The Patrick Madrid Show: July 09, 2024 - Hour 3
The Patrick Madrid Show
Relevant Radio
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🗓️ 9 July 2024
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
How do Catholic theologians decide what is literal and what is figurative? It starts with the early church fathers, who learned directly from the apostles. Through tradition and scripture, they've preserved Jesus’ teachings, ensuring the authentic meaning is handed down through generations. Patrick explores key biblical passages that illustrate this continuing tradition.
- Laurie (email) - How is it that the Rosary only dates back 800 years? (00:41)
- Barbara - If I didn't have the presence of mind to properly bury a child I miss carried, what do I need to do to make it right? (02:37)
- Shirley - Is it okay to be an organ donor? (05:34)
- Matthew – Did anyone see Mary ascend into Heaven? If no one saw her, why do we celebrate the assumption? (08:29)
- Steve - How do Catholic theologians discern which of Jesus' words were metaphor or not? (13:48)
- Nancy (email) – You refer to the “exit interview” as if it’s a real conversation. How can that be if we don’t have our body? (21:53)
- Mark – What does “do not lead us to temptation” mean? (27:44)
- Larry - Have you read the 'Mystical City of God' by Mary of Ágreda? What are your thoughts? (32:26)
- Mary – Organ donation: Isn’t it true that the organs are taken while the body is still alive? (38:48)
- Jamie - Family member doesn't want last rites or catholic burial. What can we do? (42:07)
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. |
| 0:25.9 | Okay, we're back. |
| 0:26.8 | Welcome back. |
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| 0:31.0 | That's the number to call beyond the air. |
| 0:33.0 | If you get a busy signal, just hit redial. |
| 0:38.0 | Or if you want to send me an email, it's Patrick at Relevantradio.com. |
| 0:42.0 | Lori wrote me a note a minute ago, and she says, |
| 0:45.2 | Dear Patrick, how is it that the rosary only began 800 years ago? |
| 0:46.0 | How is that? |
| 0:49.1 | Well, I look at it this way, Lori. |
| 1:11.5 | The rosary in its present form that we're familiar with does date back about 800 years ago to the time of St. Dominic, who is the founder of the Order of Preachers. We know them today more commonly as the Dominicans. And you probably already know that if you know that it goes back 800 years. But the rosary in some form, a more primitive form, goes back a lot longer ago than that. |
| 1:17.3 | Prior to that, it was known as the Salter of Mary, P-S-A-L-T-E-R. |
| 1:26.8 | And the reason it was called that is because the rosary, in its current form, is patterned after the Psalms, the 150 Psalms. So the 150, if you're praying all three of the traditional |
| 1:30.8 | mysteries of the rosary, you have 150 Hail Mary's. And so it's patterned after the book of |
| 1:39.2 | Psalms in the Old Testament. And even from ancient times, there were early, let's say, inchoate versions of the |
| 1:48.6 | rosary that was not necessarily widespread or universally recognizable, but the custom of praying |
| 1:56.4 | these prayers asking Mary, the mother of God, to pray for us and intercede for us that does go back to |
| 2:01.7 | ancient times. So I think that's the best way to answer your question. The rosary in the form |
| 2:06.8 | that we know it goes back that far, but in some way or another it was not at all uncommon to invoke |
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