The Patrick Madrid Show: February 16, 2026 - Hour 2
The Patrick Madrid Show
Relevant Radio
4.8 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 16 February 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Patrick welcomes stories from callers—stories of single parents, faith rediscovered, the push and pull between ambition and motherhood, and shifting generational attitudes. Tradition finds its place across generations as callers discuss parish life, novenas, and the role of Mary, while Patrick listens, reflects, and offers encouragement. Moments of vulnerability and humor thread through the conversations, reminding listeners of the everyday beauty and challenge in family and faith.
- Linda - I was able to stay at home with the kids and work, so I had the best of both worlds. It's good to be able to stay home with the kids. (00:31)
- Robert - I never got married or had kids, and now I’m too old for all that. What do I do now? (06:32)
- Sydney – I’m pregnant with my first baby. I have friends that want to work and those who stay at home. (10:45)
- Nicole – I’m a stay-at-home mom and God has helped us to pay the bills. Becoming Catholics has changed our priorities. (17:31)
- Jan – I was raised by stay-at-home mom and jealous of the kids with working moms because I thought they had it made, but I was wrong. (23:34)
- Joe - Without our blessed mother, we cannot find our way home. (25:50)
- Rosy - My husband and I had six kids. I stayed home and homeschooled and made it work. (29:51)
- Anna - Can you have more than one intention for a 54-rosary novena? Can you pray for yourself? (35:00)
- Cathy - Is beef or chicken broth okay on Friday’s during Lent? (36:22)
- Thomas - Who sins are forgiven in infant baptism? Was john the Baptist baptizing infants? (40:01)
- Carmelina (12-years-old) - What happens when someone goes to heaven? (44:40)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Compelling insights, unpredictable conversations, |
| 0:12.6 | encouragement for your day. |
| 0:14.7 | It's the Patrick Madrid show on Relevant Radio. |
| 0:19.7 | All right, let's get off to a fast start. |
| 0:21.9 | Let's get over to Linda in, where is Linda? |
| 0:26.6 | Fullish here, Texas. |
| 0:27.7 | How do you say the name of the town, Linda? |
| 0:30.3 | It's Fulcher. |
| 0:31.8 | Fulcher. |
| 0:32.4 | All right. |
| 0:33.4 | Fulcher, Texas. |
| 0:34.1 | Where is Fulcher? |
| 0:35.1 | Outside of Haiti, Texas, a suburb of Houston. |
| 0:39.9 | Yes, ma'am. I've been to Katie before. Okay, well, welcome. Good to have you here. |
| 0:46.1 | Thanks. I'm listening to these moms and their regrets and the way they've handled things. I just |
| 0:51.2 | wanted to share my story as well. Yeah. Very briefly, my mom was widowed twice by the time she was 34 and had five daughters and never remarried |
| 1:01.4 | after that. |
| 1:02.4 | She had to work. |
| 1:04.0 | She took whatever job she could get. |
| 1:05.4 | But fortunately, I was 13, 11 years younger than my two oldest sisters, so they were able to help out. I don't |
| 1:12.2 | remember anything about my babyhood, but I survived, and my mother did a great job supporting |
| 1:17.9 | us because she had to. There was no other way to do it. How old were the, if I can just ask, |
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