The Inner Life

On today's Inner Life, Fr. Sam Martin joins Deacon Patrick to discuss praying as a family (3:37)

Topics:

• (11:26) What if only one spouse was religious
• (15:32) Inner healing 
• (18:27) Checking the box 
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• (24:20) Holiday prayer 
• (29:18) Inviting my son to pray 
• (37:10) Adoration and Daily Mass
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• (42:24) Having young people lead 
• (47:24) Praying in the car

On today's Inner Life, Fr. Taillon joins Deacon Patrick to discuss making a regular confession. 

Topics:

• (3:06) The mercy of confession 
• (6:39) The comparison game 
• (18:25) Barbara - Confession behind the screen
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• (23:12) Chip - I want to make my first confession in over 40 years 
• (27:56) Examination of Conscience 
• (30:36) - Kim - General absolution 
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• (40:49) - Regular Confession 
• (44:47) - Aidan - Scrupulosity 
• (47:25) - Kris - bringing my husband back to confession

On today's Inner Life, Fr. Wilson joins to talk about this Sunday’s Gospel: The 2 Greatest Commandments

• (19:01) Nick – I liked how you connected this topic this to Muhmmed Ali.

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• (23:21) Jim - we can't love our neighbor without loving God first

• (29:44) David - we need to heal from our own self-esteem issues to learn to truly love ourselves and others

• (32:36) Transactionalism can affect our lives and ability to love 11: 38

• (36:22) Mike - I struggle to love people who are cruel. Is it ok to love them from afar rather than being close to them?

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• (40:33) St. Pier Giorgio Frassati On Charity

On today's Inner Life, Fr. Dave Heney joins to share about Pope St. John Paul II and the Gospel of Life

(1:28) Fr. Dave Heney On Pope St. John Paul II

(15:55) How JPII dealt with the anti-Catholic ideologies of Communism and Nazism.

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(23:49) JPII's Devotion to Mary and the Luminous Mysteries

(27:51) Loretta – My St. JPII testimony and what he means to me.

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(39:54) Anna May - My sons met St. JPII

Fr. Ray - St. JPII influenced my priesthood.

(45:07) Jeanette - memories of St. JPII

(47:51) JPII's example of courage in the Face of abortion, divorce and gender crisis.

(48:34) We Can't Have A Silent Church

On today's Inner Life, Fr. Ramil Fajardo educates on marriage and annulments, asking “Hmm Is That Valid”?

• (6:02) Destination Weddings And Marrying Inside A Church 

• (11:45) Good Marriages Are Living Homilies

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• (22:10) The Church Can't Annul A Valid Marriage

• (31:36) Email - Connie: Pauline Privilege & Petrine Privilege

• (34:33) Tony - I got an annulment. I got married young and didn't know what we were doing. I want to give some hope to those who are trying to get an annulment.

• (39:06) Annulments are not guaranteed 

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• (42:17) Helen - I got an annulment and it was extremely healing. I don't think I would have healed as quickly without it. There's a lot of learning that people should not be afraid of.

• (45:42) John - Can marriage be considered sacramental if one of the persons is not baptized?

• (48:58) Ryan - One of my lifelong best friends who was married for over 10 years, had a son, and adopted a daughter. When working on adoption, she had an affair with a woman. Can he seek an annulment and be successful?

• On today’s show, Fr. Kris Stubna talks about Confession: It’s here to help you.

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• Susan - I was at Confession recently and it was face to face. I confessed, but Father was looking at his phone and scrolling the entire time. I was a little distracted by that and didn't know how to handle it. Could you comment on how to handle that?

• Nancy - I am a senior citizen. Recently I've grown in faith and went to confession. It was a visiting priest. He was so gracious and loving. I was expecting the worst, but I truly felt healed.

• Miles - Concern I had from a prisoner is that the priest didn't have enough time to hear confessions. Can the bishop give him permission to have a shortened version of the mass and still have time for confessions?

• Patrick - I love confession.

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• Joanne - I had an experience on Easter Sunday and someone asked if there were confessions. I asked Father and he immediately went in and heard the man's confession before Mass. It was such a beautiful thing.

• Tony - It's changed my life over the years. I used to take it for granted.

• Carrie - I learned that the grace received in the sacrament has been such a help in avoiding sin in the future. It's almost like a little Christmas.

On today’s show, Fr. Elliot Zak joins to discuss Forgiving Others

• Mary is the perfect to disciple to follow when it comes to learning how to forgive.

• Alex - Forgiving our enemies when they have hurt us: what is the process for that?

• Brandon - How can I forgive someone who doesn't repent?

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• Lawrence - What does it mean to forgive oneself?

• Teresa - It is so hard to forgive the one who killed my daughter

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• Nick - How do we know we have forgiven someone properly?

• On today's Inner Life, Fr. Ryan Brady joins to discuss Baptism.

• Monica - A person who has decided to be an atheist and denounce their baptism. I don't believe you can turn your baptism away once you're baptized. I believe it's forever. Is that possible for a person who decides to be an atheist to do that?

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• Adele - My brother is a priest. When he was in his first assignment. On the feast of the baptism of the Lord, he started asking kids' birthdays and then asked their baptism dates. 

• David - As a young adult and going through life in the spirit seminar, I wanted to be baptized again. 

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• Thui - Renounced baptism. I publicly renounced my baptism and God in general. I renounced God and everything that came with Him. I didn't want to have anything to do with being Catholic. God is always faithful and will never leave us. I'm back in the church now and I love it.

On today's Inner Life, Fr. Allen Hoffa joins to encourage us to maintain a spirit of conversion.

• (6:01) What Is Conversion?
  •    People are looking for permanence
• (15:31) Sarah - Back in 1990, I went through the Christ Renews His Parish program. Changed my life. It brought me closer to my faith. I wish the church would do it again.
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• (23:15) The process of conversion is measured and paced overtime.
• (28:29) Maria - As a lifelong Catholic and reaching old age and seeing special moments, how do you address being in tune with knowing this is the latter part of your life and dealing with that?
• (34:10) Patrick - I read St. Athanasius recorded that St. Anthony said he had not yet begun to be converted at a very old age. I would like to be deeper in my faith but you cannot control the depth of your conversions; God has to be in control.

• On today's Inner Life, Fr. Michael Joseph Paris OCD joins to share about St. Teresa of Avila, Doctor of the Church.

• (18:42) Christina - Saints podcast on Relevant Radio

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• (23:40) Michael - I have an aunt who was a Carmelite. Have question about how the Carmelites lived in their cells and their devotions.

• (26:58) John - I'm pretty sure St. Therese of Liseux was devoted to St. Theresa of Avila. Is that true?

• (30:20) Teresa - I'm pretty sure St. Therese of Lisieux was devoted to St. Theresa of Avila. Is that true?

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• (38:16) Matt - My wife...her family has a lineage of the father of St. Theresa. She also has an aunt who is a nun. Interesting to have that connection and what you're talking about today.

• (43:15) Prayer is an encounter amongst friends…Taking time to be with the One who loves you. 

• (44:35) Cathy - Favor she granted us. We were at the birth of a child, so I prayed to St. Therese if she brought us this child. We got the child and were shocked to find it was the feast of St. Theresa of Avila.