The Patrick Madrid Show

Encore Presentation from 7/13/22

• Patrick shares an email about how a listener accidently found Relevant Radio and it’s changed his life and he’s a Catholic now
• Thomas - If someone was going to confession to remove mortal sin but died before he got there would the grace that he wanted from confession apply to him? In the same way, if parents want to baptize their child but have a miscarriage would the child receive graces that he would have gotten if he was baptized? What happens to the souls of miscarried child?
• Patrick, responding to an email asking if Catholics can be Free Masons, recommends the books “Why Catholics Can Not Be Masons” and “Masonry Unmasked” both by John Salza
• Diane - Today is the anniversary of the revelation of the vision of hell from Our Lady of Guadalupe. I want to make sure people know about it.
• Melissa - What should I do with my son who got married to a woman without including his family? He doesn't want to talk with me about it.
• Victor - Are there examples of people who refuse to contribute to society in the bible, and how are we supposed to love these people?
• What is the cause of homelessness? It's not drugs or mental illness, researchers say

Encore Presentation from 7/8/22

• Elva - As a Catholic, can I carry a concealed weapon?
• Bruce - Can you explain more the connection of Demonology and mass shootings?
• Patrick recommends “The Devil in the City of Angels: My Encounters with the Diabolical” by Jesse Romero
• Jesse - My daughter has been with a man for 6 years and moved in together for a year. The boyfriend is wanting to propose to her but they don't go to church. How can I talk to them about needing to get married in the church?
• Maria - What is the proper way to do the first 5 Saturday devotions?
• Elizabeth - My son is getting married. The parish is asking for 1,000 dollars to get married in the church, so they are going to get married outside the church. What should we do?
• Alex - How can I become a catechist for First communion?
• What happened to the Demons after they killed the swine that Jesus sent them in?
• Patrick answers an email about going to confession and not being able to have the time to confess all her sins
• Joseph - Is the Catholic Church against artificial insemination of farm animals?
• Darmen - At the last supper, weren't the Apostles wondering why there wasn't a lamb?
• Patrick recommends “The Lamb’s Supper” by Scott Hahn

Special Guest Host Ken Hensley

• Catholic Priest Burned to Death in Nigeria
• Islamist militants kidnap at least 50 women in northern Burkina Faso
• Becoming Exposed to the Early Church Fathers
• Sola Scriptura doesn’t work
• Amanda – Question about heresies
• Why does Christian Doctrine matter?

Special Guest Host Ken Hensley

• #FastforLife
• Ken continues his talk about the Early Church Fathers
• Andrew - Is there a source, a definitive reference, I can use to learn more about our early Church Fathers? Ken recommends “The Fathers Know Best: Your Essential Guide to the Teachings of the Early Church” by Jimmy Akin and “The Apostasy That Wasn't - The Extraordinary Story of the Unbreakable Early Church” by Rod Bennett
• Andre - Why have protestants been allowed to continue in the world today when other heretical groups were stomped out by Catholics in the past?
• Jim - I am a convert to the Catholic Church. What other books about the history of the faith can you recommend? Ken recommends “Early Christian Doctrines” by J.N.D. Kelly and “The Faith of the Early Fathers” by William Jurgens

Special Guest Host Ken Hensley

• Miguel - This station has changed me a lot.  Thank you.
• John - Thanks Ken for talking about this topic! You are doing great at exposing this topic.
• Ken continues his talk about the Early Church Fathers
• The Fathers of the Church do not practice Sola Scriptura
• Sharron - What happened to your parishioners after you converted to the Catholic faith?

Special Guest Host Fr. Matthew Spencer

• Jamie – What is dispensationalism and do Catholics believe in it?
• When can a priest deny absolution?
• Joseph - How can someone be Catholic if the Church teaches people with unconfessed sins will go to hell?
• Jeff - My 14-year-old son is starting to rebel against us. How do we address this?
• Joe - How do I invite some people to come to Mass and navigate them receiving communion?
• Dave - I met you Father at an event for Parish ambassadors in Sacramento. My brother and I considered becoming members of the Benedictine oblate

Special Guest Host Fr. Matthew Spencer

• James - I think I made a wrong vocational choice. Would God want me to leave this vocation as a sign of repentance?
• Dan - Can a laicized priest say Mass in his house?
• Lori - My neighbor is an atheist. Is there a book I can give her that would charitably share the faith with her?
• Linda - Did Vatican II say that we can't receive Communion on the tongue while kneeling?
• Heidi - Where should people bow in Church, to the priest, the alter, or the tabernacle? What is the difference between anger and hurt?
• Bonnie - What are the 14 stations of the cross? When and how did Mary and Joseph die?
• Latasha - Can I go to confession even though I am not Catholic?
• Denise - Can I still ask for specific things when I pray the rosary?
• Janice – Should we raise our hands when we pray the Our Father?

Special Guest Host Fr. Matthew Spencer

• Marisol 7-yers-old - Why can't women be priests. How were Adam and Eve created?
• Jane - I have a friend who doesn't believe in the Church’s teachings as God's Teaching. How can I talk with her about this using examples from the Bible?
• Mary - My son's wife left him after 30 years. What can he do to help this situation?
• Lilly - What should I do if they deny me from taking communion on the tongue?
• Anthony - Did Adam and Eve come before the dinosaurs?
• Jerry - A priest told my nephew that the Church doesn’t really care about impurity. Is that true?
• Nora - Revelation 7: What does it mean that 144,000 are going to heaven and what does the seal mean?
• Sandra - My friend and I have different faiths. But now her son is going by a girl name and is using different pronouns. How do I address this?
• Fr. Matthew reflects on this past Sunday’s Pope Francis Angelus

Special Guest Host Ken Hensley

• Sola Scriptura and Bible Authority
• Carl - How much weight should we put on the position or authority of someone when they express their opinion?
• Erik - What is your opinion of the fact that Protestants need to be literate while the Catholic tradition allows for illiteracy?

Special Guest Host Ken Hensley

• Sola Scriptura and Bible Authority: The printing press lead to the reformation
• Norman - God is in charge of the Church and he'll work out the Protestant Catholic debate. I was raised Catholic but am now protestant.
• Ed - Protestants in the USA reads the bible through a political filter