The Patrick Madrid Show: May 21, 2026 - Hour 3
The Patrick Madrid Show
Relevant Radio
4.8 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 21 May 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Patrick responds directly to listeners, offering guidance on spirituality, relationships, and daily challenges through heartfelt exchanges and practical wisdom. Questions range from Catholic teaching on end-of-life care and feeding tubes to the nuances of physical attraction in marriage, and the risks parents might encounter in family court or when trusting neighbors. Faith, experience, and a willingness to address the tough stuff keep the conversation real and, at times, unexpectedly moving.
- Irene – Why hasn’t anyone spoken out against the CCP in China electing bishops? (00:28)
- Judy (email) – If there’s a problem with a Catholic school, I would go to the bishop.
- Maria (email) – Should I let my daughter babysit for a family that practices yoga?
- Maria - I am a single woman in my 40s. How much physical attraction do I need to find a holy spouse? (10:34)
- Paul (email) - How do I go about finding a spiritual director? (22:58)
- Tim - I had to talk my wife into marrying me. (26:47)
- Rose – Is it a sin if you can't concentrate during the Rosary? (29:22)
- Ted - You said you are not a spiritual advisor, but I think you are to me. I say you are my spiritual advisor when people ask where I get my advice from. Should I not say that anymore? (33:50)
- Mary – My father is in the ICU. Does the Catholic Church approve of putting someone on a feeding tube? (40:46)
- Matt - No Christian legal expert would help me because they didn’t want to get involved in family court. (46:53)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Time circuit's on. |
| 0:04.5 | Flux capacitor. |
| 0:06.2 | Flexing. |
| 0:08.8 | Compelling insights. |
| 0:10.5 | Unpredictable conversations. |
| 0:12.7 | Encouragement for your day. |
| 0:14.8 | It's the Patrick Madrid show on Relevant Radio. |
| 0:18.0 | It's a household nerd. |
| 0:19.7 | We are back and I see that Irene in Pennsylvania is still there. |
| 0:23.7 | Irene, you and I talked briefly about the agreement that was made with the Holy See |
| 0:30.1 | and the Chinese Communist government back in, what was it, 2018, 2017, something like that. |
| 0:37.0 | And I gave an overview and you didn't have a chance to respond to it. |
| 0:40.3 | So now that we're back, would you like to respond or did we get it? |
| 0:45.3 | I don't understand why war has been spoken out against it. |
| 0:51.8 | Oh, many have spoken out against it, including, as I mentioned, Cardinal Zen, |
| 0:56.9 | who has been a very vociferously, or let's just say a vociferous, a voice of opposition to this. |
| 1:06.4 | And, you know, his basic argument is that the Holy See gave away the store to the communist government. |
| 1:14.1 | And as I said, that it pulls the rug out from under the, you know, the faithful underground church. |
| 1:22.1 | And I concur with them. You know, I don't think, at least from where I stand, that this was in any way a wise |
| 1:28.1 | arrangement and is probably going to do a lot of damage, not only individual people, but to, |
| 1:35.8 | how do you extricate yourself from this? You know, like the old saying, give them an inch |
| 1:40.1 | and it'll take a mile. So if you've given the Chinese communist government the quote |
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