows/obligations work when this personality change happens? Do you have to remain chaste? (34:25)
• Joaquin – Where, why and where in the Bible is there a call for the office of deacon? (39:57)

Heather – What is the difference between the Catholic and Episcopal Church? (46:40)