The Best of the Week

So, if you missed this episode of The Drew Mariani Show , you have to hear what Fr. Rocky , CEO of Relevant Radio, had to say about what it's like as a priest and how the Lenten Lessons got started!     From Facebook Posts to Formation Tools   Lenten Lessons on the Mass Origin Story 💻📖 Back in 2010, Father Rocky got peer pressured into joining Facebook. Two years later, he started...

This Morning Air episode with John Morales and Catholic apologist William Albrecht is like a theological ride through the Old and New Testaments. They explore the prophecies of the Suffering Messiah.     Jesus Didn't Just  Show Up... He Was Prophesied   William explains how the  Old Testament is packed with over 100 prophecies; yes , a hundred!...  all pointing to Jes...

Fr. Simon talked about repentance , but not in the “feel bad and say sorry” way we usually think of it. Instead, he looked at the Greek word metanoia, which means “a new understanding", and showed how real repentance is about seeing things as God sees them .   1️⃣ Repentance is about a mind shift , not just willpower.   Fr. Simon shared a personal story about how he qui...

A dad named Anthony from CA called in with a totally valid Catholic Dad Dilemma :   “My nine-year-old daughter is an altar server, loves Jesus, and asked if she could watch The Passion of the Christ. I’ve seen it, and... uh… not sure if I’m ready for her to see it.”   Patrick’s take: “I think that’s wise.” 👏   Here’s why:...

Patrick Conley and Fr. Kris Stubna bring you a beautiful commentary on the Stations of the Cross . 💔👣.     🙏 The Roots: Where Did the Stations Come From?   Fr. Kris Stubna takes us  way back to the early Church:    Pilgrims in the 4th century were already retracing Jesus’ steps in Jerusalem after Constantine legalized Christianity.   Mary herself is beli...

Patrick received a great question from Joanne in sunny Hawthorne, California 🌴☀️. She's headed to a  United Methodist funeral and is wondering: "Can I, as a Catholic, go up and receive their communion? It’s just bread, right?"     Protestant Communion = Not the Real Presence   As Catholics , we believe Jesus is truly present: Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity in the Euchar...

When you feel that anger flair up, Fr. Richard Simon has powerful advice that cuts straight through to the heart.   Your personal grudge isn’t doing anyone any favors (least of all you). 👀     Word of the Day: "Vengeance"   Fr. Simon looks at the Old Testament where the prophet Jeremiah is praying for God to smite his enemies . Like, full-on “Let me watch You take...

🗺️ St. Bernadette of Lourdes Episode One: An Unwanted Child   France, 1858; the remote village of Lourdes. In the prison basement they call home, a mother and father of six children face an impossible choice. Lacking enough food to feed their family, they must either send their eldest daughter away or starve. Little do they know that this child will change the world. This is the inspiring sto...

On this episode of The Patrick Madrid Show , Patrick explores a topic that many Catholics might not even realize they’re accidentally messing up: how we talk about Catholics and Protestants. If you’ve ever said, “Oh, I’m Catholic, and they’re Christian,” Patrick is here to  gently (but firmly) ask you to stop doing that. 🙅‍♂️   The Big Idea: &nbsp...

This episode of The Inner Life with Patrick Conley and Fr. Rob Kroll can give you so much inspiration! It's about hope , despair , and how both are actual choices, not just feelings.    Be sure to hear the whole episode ! Wait… Despair Is a Choice?   Yep! Fr. Rob explains this using St. Thomas Aquinas' wisdom:   Despair = Losing hope completely, thinking you’re bey...

If you ever doubted that The Family Rosary Across America is one big, warm, faith-filled family, this podcast episode will convince you! Fr. Rocky and Maggie are back, taking prayer requests from across the country, and things get very pet friendly.   🔹 Virgie from Texas calls in, asking for prayers for her grandson, who’s now 14 and dealing with health issues. But wait... her dog Char...

Patrick Madrid explains why Purgatory is actually a very biblical doctrine, even though the word itself isn’t spelled out in Scripture (kind of like the word "Trinity"... but we all believe in that, right?). Step 1: Bible Alone? Not So Fast! 📖🚫 Patrick starts by calling out the big assumption that everything has to be proven from the Bible alone ( Sola Scriptura ).  👉 That idea is ac...

This episode of Marriage Unhindered with Doug Hinderer and his daughter Monica (a licensed therapist) gets  real about something we seriously need to talk about: chatbots as your kid’s new imaginary friend. 😬   Check out the whole hour here .       🤖 So, What’s the Big Deal with Chatbots?   They’re basically AI-powered “friends” that ki...

Timmerie talks about a viral rant from influencer Paige Connell: a mom, wife, and full-time working woman who aired out her frustrations  online. And yep, she admits that she thought about divorce. Over what, you ask?   🧼🍽️ The dishwasher. 🗑️ The trash. 🎒 And kids' backpacks.   But hang tight, because this conversation is about way more than chores.   Check out the whole epis...

Okay, fam, if you missed this heart-melty episode of Family Rosary Across America with Fr. Rocky and Maggie , here’s the scoop 🕊️📿:     Fr. Rocky kicked things off...   ...with his classic charm and a small crisis: he lost his glasses 👓😂. (Priorities: 1) Prayers. 2) Finding the glasses. In that order.)     📞 First Call:  Hope & Brooke from CA   Hope...

If you’ve ever thought, “Man, I really should go to confession…” and then promptly decided to clean your fridge instead, this episode of The Drew Mariani Show is 100% for you.   This time, Drew sits down with Bishop Donald Hying (yep, the Bishop of Madison, WI 🧀✝️) to talk about why Confession isn’t scary and why it’s actually one of the most  healin...

Fr. Richard Simon received a question that sounds straight outta Catholic Trivia Night:   "Are there sins that only the Pope can forgive?"   👀 Yep. But don’t panic; odds are, you're  not on that list.   🎙️ A listener, Dylan (shout-out, Dylan 👋), called in all worried. He remembered being a kid, learning something incorrect about the faith on YouTube, totally believ...

Here’s the scoop from The Patrick Madrid Show when Maria from Oshkosh, Wisconsin called in with a very real Catholic dilemma 😬. She asked:   "If a job makes someone work on Sundays, is it a sin to miss Mass?" "Can I just go during the week instead?"   Here’s what Patrick had to say:     😇  NOT a Sin If…   - Your job  genuinely requires Sunday...

🎙️ Hosted by: Patrick Conley | Guest: Fr. Sam Martin If you've ever tried to become a saint  by the end of the week (and failed miserably after snapping at someone in traffic 😅) ... you're in good company. This episode is for  us , the not-so-patient disciples trying to get holy in a world where the Wi-Fi better not buffer for more than 2 seconds. Here's the whole podcast episode! What...

Italy, 1940. The memory of a murdered child has gripped the country for decades, causing a stir of devotion to her across the entire country. Now, a special investigator has been sent from Rome to discover the truth of her story. He begins with her family but is soon sent to an unlikely witness: the man who murdered her. This is the story of St. Maria Goretti.    🌐 Subscribe for Free Da...

Patrick Madrid tackled a great question that could make you scratch your head a bit!    How is it logical for God to create everything out of nothing? 🤔💭   Our buddy Anonymous Andy from Rhode Island wrote in with a serious theological puzzle. He gets that God is logical and cannot create contradictions (like a four-sided triangle or a married bachelor). Then Andy hits us with the...

Fr. Simon brought the heat today in  Father Simon Says ! It’s all about the Holy Spirit: how we discern His work in our lives and why it’s NOT just about feeling warm and fuzzy inside.     Word Moment: Charismata, Diakonia, and Haris   Fr. Simon explained some Greek words from yesterday’s second reading (yep, he’s got a thing for languages):  ...

This Morning Air episode with John Morales and Fr. Brice Higginbotham is like sitting down with a wise Cajun priest (he’s from Louisiana, y’all) and talking through one of the biggest questions in Christianity: Why did Jesus have to die such a brutal death on the cross?     ✝️ Wait, WHY Did Jesus Die Like That?   Fr. Brice gets straight to the point: ➡️ No cross = no sal...

Listener  Karen from Illinois  wrote in asking what a plenary indulgence is, and Patrick did not disappoint .      🧐 So what  is an indulgence anyway?   Patrick breaks it down like this:   Sin is forgiven in confession , but its effects still linger (like spiritual scars).   Jesus paid the penalty for sin once and for all, but we still need to  he...

This episode of Father Simon Says was a journey through Scripture, prophecy, temple architecture, and even the Shroud of Turin.   Fr. Richard Simon starts us in Ezekiel 47 , where water is flowing out from the Temple. Not just a trickle... this is a prophetic flood.   Ezekiel is in exile, the Temple’s a pile of rubble, and he’s seeing a vision of a Temple that’s not yet...