On today's Patrick Madrid show, Patrick talks with the following callers in Hour 1:

• Gabriel - How can I prepare my 7-year-old daughter for her first confession?
• David - Someone who receives communion at my parish will raise the host up to the alter before consuming it. Is that okay?
• David - Today's reading about whoever is not with me is against me seems to contradict another Gospel where Jesus says whoever is not against us is for us. How do I reconcile this?
• Lisa - What is the Church's teaching on only God knowing the state of the soul when someone dies? Some people seem to canonize others at the funerals.  How do we balance hope and being realistic?
• Therese - My son told me that he is going to study to become a free mason. how do I talk him out of this?

Patrick discusses the following during Hour 2:

• Elias - How effective are prayers from people of different faiths?
• Francisco - Is it true that you don't need to be Catholic to go to heaven? AND I was told we are all Saints. Is that true?
• Jessica - How do you honor the commandment of honoring your parents when they tell you to do something that is against the Catholic Faith?
• E-Frank - How do you know if a priest is doing something against Cannon Law? AND how can you stop him?
• Janice - Yesterday, I went to mass and the priest was visibly sick so I decided to not receive communion. Is that a sin?
• Emmy - Regarding Following Jesus: God has been working in my heart. I left the Church half a year ago because of hypocrisy and scrupulosity. I think I was maybe wrong to leave.

Patrick discusses the following during Hour 3:

• Audio – Brian Tracy – Be aggressive with your self-improvement.
• Sam - I wanted to give you an update on my health. I have Parkinson's and it is becoming harder to speak and walk. If you could pray for me I would appreciate it.
• Matthew - I was at my sister's confirmation last night and some things stuck out to me. People should go to confession before receiving the sacrament and the difference between validity and licenses. Should something be done if a sacrament is rendered illicitly?
• The Handbook of Indulgences and Grants, Page 57
• Nick - Should I get married first or get confirmed first?
• Aaron - I was talking about confession with a friend of mine who thinks we can go directly to God. Why does my Catholic faith have so many more rules I need to follow?
• Will - Follow up on Sam's call - going to the priest is key difference between Catholic and protestant faith.

On today's Patrick Madrid Show, Patrick discusses the following topics in Hour 1:

• Email – Cheryl: What do you think about Christians having Seder Meals?
• Matt - What authority do local councils have opposed to ecumenical councils in the Church?
• Lance - Can a baptized Christian go to confession?
• Teresa - My friend has gotten married without annulments and was given permission by a priest. Is there any law that would make that okay?
• Email – Daniel: Did Jesus, Moses and Abraham observe Ramadan? No and Jesus wasn’t a Muslim and established the Catholic Church a long time before Islam got going.
• Ramon - My coworker is interested in going to Church and baptizing his kids but doesn't know where to start. What should I tell him?

Patrick discusses the following topics during hour 2:

Audio - Bill Gates and how better health results in less children

Rich - There was a diocese article inviting Catholics to participate in a Jewish Sedar. What you said confused me.

Rebecca - Why did Martin Luther say Confession was not a sacrament?

Michelle - Seder meals: I have a Jewish friend who is very adamant that Christians should not celebrate Seder but she invited me to her Seder meal. Can I go?

Judy - I think with our earth blowing up in flames from climate change and the animals. If we have more kids it's only going to get worse

Patrick discusses the following topics during hour 3:

• Sandra – Should I rethink my shopping preferences because of an ad for Ramadan posted in a store? 
• Amy - I have been in the greenhouse business for 45 years. I have seen things over that time, and I don't think it is as bad as that caller was making it.
• Eduardo - My friend says he will not baptize the baby until he can make the decision for himself- what do you think?
• "Infant Baptism In The First Four Centuries" By Joachim Jeremias
• Greg - My brother is getting married in the Lutheran Church. He wants me to be a part of their communion service. What do I tell him?
• News  - 4 U.S. Soldiers found dead in Lithuania
• Pamela - I thought the Catholic Church recognizes the Lutheran communion because their Holy Orders could be valid?
• Brian - My mother is very prayerful but had an apparition of family members who passed. What should we do? pray for them talk to them?

On Hour 1 of the Patrick Madrid Show, Patrick discusses the following:

• News from the Jerusalem Post: Scientists say they used new tech to find 'vast city' beneath the pyramids.
• Pearl - converting to the Catholic Church because of Patrick Madrid. Thanks for everything you have done for me.
• Mark - I wanted to talk with you about priests who were invited to President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence.
• Elias - I came across Luke 1: 26. How can Mary have her baby in December when she got Pregnant in the 6th month?
• Randall - What is a good book for God parents and Parents of my nephew on raising a child in the faith?

On Hour 2 of the Patrick Madrid Show, Patrick discusses the following:

• Audio – Mom explains why the school board is wrong about introducing gender studies at an elementary school level.
• Gina - When Mary visited Elizabeth and has her Magnificat. Is it possible that Luke knew Mary and accompanied her on her journey to visit Elizabeth?
• Audio – Why you should delete your info off of 23andMe
• Matthew - Is it a sin for my wife working outside of the home?
• Email – Nicolas – Parents should insist on communion on the tongue.
• Mariana - Are you for or against AI? can I invest in AI? 
• Alfredo - I saw a commercial for cars during the basketball game about making fun of Confession. What do you think?

On Hour 3 of the Patrick Madrid Show, Patrick discusses the following:

• Ed - What does the phase, No salvation outside of the Church mean? My wife and I are having a discussion on it.
• Craig - The Council of Arles 475 lays out what the Vatican Council said. The Church’s teaching on salvation is not new.
• Be sure that you stop at mass at Sacred Heart Cathedral in the Diocese of Gallop, NM. They have just restored their communion rail.
• Gary – I am with you on 23andme. You are able to delete your information and discard the samples
• Michelle in AZ - Communion rail in Gallop, NM. I received my first communion there.
• Michelle in CA  - facial recognition in my car: we can't escape this stuff.
• Patrick shares an article from the Christian Post on China's digital database
• Kathy - How come churches have the tabernacle in different places?

Patrick Madrid discusses the following in Hour 1:

• News – Wyoming has become the first state to require proof of citizenship for all elections and Missouri has now banned Chinese ownership of sensitive farmland.
• Email – Cindy: How did you grow up and how it was for you and your wife raising your beautiful family? Who is this generation supposed to emulate?
• Eric - What do you think about praying to Joseph for things? I heard it and am not sure about it.
• Sharon - My mother took me for a back street abortion when I was 11 years old. Is my baby in heaven?
• 2 Groups effective at helping women and men to heal from abortion.
• Mike - When you go to communion I was taught you could offer up the grace of the sacrament for someone else? AND when people get married in the Catholic Church should they be required to go to confession beforehand? It seems like it would be good for people who lived together before marriage. (45)
• Cee - When I was a teen the manager at my first job, told me she wanted to get an abortion, but I couldn't convince her not to. I feel like I could've done more but I didn't.