The Patrick Madrid Show

Patrick discusses fasting and Lent this Ash Wednesday and answers questions about the Catholic Bible versus the Protestant Bible, offers guidance for a listener who wants to come back into the faith but is not sure how.

• Patrick talks about lent and the discipline of fasting, abstinence, and penitential times in the season of the Church.
• Aaron - Why are some chapters in Catholic Bible longer or shorter than that in Protestant Bible?
• Alonso - Heard from interview on Drew's show that French revolution tried to tear down church and state just like woke mob today- what is your take?
• Molly - Book recommendation of church fathers for someone who is away from the church?
• Norma - Trying to come back to the faith but i am not sure i am doing it right. advice?

Patrick answers questions where to start when trying to follow God, if Christians celebrated Jewish holidays, why God created us in a world where we would experience hardships and the justice of God versus the justice of human beings.

• Stacy - How do you start following God now that I am an adult with a kid?
• Wendy - When did Christianity stop celebrating Jewish holidays?
• Jean - Hard time reconciling the fact that God created us knowing all what is going to happen, that we will be sinful and some of us will not be going to heaven.
• Clint - How God's justice actually works compared to human justice?
• Amy - Need guidance. Trying to find a good path back to the Church. Where do I start? What Book should I read beside of the Bible? Doesn’t feel comfortable in her parish.

Patrick gives guidance to a caller wanting to come back into the Catholic Church, helps parse out the argument of God’s existence, different churches that say they are Catholic but are not and recommends material for a 16-year-old wanting to learn more about the Bible.

• Amy (Continued) - Needs guidance. Trying to find a good path back to the Church. Where do I start? What Book should I read beside of the Bible? Doesn’t feel comfortable in her parish.
• Andrew - His brother challenged some ideas of Christianity. Who created God? Wondering if his response to his brother was valid. Why God would have created the devil if the devil used freewill to go against God?
• Benson - Catholic Churches that are not Catholic. How do these churches label themselves as Catholic if they are not?
• Mike - He has become really fervent after coming back to the church but not his wife and kids. What can he do?
• Cynthia - At a bible study group someone said Even though God is all knowing, God didn't know what Adam was going to do in the Garden of Eden. Is this true? or how to rebottle that comment?
• Marline - Recommendation for a bible for her 16-year-old daughter. Have you talked about the Protestant Revival at a University in Kentucky?
• Jake - Guidance on restitution being made to the owner and obedience to one's confessor.

Patrick shares an update on the murder of bishop David O’Connell, discusses why there isn’t a Gospel of Peter in the Bible, answers questions about what is necessary to have a valid baptism and the biblical bases for the teaching of purgatory.

• Patrick gives an update on the murder of Bishop David O’Connell
• Patrick Reads email from Ken about why there is no Gospel according to Peter
• Marteen - Why are there confusing terms in Catholicism like Pope and Papal and how can we make this easier for us and others to understand?
• Michael - Was my Catholic Baptism valid? a lady said i had to be submerged
• Eric - Where is purgatory in the Bible? What does the Church teach on this?
• Joe - How do we know if someone is going to purgatory?
• Raul -what was Constantine’s role in Council of Nicaea?

Patrick helps callers understand last Sunday’s Gospel, answers questions about fasting, especially as we are coming up on the season of Lent and answers whether or not Catholics can go to communion services from non-denominational churches.

• Patrick gives a shout out to Kip for spreading the word about the Patrick Madrid Show
• David - Last Sunday Gospel- loving your neighbor- advice on how I can do this with my neighbor who is harassing me.
• Sherrie - If a person already is fasting, should they add in Ash Wednesday and Fridays in lent?
• Rod - Was 'this is my body this is my blood' symbolic at the last supper since Jesus hadn’t died yet?
• Patrick shares Netflix crack down on account sharing.
• Joe - Was the Baptism of John the Baptist the same as what Jesus proscribed in great commission?
• Eric - What is best way to fast that will please God?
• Charlotte - What is your take on the sign of peace at mass? i find it distracting.
• Betty - In Bible Study of nondenominational who want to do a communion service, what should i tell them?
• Pat - What is the time frame of going to confession to attain an indulgence?
• Kathleen - At funeral we acclaimed the deceased as if he was saint. Is this right?

Patrick tackles an insightful question from a young listener regarding whether or not God told Samson to lie, shares his thoughts on whether or not a someone can enter the convent later on in life and helps callers understand legal and sacramental marriage.

• Mary Ellen - Physical and emotionally draining situation- how can i turn the other cheek?
• David - Worried for my salvation-baptized but not sure if it worked
• Adam 9-years-old - God tells Samson to lie but aren't we supposed to tell the truth?
• Samantha - Asbury college Revival- What are your thoughts on this college campus event?
• Brooke - Can you join a convent if your kids are grown, and your husband has passed?
• Edmond - Was Jesus body limited by space and time while he was on Earth? Priest in Australia blessed gay marriage? Do you know what happened with him?
• Albert - I am a widow and dating a widow. Not sure if it's a good idea because we would lose benefits. Can we get married in church but not state?

Patrick Mourns the loss of Bishop David O’Connell, shares a powerful prayer by Saint John Henry Newman, answers questions about the addictive nature of Pornography and speaks with a convert to the faith who found Christ in the military.

• Slaying of beloved L.A. bishop brings disbelief, mourning - Los Angeles Times
• Patrick Shares a prayer from John Henry Newman
• Aaron - Quote from Father Radcliffe. How some members of the Catholic Church are for homosexuality when the Pope and the Church is against it?
• Rich - Is it a valid comparison the old testament with the northern and southern tribes of Israel and the the current division in Christianity.
• Carol - Comment about pornography is not an addiction like drugs or alcohol, it is a lot to it. It is something willingly done.
• Josh – shares is testimony on coming into the Catholic Faith. And askes did St Joseph have family and kids before marrying Mother Mary?

Patrick tackles questions about Genesis, fasting on Fridays and Saints when it comes to choosing a good name for your baby. A listener calls in to share her testimony with her journey from drugs and addiction to the Church and the power of Confession.

• Patrick Reads an email from a psychologist who agrees with Pornography being an addiction.
• Theodore 6-years-old – Asked a deep question for Patrick…with the help of his mom.
• Tony - What is the church's view on the sin that Adam and Eve committed? Was it a sexual sin or was it about the fruit that they ate?
• Adam - Creation in Genesis 1:1-2, What is the sequence of creation? In the verse in seems the water was there before the light.
• Peter - Question from Patrick's InQUIZition Book, Page 25 answer to #9. Eating fish on Fridays. Is it all through lent or the rest of the year?
• Marie - Her husband is protestant: If the Eucharist is dropped, why it can't be unconsecrated by God immediately?
• Michael - About the second coming of Christ that it won't happen until the conversion of Jews. Is this dogma?
• Terrie - Testimony, 14 years of drug addiction. Got out of addiction through confession.
• Rose – If you don’t name your kids with anything other than saint names then how can you have new saint names in the future?
• Hector - Planning to get married, girlfriend ex-Catholic- advice on convincing her to get married in church.

Patrick gives advice on how to help your spouse back into the Catholic Church, helps an 8th grader with ideas on how to argue against abortion in a paper she needs to write for a pro-choice teacher and gives the Churches recommendations how to handle the tragedy of a miscarriage.

• Hector (continued) - Planning to get married, girlfriend ex-Catholic- advice on convincing her to get married in church.
• Gabriel 10-years-old - Do dinosaurs actually exist?
• Isabelle – in 8th grade and writing a paper about abortion: Is there a way to explain why abortion should be illegal to non-religious people?
• Mark - Question about the mystic Luisa Piccarreta, some are advancing her cause of beatification but Church says we should wait for the interpretation of her writings. What is your take on her?
• Patrick Answers an email about what is the proper protocol in the Church in the event of a miscarriage?
• Patrick - New Catholic and struggling with adoration of Mary and saints- any suggestion to help me?

Patrick answers questions about the intercession of saints, how to grow a more personal relationship with Christ, if God created everything that was good why did He create hell, and is it okay to have a Masonic ritual in a Catholic Church?

• Rick – I don't agree with the advice a priest gave my son. The son got kicked out of seminary, he was involved in pornography, and is now at a rehab Catholic center and wants to move into an apartment with female and male friends.
• Aaron - How does the intercessors of the Saints work? Do the Saints go to Jesus, then Jesus to the Father?
• Emily – How can I grow in a personal relationship with Christ?
• Patrick recommends “My Daily Bread” by Fr. Anthony Paone
• Amy - If God created everything that was good, how did hell come into place?
• Al – There was a Masonic female ritual prior to a funeral Mass in the church. Is that ok?
• Barbara - What is the name of the free drug/alcohol rehab center in Florida? Patrick recommends www.hopereborn.org
• Terra - My children are being baptized next month, and my Protestant pastor brother is refusing to go.