Episode Details

Patrick takes listeners into the effects of modern loneliness and emotional manipulation, revealing how social media preys on suggestibility and deepens isolation. He offers practical wisdom to Grace, a concerned mother, wrestling with her daughter’s interfaith relationship, while also reflecting on personal stories and near-death accounts that blur the line between supernatural encounters and ordinary life. Conversation flows from raw parental anxiety to spiritual wake-up calls, never shying away from uncomfortable questions or the hidden costs of everyday choices.

• Audio: Fractionation – we are in a loneliness epidemic - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WWL7n-D7JKI (01:19)
• Grace - What is the best way to receive my daughter's boyfriend. He is Christian and not Catholic.  How can I talk to him about the faith? (10:26)
• John - Why do Bible leave out the verse about Jesus and fasting? Why do some Protestants never see Purgatory, yet Catholics do. Why is that? (22:12)
• Patrick shares some words from St. Teresa of Avila (26:30)
• Maureen - Thank you for promoting University of Mary. Also, I lost an heirloom ring. I had a dream that I found it, and then I found it in real life several hours later. What do you think? (44:23)
• Joshua - How do you answer non-Catholic Christians who say that 'we are Church'? (48:12)