Patrick listens to Joe confront painful choices about marriage, confession, and sterilization, breaking open honest talk about forgiveness and moving forward. Hua, a recent convert, seeks ideas for reaching former Catholics, and Patrick shares practical ways to start conversations, while callers like Tisa and others press into faith, theology, and Scripture’s most challenging lessons, sometimes questioning, sometimes seeking comfort where doctrine meets real life. Insights tumble out, sometimes gentle, sometimes bracing, always pointing back toward trust in the sacraments and a willingness to wrestle with the hardest questions.

 

• Patrick continues his conversation with Joe from the end of the previous hour. Joe’s wife almost died while pregnant and now they are not open to life (because Joe doesn’t want to risk his wife’s life). Patrick walks them through how they can move forward. (00:39)
• Hua - How do I talk about my Catholic faith with friends who used to be Catholic? (07:41)
• Bob - You asked if Jesus is a life coach or savior?  Am I correct in assuming that the biggest part of that is staying in the sacraments and state of grace? (16:49)
• Audio: Scott Jennings removed the pin he’s been wearing for two years in honor of the Israeli hostages held by Hamas...and replaces it with an American flag pin. (22:36)
• Miles (email) - Not Pure Hedonism - kissing one's spouse is a pleasurable act of unity. (23:42)
• Tisa – What is a good book on how to start learning about theology? (25:51)
• Mariana - If there's a way to explain the Book of Job to a teenager? (27:19)
• Al - Patrick is wrong on telling the man to not have relations with wife, because the caller is not open to life.  Why is it that people who can't have kids anymore like you, could still have relations?  That sounds hypocritical. (33:01)
• Sandy - I was married under a false pretense. Is my marriage still valid?  By false pretense, he had sex with another woman while we were dating, and I found out about a month ago. (41:47)
• James – What is faith? Is faith a waiting period, is it an emotion?  If I don't feel something, does it negate my faith? (47:17)