The Patrick Madrid Show: January 09, 2026 - Hour 2
The Patrick Madrid Show
Relevant Radio
4.8 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 9 January 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Patrick responds to listeners wrestling with parish turmoil, scandal, and the tensions between Catholicism and Protestant churches, grounding his advice in Scripture and personal anecdotes. Communion debates, worries about Church "rules," and calls for prayer get honest airtime—he draws from stories of saints, practical analogies, and candid self-reflection. The hour moves quickly, shifting from heartfelt concern to moments of gentle humor, offering reassurance and clarity without shying away from uncomfortable truths.
- Cynthia - How do I know if and when I should leave my parish because my priest is not living right? (00:40)
- Joe - I want to thank you for explaining hermeneutics the other day. Can you defend Protestantism? (15:10)
- Jim - You were discussing Baptism. Pope JPII said that 'you are Christ'. Can you help me understand this? (23:43)
- Jennifer - We need to be united as Catholics, and we need to be patient and persevere. (27:55)
- Vanessa - Why is it acceptable to not go to daily Mass because it is not Latin? (33:21)
- Mary Ann - My husband is a great Protestant man but doesn't go to Church. Also, my friends are Protestant but don't want to be Catholic because it is too hard. (38:20)
- Joseph - How old do you think the world is? I think it is only 6,000-7,000 years. (48:29)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Compelling insights, |
| 0:10.0 | unpredictable conversations, |
| 0:12.6 | encouragement for your day. |
| 0:14.7 | It's the Patrick Madrid show on Relevant Radio. |
| 0:18.0 | Right, and I'll bring all my shoes and my glasses with me. So I have them. Okay. Sounds good. 888 911-9149. Good old Saul, haven't heard from him in a while. Sure. 888-914-9-149-49. That's the number to call. Let's get back to the phone calls. We'll start now with |
| 0:38.0 | Cynthia in New Jersey. Good morning, Cynthia. Good morning, Patrick. Thank you so much, too, for, |
| 0:46.1 | you know, I was just listening to your responses to Dennis. And, you know, I just appreciate |
| 0:50.1 | and just agree with, you know, what you're saying. We, however, I am in under the same diocese and in a situation, I came into the church four |
| 1:03.0 | and a half years ago as a very Orthodox Protestant, I guess if you could say that, |
| 1:08.0 | and did all my research and so on, and I just so love the truth, beauty, and goodness of the Catholic Church. |
| 1:13.8 | And lots of times here in New Jersey, I feel like I'm living with the ideal of the church, |
| 1:20.9 | even though I understand why I go each day, and I'm so grateful. |
| 1:26.1 | I do work in OCIA. |
| 1:28.5 | I help in OCI with a very faithful young priest who tends to be more traditional, |
| 1:33.7 | and so many of us just love him and are thankful. |
| 1:37.2 | So lately, I had a friend who's been in this parish since she was a child, |
| 1:43.9 | and there's many people that have been here for many, many years. |
| 1:47.1 | And she gave up her dream job to come work for the church as the personal assistant to the pastor that's here. |
| 1:56.3 | We know that there's been some issues there. |
| 1:59.9 | And just recently, she left. |
| 2:03.6 | She's the sixth woman that has just left the employment since he's been there. |
| 2:08.1 | And she has a legal case, you know, against him. |
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