The Patrick Madrid Show: January 05, 2026 - Hour 2
The Patrick Madrid Show
Relevant Radio
4.8 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 5 January 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Patrick moves freely between theology, real-life anecdotes, and practical Catholic traditions—sometimes with sharp humor, sometimes with gentle clarity. Patrick keeps the pace lively while never losing sight of honest faith and relatable dialogue.
- Email – Please don’t talk about British politics (00:47)
- Matt (email) - It was Pope Benedict's parents that met through a want add, not St Therese' parents. My wife just texted me.
- Jenny (email) – Is it a sin to celebrate the protestant timeline for Christmas? (04:19)
- Dolores - A caller on Friday asked about the Hail Holy Queen prayer. Have you ever heard that Jesus is our mercy, our life, our sweetness, and our hope? (12:31)
- Ronnie - According to the Old Testament, you couldn’t eat shrimp. Why were we not supposed to eat shrimp? (22:06)
- Mike - What does the word 'Apologetics' mean? (32:11)
- Jillian - If God gives us free will, is it futile to pray for someone's conversion? (35:50)
- Sandy - What is the name of the Tom Clancy book? (44:39)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | My name is Stella Romano. I was listening to The Patrick the Ditcher Show. |
| 0:08.7 | Compelling insights, unpredictable conversations, encouragement for your day. |
| 0:14.8 | It's the Patrick Madrid Show on Relevant Radio. |
| 0:19.7 | That girl's probably in college now. |
| 0:22.4 | I was just thinking the same thing. |
| 0:24.8 | Or she's a senior in high school. I don't know. |
| 0:27.2 | What a cute little thing. We've had that audio for quite a long time. |
| 0:31.1 | But I'll have to ask her, dad, how old is that girl now? |
| 0:34.5 | 888, 914, 914949. |
| 0:42.6 | Where did it go? Got a note here. I don't see where it went, but Eileen, who I believe, if I'm not mistaken, is in the UK somewhere. So I'll just have to go from |
| 0:48.2 | memory because I don't see the email directly in front of me, but something along the lines of |
| 0:51.7 | please stick to your expertise, talk about theology or God, but don't talk about British politics. I haven't talked about |
| 0:58.7 | British politics at all, but I know of anyway, not today anyway. But here's the thing, |
| 1:04.7 | though, Eileen, and I appreciate you taking a moment to write to me. This show is not just about |
| 1:09.9 | my expertise. There are a lot of different things that I like to me. This show is not just about my expertise. There are a lot of different things that I like to |
| 1:15.1 | talk about. And I, you know, yeah, do I have background and expertise in certain areas? Sure. |
| 1:22.0 | But that doesn't mean that I must be confined to never express an opinion or thought about anything else. That would be silly. So I'm afraid I can't oblige you. I'm be confined to never express an opinion or a thought about anything else. |
| 1:28.2 | That would be silly. |
| 1:29.7 | So I'm afraid I can't oblige you. |
| 1:31.1 | I'm really grateful that you listen to the program. |
| 1:33.0 | And I hope that, well, actually, in your email, you said that you appreciate the God topics |
| 1:38.7 | or the theological topics, et cetera. |
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