The Patrick Madrid Show: May 13, 2026 - Hour 2
The Patrick Madrid Show
Relevant Radio
4.8 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2026
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Patrick opens the hour with prayer and jumps into real questions from callers—faith, the reality of suffering, how Catholic teaching responds to life’s messiness. Listeners raise everything from why Jesus chose the cross to whether animals can be in heaven; Patrick patiently explains, connects, and sometimes surprises with his clarity.
- Henry - Is suffering a perfect gift to God? How should I understand this? (01:11)
- Elly - What does it mean to carry the cross in our own lives? (07:31)
- Debbie - If Lutherans don’t agree with us, why are their churches named after saints? (14:01)
- David (email) - Do animals/pets go to heaven? (21:04)
- Mac (email) - I am a teacher at an all-boys Catholic Highschool. I am aware of an instance whereby there was a desecration of the Holy Eucharist. It was in a Catholic high school that has secularized leanings. Is there a formal process to notify the "Church"? If so, what is likely to happen? Might there be an inquiry? (27:33)
- Monica (email) - What is the on-line Catholic Faith course for beginners? (30:54)
- Mary (email) – I need help showing my friend see how Scripture and Tradition work together. (37:51)
- Angela (email) - Is it a requirement to bow before receiving Communion? (43:27)
- Elisabeth (email) - I have decided to offer my fasting today and tomorrow for the success of your pledge drive.
- Laura (email) – Was it okay to write a letter to Mother Mary and to leave it at a shrine? (48:16)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | powered by you listener supported welcome to the relevant radio spring pledge drive join the family |
| 0:06.0 | all right let's begin in prayer in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy spirit amen |
| 0:11.7 | remember a most gracious virgin mary that never wasn't known that anyone who fled to thy protection |
| 0:17.4 | implored thy help or sought thine intercession, was left unaided. |
| 0:25.0 | Inspired by this confidence, I flam to thee, O virgin of virgins, my mother. |
| 0:28.5 | To thee do I come before the I stand, simple and sorrowful. |
| 0:33.8 | O mother of the word incarnate, despised not my petitions, but in thy mercy here and answer me, |
| 0:34.2 | amen. |
| 0:37.3 | In the name of the Father and the Son of the Holy Spirit, amen. And our intention, |
| 0:39.6 | being Pleas Drive, et cetera, is that we can meet our need of $3 million by the end of the |
| 0:45.6 | day on Friday. So we're at the midway point right now. And things are perking along. So we're |
| 0:52.4 | going to talk a little bit more about Plead's Drive. In the meantime, though, it's a regular program, and you can call this number to be on the air with your question or comment. 888-914-9-149-49. 8-88-9149-49. Let's go first to Henry in Monterey Park, California. Hello, Henry, and welcome. Hi, good morning, Patrick. |
| 1:12.7 | Yes. I have a question on suffering. In our Bible study, we've been going to the Old Testament, |
| 1:23.1 | and right now we're in Maccabees and a lot of terrible things happening, the murders of the seven brothers and the mother and all kinds of different things, right? |
| 1:34.5 | And so thinking about suffering in that way, I started thinking about Jesus and coming to Earth and dying on the cross and in that way gaining salvation for all |
| 1:49.7 | mankind. |
| 1:50.4 | And I thought, well, you know, God in his infinite capacity could have saved mankind any which |
| 1:59.4 | way he wanted. |
| 2:00.2 | I mean, just unlimited number of ways. |
| 2:02.9 | And yet he chose Jesus' suffering to be the way. |
| 2:06.9 | And then I thought, well, if that's the case, then that must be the perfect way for Jesus |
| 2:17.1 | to have saved mankind, you know, based on all of the different ways that God has to save. |
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