The Patrick Madrid Show: January 13, 2026 - Hour 2
The Patrick Madrid Show
Relevant Radio
4.8 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 13 January 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Patrick engages listeners with stories about the joys and challenges of grandparenting, the subtle mystery of predestination, and tough questions about Church involvement in the pro-life movement.
- Audio: Why Grandparents should live close to their grandkids - https://x.com/DeChristianLife/status/2009686608082338282?s=20 (01:09)
- David - Acts 4:28: Does this verse show that God plans or predestines evil? (08:25)
- Gary - Do you have any recommendations or resources for a child who is struggling with the thought of what we will do with Jesus in eternity? (17:10)
- Paul - About the papacy and Matthew 16:18: Orthodox say that Peter gets the keys of the kingdom, but Apostles also get them later. (24:31)
- Audio: When God is silent, the lesson is loud – https://x.com/mindset_machine/status/2010719907927990517?s=46 (35:58)
- David - The March for Life is always unadvertised. Why is this not talked about more in the Church? (39:59)
- Jake - Where do the intercessions at Mass come from? (45:18)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Compelling insights, unpredictable conversations, |
| 0:12.7 | encouragement for your day. |
| 0:14.8 | It's the Patrick Madrid show on Relevant Radio. |
| 0:19.7 | All right, we are moving forward with hour two right now, and if you'd like to be on the program, give me a call. The number is 888-9-14-9-48-9-14-9-9-4-9-4-9-4-9-4-9-9-4. Before we get going into phone calls, we do have a couple lines open. So if you want to call now, this would be the perfect time if you don't want a busy signal. |
| 0:38.8 | 914-914-9-888-88-914-9-9-14-9. |
| 0:42.6 | I've got to put that part on there. |
| 0:44.4 | Cyrus, we have a cool audio from the standpoint of a grandfather trying to explain to like his kids. |
| 0:53.8 | How is it different to be a grandparent instead of a parent? |
| 0:57.4 | Do you have that handy? |
| 0:58.7 | I have it right here. |
| 1:00.5 | I thought you might. |
| 1:02.3 | You have that look on your face. |
| 1:03.6 | Okay, yeah, let's play that. |
| 1:04.9 | It's a nice little palate cleanser before we proceed into other matters. |
| 1:08.4 | It's been a huge amount of research out of Harvard about what it does for grandparents to have proximity to their grandchildren. |
| 1:16.6 | Like if you're a grandparent and you see and you interact with your grandchild more often, |
| 1:22.6 | you're likely to live longer, you're likely to have higher levels of a sense of purpose and meaning and connection. |
| 1:29.2 | You're likely to laugh more. You're even more likely to recover from illness more often. |
| 1:34.8 | I've seen that in the eyes of my wife's parents, of my parents, when they get around our girls. |
| 1:40.8 | It's just, it's unmitigated joy. There is something about proximity to grandkids |
| 1:46.8 | that is literally medicinal for grandparents. |
| 1:54.7 | Mm-hmm. Yeah. And you grandparents who have proximity to your grandchildren, you know what I'm |
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