Patrick opens with reflections on America's Catholic history, springboarding from Secretary Marco Rubio's words about the first Christian service on future United States soil. He tackles questions on travel, holy water, and church obligations, threads listener stories of scrupulous driving and missing Mass due to physical exhaustion, and steps into the challenges of spiritual leadership in complicated family situations.

 

• Audio: Marco Rubio - the first Christian service on our soul was the Catholic Mass - https://x.com/Sachinettiyil/status/2052195450573263151/video/1?s=46 (01:25)
• Audio: Not even Pope Leo can avoid the frustrations of customer service. The pontiff was trying to update his address and phone on file for the bank, but the customer service operator hung up on his holiness. - https://x.com/CBSEveningNews/status/2052171565505110223 (04:23)
• Cathy (email) - Prayers matter, but prayer alone is not enough nor conversation. We are called to actively stand with the innocent, to resist injustice, and to speak and act with courage. (06:11)
• Kathy - Do I have to attend Ascension Thursday Mass when I am travelling? (08:41)
• Dan - St. Augustine's views to positive law (10:32)
• Audio: Biggest regret of an 80-year-old - https://x.com/Mind_Essentials/status/2050952463054705001?s=20 (16:21)
• Michael (email) - Fake Holy Water at my church? (18:45)
• Amy - How am I supposed to respond to Protestant interpretations of the Bible? (22:26)
• Karen - Do I need to go to Confession for missing mass because we were slow in walking the Walk to Mary? (28:51)
• Burt – Make sure you stop at STOP signs. (32:56)
• Elizabeth (email) - If there is even a drop of holy water left, adding water is perfectly fine, as any drop of holy water makes the entire container now holy water. (35:36)
• Mike - Why don't we receive the Blood of Christ at Mass anymore? (38:22)
• You're Not Getting All of Jesus? The Gasp-Inducing Question About Holy Communion That Even Some Lifelong Catholics Misunderstand – By Patrick Madrid - https://patrickmadrid.substack.com/p/youre-not-getting-all-of-jesus
• Andrew - My fiancé and I had a baby. She was raised Catholic. We want to baptize our daughter. I want her to come back to the Church. She says I am making her less close to God by pressuring her to come back. Am I failing here? (44:32)