Patrick fields listener questions that range from Mass intentions and Catholic marriage validity to grief after a loved one’s suicide, offering practical guidance and personal reflections, sometimes quoting Scripture directly. Humor threads through his advice to parents struggling with rebellious teens and smartphone battles, even as serious topics around Church teaching and mercy surface alongside day-to-day struggles.

• Tony – When/why did the custom of saying Mass intentions out loud begin, and can it cause unintended consequences when the Priest does not announce them? (00:45)
• Heidi – Can we assume that the list of churches on the Relevant Radio app are not SSPX? (07:32)
• Joe – A Catholic Church I have been going to has been doing ‘everything right’ but they swear badly in Spanish. What should I do? (09:53)
• Jeff – How do I overcome sin towards the sacrament of marriage in general after being a terrible person in my younger days? (23:28)
• Lauren – A family member recently committed suicide. What is the church teaching on what happens to their soul? (31:24)
• Marcin – How to heal my relationship with my son, who is no longer listening to my advice to help him get back into the faith. (43:05)

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