Patrick starts the hour with a sharp analogy about spiritual perseverance, linking everyday distractions to the struggle between temptation and encouragement. Calls pour in as listeners wrestle with questions about demons, intrusive thoughts, church customs, family duties, and difficult parish gossip. Patrick brings Saints, classic books, and real stories, answering plainly, sometimes with humor, sometimes with hard truth, and always urging listeners to keep moving forward.

 

• Patrick continues his conversation with Jeremy from the end of the last hour about if demons can interject thoughts into your mind (02:19)
• Bobbie - Why is the Annunciation not a Holy Day of Obligation? (12:11)
• Tonya - Exorcism films always seem to show poor families. Why don't we see rich people being attacked? I have doubts about exorcism. (18:32)
• Charles - How does our obligation of obedience to our parents change in adulthood? I am thinking about this because I am a parent now. (23:49)
• Annie - After mass on Sunday, our Church has coffee and donuts. I always hear the servers gossiping about each other and Church members. What can I say? Should I talk to pastor? (28:03)
• Serena - My son won’t speak to me anymore. It is heartbreaking. What can I do? (36:25)          
• Scott - My family member married a virgin. Marrying a virgin is not always ideal, I think. I believe he overlooked a lot of issues with the person he married. (43:00)
• Joanna - How do I respectfully ask my mother-in-law to stop gossiping? (46:54)