The Patrick Madrid Show: April 07, 2025 – Hour 3

Patrick discusses the importance of the father’s role in a child’s spiritual life, provides practical advice for raising strong Catholic families, and offers guidance on handling personal struggles with faith, like dealing with family rifts or processing grief after a miscarriage. Listeners also receive insightful recommendations on how to reconnect with the Church and keep their spiritual journey vibrant.

  • Email – Andrew. It’s not so much that children aren’t finding their mother’s good example but are following their father’s bad example. I think that the Novus Ordo Mass is effeminate and that it drives men away (00:40)
  • Steven – Is it a sin to entertain guests on Holy Thursday? My wife wants to go ax throwing with our guests from out of town (09:47)
  • Lorie – Is my marriage valid in the Church? (13:30)
  • Andrew – I was raised Catholic, but we left when I was young. What is the best way to come back to the practice of my Catholic Faith? (21:54)
  • David – My wife had a miscarriage over the weekend, and I am not sure we disposed of the remains correctly. What should we do to heal after this? 29:48)
  • Kate – What are your top suggestions for raising saintly children? 35:58)
  • Richard – My wife struggles with going to confession and she feels she has so much anger and it is hard to rid herself of these feelings and is not taking the Eucharist. (45:40)
Patrick Madrid is an acclaimed public speaker and has authored or edited 26 books, which have sold over a million copies worldwide, including foreign-language editions. He hosts The Patrick Madrid Show daily on Relevant Radio.