The Patrick Madrid Show: December 05, 2023 - Hour 3
The Patrick Madrid Show
Relevant Radio
4.8 • 588 Ratings
🗓️ 5 December 2023
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
From questions about donating one's body to medical science, to the validity of remote confessions, Patrick addresses the nuances of Catholic doctrine and provides practical advice for navigating religious practices. He also delves into the controversial topic of the alleged apparitions at Medjugorje, shedding light on the Church's stance and guiding listeners on the proper perspective.
- Anne - What is your, and the Catholic Church's, thought on Međugorje and the visions there?
- Joshua - Is it valid to do confession over zoom or the phone? (12:02)
- Jonathon - How does someone who is deaf go to confession? (17:33)
- Salvador - I have a family member who is in a lesbian relationship. I felt I needed to speak out and it brought up a lot of tension in our family and now she doesn't want to talk with me at all.
- How do I get into apologetics?
- Denise (email) – My mom donated her body to a university and all the priests I talked to said it was okay for her to do that.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Compelling insights, unpredictable conversations, |
| 0:12.0 | encouragement for your day. |
| 0:14.7 | It's the Patrick Madrid show on Relevant Radio. relevant radio well we are back as you could probably tell the number is 888 |
| 0:29.5 | 9149 would love to hear from you i want to say thank you judith listening in north wind of |
| 0:37.3 | main for your note about how the Russian Orthodox Church handles things pertaining to burial and embalming and such. |
| 0:45.2 | I mean, you're just tuning in right now. |
| 0:46.9 | What? |
| 0:48.3 | Well, we had a little conversation in our two that started with a question from a listener about, |
| 0:55.2 | is it okay in the eyes of the church to donate your body to medical science? |
| 1:00.1 | And that led in to all kinds of different things, |
| 1:01.8 | let it in cremation and all kinds of wonderful things. |
| 1:05.7 | So that's what Judith is referring to, |
| 1:07.5 | and I appreciate your email, Judith. |
| 1:08.9 | Thank you for that. |
| 1:10.7 | Bob writes to me saying, Patrick, I've heard the term baptism of desire that refers to a person who truly wants to be baptized, but is unable to be baptized for any number of reasons. |
| 1:21.0 | Can the same principle be applied to someone who wants to go to confession for it's been way too long since they last went and their work often prevents |
| 1:29.6 | them from sitting down for an hour-long appointment. If such a person dies before getting |
| 1:34.0 | to confession, what does the church say about the state of his soul? Well, Bob, that's a really |
| 1:40.3 | important question you're asking because it applies to really everybody let's just say every |
| 1:45.4 | Catholic who if you're in the state of mortal sin needs to go to confession now what if you can't go |
| 1:53.1 | to confession what if you're intending so you gave an example of you know you're working |
| 1:57.2 | and your work schedule doesn't prevent doesn't allow you to go to confession. Well, I mean, there are |
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