The Patrick Madrid Show: February 25, 2026 - Hour 1
The Patrick Madrid Show
Relevant Radio
4.8 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 25 February 2026
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
- On today's Patrick Madrid show, Patrick answers a question from Danny about concupiscence and explains what the word, "concupiscence" means, can we go straight to God for our Confession instead of going to a Catholic priest, and why wasn't Jesus in the tomb for a full 3 days?
- (00:46) Danny - At what point do you discern when you are sinning because of your concupiscence and when it is because of the Devil?
- Break 1
- (19:15) Patrick explains the meaning of the word, “concupiscence”.
- (21:53) Bill - My Catholic friend said he didn't need to go to confession but can confess straight to God. How do I respond to this?
- (33:03) Jonathan - Why wasn't Jesus in the tomb for a full three days even though He said He would be dead for three days?
- (45:53) Patrick - Do you have any resources for the topic of scrupulosity?
- Books Patrick recommended: "Scruples and Sainthood" and "A Thousand Frightening Fantasies"
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. |
| 0:18.7 | And away we go. |
| 0:20.7 | Let's get this road show back on the road thank you for tuning |
| 0:24.0 | into the patrick madrid show on relevant radio welcome and here's the number to call to be on |
| 0:29.3 | the air i'd love to talk to you 888 9149149 we'll start with danny in Miami. Good morning, Danny in Miami. It's kind of rhymes. |
| 0:41.5 | Not exactly, but close enough for government work. |
| 0:45.8 | Hi, good morning, Patrick. Yeah, good morning. What's on your mind today? |
| 0:51.1 | So I was having a discussion with some brothers in the parish about sin and the devil. |
| 0:57.9 | Now, in the discussion, I brought up a question, which is with, which is the question I have for you today. |
| 1:05.7 | Okay. |
| 1:06.3 | With our passions and our concupiscence, at what point, how do you differentiate when I fall into |
| 1:13.8 | sin because of my passions and my concupiscence? I'm simply just because of that. And then |
| 1:21.0 | influence of the devil, let's say a temptation, a concrete temptation from the devil that made me fall into sin. |
| 1:29.3 | And if I may briefly just mention three things that prompted this question in the first place. |
| 1:36.3 | Go right ahead. |
| 1:38.2 | Okay. |
| 1:38.6 | First of all, it's a saying from the Desert Fathers where there's Abba Abraham, a disciple of Abba Agatha, |
| 1:47.0 | who asked, Why do the demons attack me? And Aba Poemann said to him, do the demons attack |
| 1:53.0 | you? The demons do not attack us when we follow our self-wills because then our wills become |
| 1:58.0 | demons and themselves trouble us to obey them. |
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