The Inner Life

Apr 16 2025 1178 ep. 50 mins 431
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The Inner Life® with Patrick Conley is one-on-one Spiritual Direction on the radio. Every day, a Catholic priest or religious sister joins listeners to offer spiritual advice and guidance designed to assist you along your faith journey, speaking about a variety of topics to help you overcome sin, grow in virtue, and strengthen your faith.

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Why Catholics Do Fasting - The Inner Life - April 17, 2025 [ENCORE]

Apr 16 2025 49 mins  
Check out this encore show from March 21, 2025! Father Tom Wilson joins Patrick to discuss Fasting. Christ fasted before His public ministry. It was a time of preparation, just as it is for us. Catholics between the ages of 14 and 59 are to fast 2 days per year.  Fasting is supposed to help us become more in tune with our Lord, spiritually. It reminds us that the blessings th

Modern Idols - The Inner Life - April 16, 2025 [ENCORE]

Apr 16 2025 49 mins  
Check out this encore show from March 28, 2025 Father John LoCoco joins Patrick to discuss Modern Idols What is an idol? (6:41) How can we identify we are placing out trust in something other than God? How is materialism one of the greatest idols against God. (15:09) Phyllis - I'm battling modern idols right now. Feeling secure when I don't have enough funds in my account. Mo

Charitable Chastisement - The Inner Life - April 15, 2025 [ENCORE]

Apr 15 2025 49 mins  
Check out this great encore show from April 8, 2025 Father Bobby Blood joins Patrick to discuss Charitable Chastisement How do you discern when to offer correction to someone? (14:14) Judy - I wish somebody had loved me enough to chastise me. I walked away from faith, husband, etc. Nobody said Judy...you can't do this. I think it's important that we love enough to do that. I'

Anxiety in the Spiritual Life - The Inner Life - April 14, 2025 [ENCORE]

Apr 14 2025 49 mins  
Check out this great encore from March 24, 2025 Father Dave Heney joins Patrick to discuss Anxiety in the Spiritual Life What is Anxiety? (6:49) What is the biggest source of anxiety? What is scrupulosity? (12:58) Email - How can we stop worrying we aren’t going to go to heaven? Barbara - I have suffered with OCD and scrupulosity. In the last couple years, I discovered

Palm Sunday and Holy Week - The Inner Life - April 11, 2025

Apr 11 2025 49 mins  
Father Tom Wilson joins Patrick to discuss Palm Sunday and Holy Week How does Palm Sunday get relate with the Passion? (14:48) why does Jesus ride in on a donkey? Nick - Palm branches, signification of victory and what is going to happen after the turnaround. (22:35) Break 1 Sana - Can you talk about the difference between Palm Sunday celebrations in other churches and in the Ca

Stations of the Cross - The Inner Life - April 10, 2025

Apr 10 2025 49 mins  
Father Kris Stubna joins Patrick to discuss the Stations of the Cross What is the origin of the Stations of the Cross? (11:13) Nicholas - Striped of his garments - my favorite station (15:12) Mary - we united the stations to a family member when they were dying from cancer (19:16) Break 1 Jill - Does the origin of stations of cross come from Mary and St. Catherine Emmerich visio

Spiritual Movies - The Inner Life - April 9, 2025

Apr 09 2025 49 mins  
Check out this Encore show from March 26, 2025 Father John Paul Erickson joins Patrick to discuss Spiritual Movies (4:06) what are the dangers of movies the spiritual life Father shares a movie which he really enjoys (13:52) Sean - The Adventures of Robinhood from 1938. It's a very Catholic movie. Had a good impression on my life. Saw it when I was 6. Greg – Nefarious o

Charitable Chastisement - The Inner Life - April 8, 2025

Apr 08 2025 49 mins  
Father Bobby Blood joins Patrick to discuss Charitable Chastisement How do you discern when to offer correction to someone? (14:14) Judy - I wish somebody had loved me enough to chastise me. I walked away from faith, husband, etc. Nobody said Judy...you can't do this. I think it's important that we love enough to do that. I've come back to God and I know how much he loves me. It t

Joy in Lent - The Inner Life - April 7, 2025

Apr 07 2025 49 mins  
Father Patrick Hyde joins Patrick to discuss Joy in Lent (4:17) why do we talk about joy during Lent? What is joy? How important are circumstances in finding joy? (17:18) Danny - I find it's becoming hard to find joy in lent. In today's age, you don't see it. You tell people it's Lent, and then it's like...and then what? (21:36) Break 1 Susan - I've been going to daily Mass. Hop

Gospel For The 5th Sunday Of Lent - The Inner Life - April 4, 2025

Apr 04 2025 49 mins  
Father Alan Hoffa joins Patrick to discuss the Gospel for the 5th Sunday of Lent (4:56) Jesus Wants to remind us of our personhood   (8:14) What is Jesus doing with and for this woman    (9:41) Father Reads the Gospel.    (18:57) Break 1   (23:26) John  - What struck me was Go and sin no more...that's a hard thing to do. At least for me.