The Patrick Madrid Show: July 10, 2026 - Hour 1
The Patrick Madrid Show
Relevant Radio
4.8 • 590 Ratings
🗓️ 10 July 2026
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Patrick answers candid questions about suffering, God’s hiddenness, and the interplay between free will and evil, weaving in scripture and Catholic tradition at every turn. Moving from the complexities of Church authority battles to the gentle art of helping friends become curious about faith, Patrick sprinkles practical wisdom on topics like late-in-life marriage, prenuptial agreements, and how anyone can approach the Liturgy of the Hours.
- April - Why doesn't God show His face and talk to us? Why does he allow suffering? (01:18)
- Bob –What is the difference between SSPX and Armenian or Byzantine rites of church? (09:49)
- Molly (email) - My non-religious neighbors’ two sons attended Vacation Bible Camp at our parish, loved it, and now want to learn more about Catholicism—how can I gently support and encourage their interest as a close family friend without overwhelming them with books or too much information? (18:07)
- Alex - My girlfriend seems pathologically jealous. Is there something in the Bible that can help her overcome this? (23:59)
- Yollie - Is there a time when you are too old to get married? Does a prenuptial agreement invalidate a marriage? (34:22)
- Linda - What is the Church’s view on novenas? (37:35)
- Monica (email) – Is there a laymen’s version of the Liturgy of the Hours? (40:45)
- Doloris (email) - Our parish priest mentioned that the verse in Matthew about the yoke being light was something many scholars believe that Jesus quoted from Sirach. If that’s true, wouldn’t that be a strong case toward the legitimacy of Sirach in the Bible?
- Fr. Jim (email) – Lay people can bless their homes
- Mack (email) - When everything in tech is getting smaller and faster these huge Data Centers do not make any sense to me.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, Patrick Madrid here. Thanks for listening. Check out Charity Mobile and prayerfully consider making |
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| 0:27.5 | It's the Patrick Madrid Show on Relevant Radio. |
| 0:32.1 | Hello and good morning and welcome back to the Patrick Madrid Show. |
| 0:35.4 | Thank you for listening. |
| 0:36.5 | And as ever, I really appreciate it whenever you tell your friends and family or even total strangers about the program. Thank you for that. |
| 0:44.2 | And here's how to reach me. Call me at 888-914-914-9149. And of course, please feel free to send me emails. My address is Patrick at Relevantradio.com. I read them all. I do get a chuckle from time to time when you send me an email saying, how do I get in touch with Patrick by email? And time permitting, I might shoot you back in note saying, you did. me here I am what's your question and the easiest |
| 1:13.3 | way to ask questions is on the air by calling 888 9149149. Let's go to April first up in |
| 1:21.6 | Rockville, Maryland. Good morning April and welcome. Good morning. Hi there. |
| 1:29.9 | So, hi. |
| 1:31.1 | My question is, why doesn't, number one, why doesn't God show his face and talk to us? |
| 1:38.3 | And number two, why does he allow suffering? |
| 1:41.5 | Because some people say it's because he wants us to have free will. |
| 1:45.4 | The angels have free will and they see his face and they don't suffer. |
| 1:50.1 | Yeah, those are two really deep questions. |
| 1:53.9 | I'll try to take them in order. |
| 1:55.2 | How about that? |
| 1:56.4 | So we can think of God showing his face in a few different ways. I think God shows his face all the |
| 2:03.2 | time in the things around us, in other people, through the Bible, through the sacraments, through |
| 2:11.7 | nature, and just the cosmos in general, God is revealing himself to us indirectly through the world around us. |
| 2:21.6 | We can see this reflection of God, you might say, in things like that. |
| 2:26.3 | We also see the reflection of God in the things that are good for us in this life. |
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