Your prayer life won’t always be easy. When you take a step or two forward, you might take a step or two back. Just like life, prayer is a journey that you make and sometimes it’s more of a winding, unpaved road than a clear path. At other times you might just be walking in […]Read more

If you or someone you love struggles with alcoholism or if you’re a recovering alcoholic, faith is an important place to turn for support. It can be helpful to have holy men and women who have overcome the same crosses to inspire us in our journey. Look no further than Venerable Matt Talbot. Matt was […]Read more

In most Latin Rite churches, it’s uncommon to see a woman wear a veil in church. Some Catholics remember the days when this was the norm, but for others, it’s a totally foreign concept. Trina called The Patrick Madrid Show to ask if she and her daughters should be wearing veils, and what the bible […]Read more

And so, with the Angels and all the Saints we declare your glory, as with one voice we acclaim… Do you ever stop and think about those words when you hear them during the Liturgy of the Eucharist? So often we become distracted, worried about keeping our kids quiet, thinking about what we’ll have for […]Read more

Is knowingly entering into the near occasion of sin, a sin in itself? If we know that doing something could lead us closer to the temptation of sin, must we stay away? Matt in Minnesota wondered where sin begins when tiptoeing this line of possible temptation. Patrick Madrid gave an example of the near occasion […]Read more

Learn the Faith. Love the Faith. Two new programs are coming to Relevant Radio® on Monday, July 20: The Faith Explained and The Cale Clarke Show. The former has a focus on learning the faith so that you can share it with others; the latter will bring everything into perspective through the lens of our […]Read more

Pilate said to him, “What is truth?” – John 18:38 Leah wrote a letter to Fr. Richard Simon, host of Father Simon SaysTM on Relevant Radio, asking him about a confounding conversation she had with a friend in her prayer group. The friend told her, “My truth is different from your truth.” It didn’t seem […]Read more

Two brand new programs are coming to the Relevant Radio® network! The Cale Clarke Show and The Faith Explained with Cale Clarke will make their debut on Monday, July 20. Cale is a familiar presence in Catholic media, and Relevant Radio listeners may be familiar with his voice as a previous guest host on several […]Read more

“I thought I knew everything about Karol Wojtyla, St. John Paul II. I did my doctoral work on his theology,” said Msgr. Start Swetland, host of Go Ask Your FatherTM on Relevant Radio®. But even Msgr. Swetland was surprised to learn a new fact about the early life of St. John Paul II and the […]Read more

Have you ever heard a homily that stopped you in your tracks? One that stuck with you, swirling around in your head and making you think? For the listeners of the Holy Mass from St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, broadcast live on Relevant Radio® at 9am CT last Sunday, it was one of those homilies. The […]Read more

“To live without faith, without a heritage to defend, without battling constantly for truth, is not to live but to ‘get along’; we must never just ‘get along’.” – Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati is “a great example of wholesomeness, joy, service, and really the type of witness our world needs today,” […]Read more

If you ask a religious sister, brother, or priest which of the Evangelical Counsels—poverty, chastity, and obedience—is the most difficult, many of them will tell you it’s obedience. You might think that living a life of celibacy or giving up your worldly possessions would be hard, but for those who take the three vows, overcoming […]Read more