The Patrick Madrid Show: January 05, 2026 - Hour 1

Moving from news to heartfelt emails, Patrick shares no-nonsense advice for Catholics pursuing marriage in a hookup culture, recommending practical faith resources and candid stories rather than clichés. He throws in a sharp wake-up call about how digital habits erode lives, contrasting excessive screen hours with the value of one hour at Mass, pushing listeners to reassess where their attention truly goes.

 

• Audio: Jack Ryan explains Venezuela - https://x.com/aristotlegrowth/status/2007597765808054492?s=46&t=m_l2itwnFvka2DG8_72nHQ (04:10)
• Audio: Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Maria Corina Machado on Venezuela - https://x.com/stealthmedical1/status/2007365100794159510 (07:43)
• Mia (email) - How do you recommend I approach dating in a world that prioritizes hook up culture? (10:19)
• Joshua - What boundaries should I have with my girlfriend as she pursues an annulment? (19:00)
• Jennifer (email) - Catholic Dating online works! I met my husband on a Catholic dating app. (25:01)
• Matt (email) - St Therese of Lisieux's parents apparently met after answering a wanted ad in the local newspaper that St. Louis Martin had placed, the1700's version of an online dating app (this is later retracted in hour 2).
• Myla (email) - My husband had multiple previous marriages, and he always get stumped when trying to apply for an annulment. Our parish priest wants proof of that death but when my husband called the state where his ex-wife lived, they wouldn’t release the death certificate to him because he was already divorced many years ago. How do we go about with that? (26:44)
• Anne (email) - I have a question about monks who lived in hermitages who were not ordained who did not attend mass. Some of them were canonized by the Roman Catholic Church. If so, what about those who say their prayers at home for a period of time? (28:17)
• Audio: Visualization of how much time an 18-year-old today will spend on his phone by the time he’s 90 -  https://x.com/johnrich/status/2003671861050085621?s=46&t=m_l2itwnFvka2DG8_72nHQ (41:31)
• Audio: Social Media’s brainwashing effects - https://x.com/thesigmamindset/status/2007768720840519718?s=46&t=m_l2itwnFvka2DG8_72nHQ (48:44)