Patrick shares concrete insights on plenary indulgences, the unique role of infant cuddlers, and the necessity of intention in Catholic prayer. He moves from mothers’ emotional bonds to manuscript history and the Dead Sea Scrolls, never shying away from discussing grief, spiritual confusion, or the reality of maintaining faith in a tech-driven age. Guidance flows, resources surface, and questions on the confessional seal touch nerves most would overlook.

 

• Patrick continues his conversation with Mary from the end of the last hour about receiving plenary indulgences (00:50)
• Greg - Last week you had someone on talking about baptisms in a NICU. Volunteers need to hold babies. People can be infant cuddlers. (03:20)
• Kathleen - If you fulfill the requirement for a plenary indulgence, but you are not aware of it, do you still receive it? (05:36)
• Patrick shares some emails in response to the audio we played in the first hour from the young man talking about the importance of having a mom. It was so good, we played the audio again: https://x.com/eveforamerica/status/2029028891243798647 (08:21)
• Nicole – Where are the original manuscripts for the Gospels are kept? (14:11)
• Robin - My brother died by suicide 15 years ago. On a Catholic retreat, they said I had a bond to him that kept him from moving forward. Is this real? (23:03)
• Yolanda - If I want to teach systematic theology to children and teens, what books should I read? (28:37)
• Joyce - Is the requirement for the indulgence the intention of the Holy Father? (39:46)
• Bob - Our priest broke the seal of Confession with my daughter. What do I do? (43:12)