Patrick welcomes listeners to conversations that crack open faith questions and lived Catholic experience, sometimes with gentle humor and sometimes with unapologetic candor. He answers questions about happiness, the meaning of friendship with Jesus, and ethical dilemmas like embryo adoption, pausing to encourage those returning to the Church or wrestling with doubts. Calls about family, modesty, traditions, and the value of resources on science and faith create a live mosaic of real Catholic life—messy, searching, honest.

• Hillary (email) – The whole "God wants us to be happy" thing (00:29)
• Frank - I think sin does hurt God. (03:10)
• Mary - I think large families are very beneficial. My grandparents had 12 children. They helped take care of me after my mom died. (13:29)
• Kevin - Modesty works both ways with men and causing others to fall into sin. (14:37)
• Sheila - What is the difference between embryo adoption and carrying it to term and adopting a child outside of the womb? (18:19)
• Josephine - My friend is Catholic but doesn’t want where the Scapular? How can I explain this devotion to her? (23:53)
• Donna - A stranger wanted to hold my hand during mass and I declined. She was upset. Can you help me? (27:02)
• Bob - I am a returning Catholic, and my penance was to go to Mass on 7 consecutive Sundays. Is this valid? (32:35)
• Susan - Any articles or books that you recommend on science and faith? My daughter's ex-boyfriend told her that 'he believes in science' (38:52)
• Dave - My friend is a widow and goes to a meeting presided over by a man who talks about using an end-of-life drug. How do we as a society prevent someone from holding these meetings? (40:54)
• Leo - Where is the line between friendship and servant? (43:47)