Patrick questions how double income households shifted from option to requirement, links taxation and property ownership to this loss of family leisure, and weighs both spiritual and practical responses. Listeners raise honest struggles: a puzzling job reference, the wording of the Our Father, and whether God ever truly leads us into temptation.

 

• Audio: Double-income household started as an option but quickly became an obligation – Rory Sutherland - https://x.com/newstart_2024/status/2039406825875841472?s=20 (00:24)
• Jorge (email) – This world will have suffering, but He also promises to give us strength (06:18)
• Nancy (email) - There was a guest on last night's Family Rosary Across America (forgive me for not remembering his name) who said, during the Our Father, "do not lead us into temptation" instead of "and lead us not into temptation."  (10:25)
• James - Two Fish are swimming along in the ocean and encounter another fish going in the opposite direction… (12:23)
• Jo (email) – What place is being prepared for us? (18:19)
• Harvey - How do you translate the part of the Our Father that says 'Lead us not into temptation'? (20:18)
• Maria - In Spanish, it says 'do not allow us to fall into temptation'. (26:57)
• Email – My former employer isn’t responding to calls or emails looking for references about me (32:45)
• Carlo - What does it mean when Jesus told his disciples to pray that they not undergo the test? (35:08)
• Gary (email) – I had my first confession in 58 years because of you. (45:21)