The Patrick Madrid Show: March 13, 2026 - Hour 3
The Patrick Madrid Show
Relevant Radio
4.8 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 13 March 2026
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Patrick answers heartfelt calls on fasting during personal turmoil, interfaith marriage worries, and what it truly means to follow Christ amid conflicting family and church influences. He unpacks Catholic teachings on debt, the priesthood of Melchizedek, and salvation outside the Church, often folding in passionate reflections on Protestant and Catholic divisions. Raw emotion surges as stories mix with doctrine, creating an atmosphere of both encouragement and tough truth.
- Patrick continues his conversation with David, talking about how hard it is to stick with Lenten promises in the unrelenting fog of heavy stress (00:29)
- Maria - Is it a sin to go into debt? (03:47)
- Mary - My daughter-in-law has been diagnosed with breast cancer. She always flips the script. How can I be charitable in this situation? (06:39)
- Jeff - You were talking about Protestant's being saved. I am concerned because I have some great Protestant friends. (11:27)
- Hugo - What is the will of the Father? (21:06)
- Vanessa - Protestants say different sacraments are just symbols. How is that not against us? (33:01)
- Chuck - What is the priesthood of Melchizedek? Jesus became a priest of Melchizedek after he rose from the dead. (41:13)
- Bridget - My adult Catholic son said he would marry a good Christian Protestant woman. How can I guide my son? (46:26)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Compelling insights, unpredictable conversations, |
| 0:12.8 | encouragement for your day. |
| 0:14.8 | It's the Patrick Madrid show on Relevant Radio. |
| 0:19.6 | All right, continuing into hour three now. |
| 0:22.5 | The number is the same. |
| 0:23.4 | 88-914-9. |
| 0:24.6 | I look forward to talking with you. |
| 0:27.9 | So David and Carlisbad coming back to you. |
| 0:30.7 | You had mentioned that you've got a lot of stress in the family right now, |
| 0:34.8 | some health issues, job changes, and other things that are hitting all at |
| 0:39.1 | once. And correct me if I'm wrong, but you were talking about you're evaluating the need or |
| 0:45.9 | the benefit of fasting during Lent in the middle of all this turmoil and whether or not it might |
| 0:51.1 | be better to not fast and then focus on the turmoil. |
| 0:57.0 | And we kind of left it at that point. Do I have it right? |
| 1:08.7 | Pretty much, you know, kind of like are these, is my kind of response to the fasting, which is, |
| 1:12.2 | you know, I'm feeling more grumpy and all that kind of stuff. |
| 1:16.5 | Is that more of like the impurities coming up out? |
| 1:22.5 | And is that God kind of purifying me or is that God telling me, hey, maybe this is not a great time to fast because we have, you know, the job changes and the, and you know the house to take care of because |
| 1:29.8 | of the water damage and all that kind of stuff okay health issues we're doing fine health-wise but |
| 1:34.8 | oh okay fair enough these other financial stressors and stuff that are happening right now |
| 1:41.4 | well i of course i can't speak for God for obvious reasons. |
| 1:47.4 | I tend to think that God is not going to tell you, |
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