The Patrick Madrid Show: March 26, 2026 - Hour 1
The Patrick Madrid Show
Relevant Radio
4.8 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 26 March 2026
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Patrick answers calls from parents navigating tough Bible passages with young kids, shares advice on the actual end date of Lent, and recommends spiritual classics like The Way of the Pilgrim, tying it all back to daily Catholic life. Between practical answers and deep spiritual reflections, Patrick blends ordinary moments with big questions, keeping everything honest, thoughtful, and lively.
- Carlos - If you have irritable bowel syndrome, can you be dispensed from fasting on Good Friday? (00:46)
- Ellen (email) - What's the big deal with going from Abram to Abraham? When does Lent end? (06:44)
- Sally (email) - Ever notice how anti-Catholic evangelicals still use our dates for Easter and Christmas? (11:03)
- Dan - Is there a place in the Bible that says we can physically feel the weight of prayers? (13:38)
- John - My daughter wants to learn more about the gruesome parts of the Bible. She is 5 years old. How can I go about this? (18:22)
- Ronnie - Why did God change Abram's name to Abraham? (23:01)
- Rick - The Way of The Pilgrim seems to be more of an Eastern Orthodox book. Can you recommend this for a Catholic? (37:36)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | We usually don't pick up hitchhikers, but I'm going to go with my instinct on this one. |
| 0:06.5 | Saddle-up, partner. |
| 0:09.0 | Compelling insights, unpredictable conversations, encouragement for your day. |
| 0:14.7 | It's the Patrick Madrid Show on Relevant Radio. |
| 0:17.7 | I like your style, dude. |
| 0:20.0 | All right. |
| 0:21.6 | Hey, welcome back, everybody. |
| 0:23.0 | Thank you for listening to the program. |
| 0:25.0 | We had a nice 21-hour break, and we're going to get right back to it. |
| 0:28.4 | You can call and be on the air with your comment or question by calling this number 888-914-9-149-149-49. Looking forward to hearing from you. Let's go first to Carlos in Florida. |
| 0:42.4 | Good morning, Carlos, and welcome. Hi, good morning, Patrick. Thank you for taking my call. |
| 0:48.1 | Happily. My pleasure. I'm calling in for a friend. My friend, he usually, for good Friday fasting, he usually observes it. |
| 0:59.2 | And he usually extends it over until the Easter vigil, not eating any meals after |
| 1:05.5 | lunch on Friday, except like juice or something like that. |
| 1:11.7 | But he was commenting to me that he wasn't sure that if he should do a fast this year, |
| 1:17.5 | because every time he does it for the 20 days after, he has increasing, like, irritation in his bowel because he has problems with his intestines. |
| 1:28.5 | So that fasting causes him issues afterwards. |
| 1:32.6 | So he was wondering if it's sinful for him not to observe the Good Friday fast |
| 1:36.7 | in the way that he usually does it, extending it till the Easter vigil, |
| 1:42.1 | even though he really wants to, he feels that it ruins his first 20 days of Easter. |
| 1:48.7 | And so I told him, I'm going to call in for you and see what Patrick McGrid has to say about it. |
| 1:56.8 | Okay. Well, because he has a legitimate medical condition, something diagnosable, he's not obliged to follow that discipline if it is contrary to doctor's orders. So in this case, the fast from food, now I don't know if it means that he has to have more food or what kind of food or |
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