The Patrick Madrid Show: February 09, 2026 - Hour 1
The Patrick Madrid Show
Relevant Radio
4.8 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 9 February 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Patrick begins with gratitude over the successful pledge drive and quickly connects with listeners, greeting seven-year-old Lillian from California and fielding her thoughtful questions on Catholic camp options and Lent’s rituals. He fields questions on confession, tradition, and even the origin of Ash Wednesday ashes, mixing humor, personal stories, and Church teaching as he moves from summer camp memories to matters of faith and practice. Genuine conversation flows, moving from a child's curiosity to lifelong Catholic concerns, as Patrick offers clear, encouraging guidance for each caller.
- Lilian (7-years-old) - We just started watching the Waltons. Why can't we receive the Sacraments during Lent? (01:39)
- Jacob (email) - How come we are not supposed to take Jesus literally when he says, “pluck your eye out”, but we do take Jesus literally when he says “this is my body” during the last supper? (09:52)
- Joe - What do I tell someone who is a practicing Catholic who hasn't been to confession in 5 years? (19:08)
- Maria - I need help with spiritual direction. How can I get a spiritual director? (25:10)
- Efrank - On Ash Wednesday, does it matter what type of ashes you use? (28:52)
- Roy - You are quoting paragraphs in the Catechism. Is the Catechism in the Bible where regular people can read it? Or is this a special book that Protestants don't know about? (31:43)
- Yollie - Do you think that the student walkouts are orchestrated by groups or is this an individual choice? (45:48)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Compelling insights, unpredictable conversations, |
| 0:12.7 | encouragement for your day. |
| 0:14.8 | It's the Patrick Madrid show on Relevant Radio. |
| 0:18.2 | We've got a great show lined up for you. |
| 0:39.4 | That's for sure. Hey, welcome back, everybody. Hope you had a wonderful weekend. This is the Patrick Madrid Show, and my number is 888-914-9-149-49. I am looking forward to talking to you. If you'd like to be on the air with a comment or question, maybe you've got a situation or you'd like some info, need some advice, |
| 0:47.9 | what have you. That's what I'm here for, 888-914-9149. And emails can go to Patrick at Relevantradio.com. |
| 0:55.9 | We'll get into some of those as well. First of all, pledge drive is over, and it was a great pledge drive yet again. Thank you, Lord, |
| 1:04.3 | and thank you to all of our generous donors. Well over 15,000, getting close to 15,500 or so. |
| 1:10.0 | Donors pledged to help relevant radio this past week, and it was a great success. Thank you again, |
| 1:28.7 | 105% of our need of $3 million. So we thank you. And if you didn't get a chance to participate, maybe you were traveling or not feeling well or what have you. We'll still hold the door open for you for a day or so. If you'd like to make a pledge at RelevantRadio.com, we'll count it in the most recent pledge drive. Thank you again. |
| 1:36.5 | 888-9149. Let's go first to Lillian in California. Hello, Lillian. I'm told you are seven years old. Is that right? Yes. Well, it's nice to meet you. Good morning. Good morning. I just had a baby brother. |
| 1:47.3 | Yeah? |
| 1:47.7 | And we just started watching the Waltons. |
| 1:53.9 | Oh, what do you think about the Walton's? |
| 1:57.1 | I like them. |
| 1:58.8 | They're interesting. They're fun people, aren't they? |
| 2:01.1 | How many episodes have you seen so far? |
| 2:05.0 | Two or three. |
| 2:06.5 | Yeah? |
| 2:07.4 | So I'm going to guess if you're just watching the Walton's, |
| 2:11.0 | you probably like Elizabeth the best of all the kids, right? |
| 2:15.7 | Yeah. |
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