The Patrick Madrid Show: March 12, 2024 - Hour 2
The Patrick Madrid Show
Relevant Radio
4.8 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 12 March 2024
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
We dive deep into the moral implications of prenatal testing, and discuss the heavy decisions expectant parents face when confronted with potential genetic disorders. We hear powerful testimonies - from Nora's choice to celebrate the life of her now-healthy daughter despite medical pressures, to heartfelt confessions about the pain of not acting quickly enough to prevent our loved ones from having abortions. With compassion and conviction, Patrick affirms the intrinsic value of every life, and the importance of providing support and accurate information to those grappling with these profound choices. This hour is a testament to the strength found in informed and caring counsel - a beacon for life in the often stormy seas of uncertainty.
- Cyrus shares some of the flood of emails coming in from listeners praying for George (who called in the previous hour)
- Sophie courageously seeks guidance on how to support her friend facing a difficult decision about prenatal testing results and the potential choice of abortion. Patrick applauds Sophie's courage in speaking the truth in love and offers profound insights on the significance of choosing life, even in the face of hardship. He shares a compelling story of a couple who defied doctors' advice and were rewarded with a healthy child. Throughout this emotional journey, Patrick reassures Sophie that she acted in good faith and encourages her to seek wise counsel from trusted sources. (04:08)
- Katie - My friend just went through this same thing. My friend had an abortion and I want to encourage Sophie and everyone else to speak up about this.
- Marie - My parents were told that I was going to be born with a number of medical problems and I’m now 25-years-old and perfectly healthy. (21:25)
- Bridget - The one thing that people need to remember is that the abortion is very painful. How do you want that baby to die? (35:24)
- Nora – I was told my baby girl would have down syndrome and we were encouraged to abort. She was born without down syndrome. (40:05)
- Can I take communion at the Lutheran church?
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is going to be such an exciting day. I hope you enjoy it. I think you will. |
| 0:09.0 | Compelling insights, unpredictable conversations, encouragement for your day. It's the Patrick Madrid show on relevant radio. |
| 0:17.9 | We've got a great show lined up for you all right we're going to let the good |
| 0:22.1 | times roll or keep rolling as the case may be welcome back 888 8188-914 914 914 914914 9149 |
| 0:31.8 | sponsored by catholic order of foresters cyrus you had mentioned you had you wanted to read some |
| 0:36.4 | emails yeah emails are pouring in right now about your |
| 0:39.5 | conversation with George from the last hour. And these are just... For those who don't know, let me just |
| 0:46.6 | interject. George is a young man. I believe he said he was 21. He's in a lot of misery right now because he has |
| 0:53.2 | a drug and alcohol addiction but he loves |
| 0:55.3 | god and he wants to seek god but he's got family issues and all kinds of stuff going on and |
| 1:02.0 | it's really difficult for him right now so he called in to get some advice and if you want to listen to his |
| 1:08.2 | call it's in the first hour sort of in the middle of the first hour. |
| 1:28.7 | And at the end of the show, about an hour after the show's over, we have it archived at relevantradio.com and on the relevant radio app. So you can hear his call for yourself. It's worth listening to him, even if just so you can pray for him. So these are emails in response to that call? That's right. Yeah. So I have a bunch. |
| 1:33.8 | Here's four. This is Joel. He's listening on the app and he says, Patrick, thank you for reminding all of us that our job as Catholics is to judge less and teach more. Bringing Christ to the world |
| 1:39.7 | through the media is what you do is what you do really really well every day thank you joel well thanks |
| 1:46.7 | joe and then i've got another one here from a j and albuquerque and he says i was so touched by |
| 1:52.6 | george's call he will be in my prayers that he will become closer to jesus god bless you george and |
| 1:58.8 | just like a j here if george you're still listening, I hope you |
| 2:01.8 | are. No, there are hundreds, if not thousands upon thousands of people praying for you right now. |
| 2:08.5 | Here's another one. I mean, they keep coming in. This is Heidi in Minneapolis. And she says, |
| 2:14.5 | Patrick, I think you saved a life. I'm in tears right now. |
| 2:20.4 | After hearing most of your call from the young caller named George, |
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