The Patrick Madrid Show

Patrick answers listener question about lucid dreams, why we are limited to one plenary indulgence per day, and if someone with autism can take the sacraments

• Patrick responds to an email about explicitly sexually lucid dreams and if they are sinful
• Mike - Why are we limited to one plenary indulgence per day?
• Nader - Did Padre Pio tell someone to give his guardian angel a name once? How do I deal with a habitual sin that I can't break?
• Helen - Comment about Sinful Dreams: I used to have the same problem, sprinkling Holy Water on the bed helped me.
• Patrick shares audio from Fr Seán Sheehy’s sermon that has gone viral.
• Mary - My great niece was baptized and then diagnosed with Non Verbal Autism. Can she still receive the rest of her sacraments?
• Keoni - If the devil is so bad, why didn’t God snap him out of existence?

Patrick answers listener questions about why we don’t focus or talk about being in the “End Times,” what does “Honor” mean, and what is the Church’s teaching on abortion regarding the election

• Diana - What are your thoughts on the end of times prophecies?
• Jennifer - Why are you calling people stupid?
• Alex – Is Bernadette Soubirous a saint and why?
• Jessie – Regarding the Irish Priest homily from the last hour: I wish we had priests like that at our parish.
• Keith - What does 'Honor' mean in regard to the 4th Commandment?
• Mary - Is the day of the dead okay for Catholics to believe in?
• Mary - What is the book you wrote about the Jehovah Witnesses and Mormon Theory. Which one should I get? Patrick recommends Jim Burnham’s book, “Beginning Apologetics Vol. 2”
• Christopher - What is the protestant argument for there being no purgatory?
• Loretta - I feel like I taste hand sanitizer when receiving the Eucharist because they put so much on their hands at Church. Is that okay?
• Pat - What is the Church’s teaching on abortion regarding the election?

Grace, a 16-year-old singer, is excited about a paying gig, but there’s a catch: she would be singing at a fund-raiser for a politician with non-Catholic views on essential issues. Grace asks Patrick if she should take the job or follow her conscience.

Great Stories About Great Saints!

• We are called to be Saints
• What is a plenary indulgence and how to receive one?
• (27:22) St. Dominic Savio
• (41:12) St. John Bosco

Great Stories About Great Saints!

• (03:40) St. Edmund Campion
• (40:00) St Francis de Sales

Jeff is a born-again Christian but was raised around Catholic and Lutheran traditions. He asks for Patrick’s perspective on having a personal relationship with Jesus.

Patrick answers listener questions about why Jesus chose the apostles as He did, if getting a tattoo is a sin, and if someone’s ex-husband dies are they now free to marry again without an annulment

• Patrick shares the Most Loved Tattoos Across the USA and UK
• Man wrongly convicted of Inglewood murder freed after 38 years
• Rafael (17:00) - Is getting a Tattoo a sin?
• Email – If my ex-husband dies, am I free to marry again?
• Nancy - Why did Jesus choose the people he chose to be apostles?
• Kristy –Who wrote the book “the Hidden Mana?”

Patrick answers listener questions about NFP, what happened to people who lived and died before Christ who were not baptized, and he comments on how the pandemic has changed some of our personalities

• Amber (00:33) – Is practicing NFP a sin?
• Amid the Pandemic, Progress in Catholic Schools - Enrollment and student achievement are rising, thanks in part to parents.
• Did the pandemic change your personality?
• Tom (22:40)  - People are pushing gender ideologies in public schools instead of reading and writing. This seems like a reason why Catholic Schools are better.
• Robert - What happened to all the people before Christ who were not baptized? I think that when they are born they are born of the water, and then born of the spirit is when they except Christ into their lives.
• Chilling AI development means that robots can now talk to animals – and we might be able to next
• Robert - You helped me want to stay in the Church when I was thinking about leaving!  What do you think about the Hans Urs von Balthasar theory about maybe no one is in hell?

Patrick answers listener questions about marijuana, does Crossfit lead to divorce, is celebrating Halloween and going trick-or-treating a sin, and is it a sin not to fast an hour before receiving Jesus

• It costs a family of four $1,100 to spend the day at Disneyland
• Americans to pay almost 75% more for a turkey this Thanksgiving
• San Diego ER seeing up to 37 marijuana cases a day, mostly due to psychosis
• Kathleen - A woman told me how sorry she was that she didn't baptize her kids. I gave her the formula for how do a conditional baptism. Was it okay for me to do that?
• Teresa (14:00) - Is Cross Fit Bad?
• Ruth - Is celebrating Halloween and going trick-or-treating bad?
• Nick - I have done Cross Fit for 10 months. The secret of it is encouragement.
• Colleen (35:03) - My sister met a person who had mystical/healing powers. How do I talk with her about the dangers of this?
• Ed - I took some marijuana gummies and it hit me really hard. I was embarrassed about it.
• Sam - A Person who I am counseling claims to be possessed. What should I do?
• Jeff (46:55) - Is it a sin to not fast an hour before receiving Jesus? I like to eat with my Daughter before she needs to go to school.
• Lucero - Is it wrong to cross one’s legs while at Mass or adoration?

Patrick answers listener questions about the role of Godparents, taking the bible literally, how can saints pray for us since they are dead, and if someone needs to denounce their previous faith before converting to Cath

• Does someone need to denounce their previous faith before becoming Catholic?
• Jeff - Do you have Book recommendations for formatting the stories of the Gospels in chronological order, and a Prayer Book on God's Divine Perfections that I can pray?
• Kimberly - Why are there Godparents and what is there role and when did the Church start having them and who can be one?
• Kristy - If Catholics take the bible literally, why did we stop taking the cup during COVID when Jesus told us to drink His blood?
• Al (24:54) - If saints are dead how can they pray for us?
• Elon Musk Completes $44 Billion Deal to Own Twitter
• Hobby Lobby founder David Green says he is giving away his company because he 'chose God'
• Patrick - Regarding the vaccine and embryonic stem cells: If we fail to object to embryonic stem cells and we take the vaccine, are we committing a sin?