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The Patrick Madrid Show

The Patrick Madrid Show: February 27, 2026 - Hour 2

The Patrick Madrid Show

Relevant Radio

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8587 Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2026

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

  • Patrick address what the meaning of the Gospel is and how can we know? In addition, how should you treat the Eucharist at Mass and do you need to receive the Precious Blood? and does saying a Rosary, even though you are distracted, still count? 

 

  • (00:40) Email – Anthony - On Ash Wednesday the words really struck me. What is the definition of the Gospel and how can Protestants say Catholics are wrong?

 

  • Break 1

 

  • (20:13) Sally - We don't drink the wine in the Eucharist so is it valid?

 

  • (25:03) Corky - Matt 5 20-26. Why do they use the word penny? did they have pennies back then?

 

  • (27:17) Jonathan - My oldest kid is 16 and doesn't want to talk with me but he doesn't want to do anything with me. What should I do?

 

  • Break 2

 

  • (37:30) Christina - What should you do when the host is dropped?

 

  • (43:57) John - I am trying to do a daily Rosary and find myself dosing off during it. What can I do to increase my concentration? Does a bad Rosary still count?

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.

0:19.1

All right, we are back.

0:20.7

This is hour two, and the phone number is the same call

0:23.7

888 9149149 888 9149 I'm here for you and emails please send those to patrick

0:33.3

at relevant radio.com this one as I mentioned comes in from Anthony. I read the email. I'll

0:39.6

just read it again briefly for those who are tuning in right now and didn't hear it.

0:43.4

So he says, at Ash Wednesday, the words repent and believe in the gospel really struck him.

0:49.8

He says, got him to thinking about discussions online where Protestants will accuse Catholics of teaching a

0:55.2

false gospel. But when you read the Bible, it doesn't give a single definition of what the

1:00.5

gospel actually is. And certainly in his view, not one that matches the Protestant faith alone

1:07.6

framework. So he says, since the Bible's definition seems broader than what they claim,

1:14.3

how can they confidently say Catholics have it wrong? Most importantly, returning to the words from

1:19.5

Ash Wednesday, how does the Catholic Church officially define what the gospel actually is? Well, why don't I

1:24.3

start there? So the gospel is, I mean, you can state it in a simple

1:30.5

way, and I will do so here in just a minute, but it's kind of like the Kachinka dolls, you know,

1:37.4

the Russian nesting dolls, you've got the big one, you open it up, and there's another one

1:41.8

inside it, and you open that one up, there's another one inside that and you open that one up there's another one inside that one they get progressively smaller but the point is that a simple formula doesn't really

1:51.1

capture the entirety of the gospel in so far as it doesn't mention all of the specific aspects of it

1:58.5

but what would be a good brief definition of the gospel? Well, the Catechism of the Catholic

2:03.1

Church actually gives one. If you go to the glossary of the Catechism of the Catholic Church,

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