The Patrick Madrid Show: July 13, 2022 - Hour 3
The Patrick Madrid Show
Relevant Radio
4.8 • 588 Ratings
🗓️ 13 July 2022
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
- Maura - Is there an obligation to the children for the parent to remarry after divorce?
- Karen - I am interested in being Catholic. How do I make the first step to becoming one? My family was abusive and presented a poor image of the faith but I think the Catholic church is the true Church.
- Ted - Can people who are struggling with addiction still go to confession?
- Cecilia - An old friend of mine wants to get back together with me but she makes me upset. Do I need to tell her why I am upset with her?
- Patrick - How do I get a spiritual director? I’m in AA and I’m looking to come back into the church.
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| 0:00.0 | compelling insights unpredictable conversations |
| 0:12.1 | encouragement for your day it's the patrick madrid show on relevant radio |
| 0:17.6 | okay we are now our three of the program, so let's make it count. |
| 0:24.5 | 888-914-9-49. |
| 0:27.9 | 88-914-9-49. |
| 0:31.0 | Let's go to Mora in Long Island. |
| 0:34.5 | Hi, Mora. |
| 0:36.3 | Hi, Patrick. |
| 0:42.0 | Good morning. I have spoken with you in the past a couple times, actually. I've called and just kind of recounted a little bit of my experience of domestic |
| 0:48.0 | violence and, you know, return to the Catholic Church, which has been just a beautiful journey. |
| 0:55.3 | And I'm calling today, because I wanted, I'm curious, as to your opinion, I have two |
| 1:01.8 | small children, ages 6 and 7, and I, right now I'm three years out of the abusive marriage and I don't have any interest in |
| 1:15.0 | remarrying I'm quite content the way that I am and I really feel like I have the best |
| 1:22.3 | you know the I just feel fulfilled in God I really do um but my little children ask me for a father |
| 1:31.9 | they really want a father they want a daddy um so i i'm very torn um i i'm not sure whether i'm sure |
| 1:44.1 | that there's some portion of my, you know, |
| 1:47.0 | lack of desire to remarry that comes from just the trauma that, you know, |
| 1:52.0 | was involved in the abuse. |
| 1:54.9 | But I also feel like I can totally relate to what St. Paul says in the Bible about, you know, it's choosing |
| 2:05.2 | the better way, although it might be harder, but the single life that you really do have |
| 2:10.1 | that full attention on God. But I'm wondering whether or not there's any sort of biblical |
| 2:16.1 | guidance or obligation as to whether a mother should seek another father for their children. |
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