The Patrick Madrid Show: December 22, 2023 - Hour 2
The Patrick Madrid Show
Relevant Radio
4.8 • 588 Ratings
🗓️ 22 December 2023
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Father Matthew Spencer is filling in for Patrick as the Christmas season approaches. The episode features insightful conversations, including a caller's question about the differences between infant and adult baptism, a listener's comment on Catholic traditions, and a discussion about Pope Francis's recent document on blessings for same-sex marriages. Join us as Father Matthew shares his thoughts, stories, and wisdom on these important topics and more.
- E-Frank - What's the difference between adult and infant baptism?
- Pat - I'm in my 70s, but back in Catholic School we learned to always bow at the name of Jesus and to bow during the Glory Be.
- Joe - Did Pope Francis say it is OK to bless same-sex marriages? (08:24)
- Fr. Matthew comments on the days of obligation
- George - My high school teacher said that when we see headlines in secular media about the Church you can believe the opposite.
- John – Please bless my son and daughter-in-law who are having twins at any moment
- Xavier - How do you forgive yourself after you've been forgiven in confession
- Janet - I'm a Catholic school teacher and I'm struggling with the same-sex blessings. I teach third grade. What should I tell them?
- Jill - My family is the only practicing Catholics in our family. We have a transgender person and a lesbian couple coming to Christmas. How do I navigate this?
- Claudia - Why is the pink candle lit two weeks prior to Christmas? (45:49)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Fraggile. |
| 0:04.7 | It must be Italian. |
| 0:08.7 | Compelling insights, unpredictable conversations, |
| 0:12.6 | encouragement for your day. |
| 0:14.7 | It's the Patrick Madrid Show on Relevant Radio. |
| 0:20.4 | Welcome back to the Patrick Madrid Show. My name is Father Matthew Spencer. I'm a novel to St. Joseph |
| 0:27.1 | and glad to be with you sitting in for Patrick as we're gearing up for Christmas. I hope you're ready. |
| 0:34.1 | It's going to be here before you know it. |
| 0:39.5 | There's a lot to do, probably. |
| 0:43.4 | There's a lot to do that I have anyway on my to-do list. |
| 0:47.7 | But I think parents are probably even busier than priests these days. |
| 0:52.6 | I mean, you have gifts to wrap, gifts to buy still, perhaps. |
| 0:57.0 | You have meals to prepare. You have families families to entertain you have houses to decorate breathe take it one step at a time i know it's stressful it's tough |
| 1:04.1 | don't forget that jesus is with us in this time it'll be a beautiful weekend it'll be busy |
| 1:09.5 | it'll be tough there'll be disagreements that |
| 1:12.2 | happen and tensions that arise. That's okay. There were disagreements and tensions that arose also |
| 1:17.7 | 2,000 years ago. Someone you've never seen before is going to be sitting in your pew. |
| 1:23.3 | That's true, huh? That's rather stressful for people I hear. I don't have that problem. Nobody takes my seat. |
| 1:29.9 | No, that's a good point. One of the perks, Cyrus, of getting to preside, is that you always have a pretty good seat and it's pretty much assured to you. So 888-914-9-49 is the number to call. |
| 1:46.2 | We'll go back to the phones. |
| 1:48.2 | E-Frank is calling from Astoria, New York. |
| 1:51.5 | Hello, E-Frank. |
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