The Inner Life

• (3:23) Fr. Allen Hoffa joins to talk about chastity.

• (20:06) Relevant Radio's Sacred Music App helped me overcome impure thoughts.

• (25:20) Break 1

• (27:11) How can I explain chastity to teenagers and the beginning to date?

• (33:46) Start with A to Z when educating our young people on chastity.

• (36:31) Robert - Marriage and having a healthy sexual life. What is borderline when I look at my wife? I sometimes get a real deep desire for my wife. What is sin and what is acceptable?

• (40:33) Break 2

• (46:06) Patrick - How do chemical bonds play into chastity?

• (2:54) Fr. Bobby Blood joins Patrick to discuss Catholic Education
  • (11:33)– Patty - Has the catechesis gotten watered down over the years? How can we bring it back better?
  • (18:42) – Alice - I didn't go to college because i thought i would leave the faith

• (22:21) Break 1
  • 23:54  - Kay - 12 years of Catholic school and i loved it dearly
  • 31:51 – Frances - Worked in Catholic school for 2 decades and not all teachers hired were catholic at my school

• (39:40) Break 2
  • (47:06) – Luz - I owe everything to my catholic education

• On today's Inner Life with Patrick Conley, Msgr. Tom Richter joins to discuss the 6th foundation of prayer, purification.
• • (2:41) Msgr. Tom Richter joins to discuss purification
  • (3:17) The foundations of prayer

• (19:41) Break 1
  • (30:31) How do I distinguish between the dark night of the soul and spiritual desolaton?
  • (30:47) God never does anything to our hearts to make us “sad” about following Him.

• (41:29) Break 2
  • (42:33) Tessa – I feel like God is just ignoring me. I feel the temptation that God has given up on me. Is this from the devil?
  • (43:26) God is giving you a chance to experience a deeper faith and live by that faith.

• Fr. Joseph Johnson joins to discuss the essentials of Confession and why we go. - 4:15

• Melania - what is a General Confession? - 11:52

• Confession isn't like a car wash... - 14:46

• Break 1

• Dawn - How do I overcome avoiding Confession while I am overcoming drug addiction? - 29:30

• Break 2

• Carina - What if one doesn't really want to change? - 42:21

• Shannon - How to get better at confessing venial sins - 47:00

• Fr. John Eckert joins to discuss grief (3:03)

• Acknowledging the sadness and recognizing the separation and being in front of our Lord in the Tabernacle and be in Adoration. He knows your heart and He wants you to share those things with Him. (13:17)

• Break 1

• Mandy - God's presence during a hard time in my life with grief. My daughter passed 2 years ago. She was a newborn. I felt God's presence during that time (3:06)

• Break 2

• Kathy   I just lost my 2nd husband in July. I lost my first after 35 years of marriage 15 years ago. I don't know how people get through this without their faith. (40:50)

• Fr. Marc Lenneman joins Patrick to discuss this Sunday’s Gospel from John 3:13-17

• Nicodemus comes to Jesus by night because he doesn’t understand how it is possible to be born again. Here we have the theme of salvation and eternal life being introduced in the Gospel of John for the first time. Also, the cross is a place of reality and it is a place where God’s love confronts our sins. We need to get back to the reality that Jesus is active in the World today. The way in which he fights is different but He is in our midst and manifesting His love as mercy. The cross is at the center of everything and it is where the love of God brings peace. It overcomes the chaos and overcomes the evil. (2:31)

• Everything I learned abut love I learned by looking at the Cross

• Peter - How does the sin against the Holy Spirit come into play?

• We become like that which we contemplate

• Patricia - The agony in the garden is related to what the Father was saying...he took on all of our sins and I had a reflection in Adoration 11 years ago I wanted share.

Fr. Ryan Brady joins Patrick to discuss Faith's Role in Tragedy

• Father shares his story and where he was during 9/11
• (13:27) what is the community’s role when going through traumatic events?
• (15:23) Addison - My husband's birthday is today. On his 21st b-day, the planes hit. It was probably the hardest day of his life. His mom also passed from Covid. It's definitely been hard, but in the hardest times, our faith has been the safe place.
• (19:47) Robert - So much bad happening right now. Going through crisis.  We also have faith and Jesus's apostles all suffered...we draw solace from it.

(28:45) Break 1

• Mickey - My brother is being buried today. Riding a bike and a car crashed and killed him instantly. He was a veteran. after 9/11, he reenlisted. All of this tragedy, makes me as a Catholic, believe in God more and to be thankful to God for peace during this time.
• (35:57) Ona Lee - I am the mom of Fr. Steve McGraw who was a 9/11 first responder. Took a wrong turn. Just ordained 3 months. God took him along the road and he landed in front of the Pentagon when the plane was crashing. By the grace of God...Fr. Steve was able to go there and give the last rites to 1 or 2 people. He was able to visit for many years many of the people affected.

(41:13) Break 2

• Eduardo - Our freewill and how God gave it to us and how we've abused it with everything happening right now.
• How can we have hope through difficult times.

Fr. Michael Hurley joins Patrick to discuss Living in Joy

• (4:47) What does it mean to possess Joy in the presence of God?
• How is joy more than a feeling?
• (13:21) John - The challenges of living with Joy from people living with trauma and psychiatric conditions. Interested in getting feedback on joy is not a feeling and people can find a sense of peace and joy if they are survivors of pretty bad stuff.

(21:16) Break 1

• Maria - Living in Joy is living in the presence of Jesus even if you're going through suffering. If he's first, even if you're not showing joy and there's joy in your heart which is the joy of Christ. Everything is higher with Jesus.
• (29:05) how do you find joy in hard times in life?
• (33:27) Heidi - A priest once told me that joy stands for J is for Jesus, O is for others and Y is for yourself. Serving others and not being selfish. Recipe for joy. Helped me from being selfish.

(37:00) Break 2

• Grant - In years past, I struggled with depression. I had the conscious knowledge and knew what was good, but felt I was lacking joy. I'm in a better place now, but at the time it was quite difficult.
• (44:53) Regina - How does joy relate to Our Lady of Sorrows?
• How does Joy help us evangelize?

Fr. John LoCoco joins Patrick to discuss Dependency on God

• (3:36) what is the importance of dependency of God?
• (7:51) How does God make himself Dependent on us?

(21:42) Break 1

• (23:13) Margaret - When I was becoming Catholic, I had a devotion to a particular Novena. I got was pretty much equivalent to a medical miracle. Next time wasn't a miracle but got better result. I was learning that each time I prayed, I've gotten more of a result about patience or a plan different than I thought. Amazing to me how those results come to me.
• (33:04) Email – how do I become dependent on God without losing out accountability?

(40:03) Break 2

• How can I practice dependency in our daily lives?
• (43:49) Email – Testimony on the need for God being shown through his weakness.
• How are our longing suggestions of our need for God?

Check out this third instalment of our discussion on prayer from July 30, 2025

Msgr. Tom Richter joins Patrick to discuss 6 Foundations of Prayer (part 3)

• (2:30) Father recaps the first four foundations of faith

(18:44) Break 1

• (20:18) 5th foundation of prayer: Humility.

(37:47) Break 2

• (38:59) 6th foundation of prayer: Purification
• (46:57) Regina - Humility...all the good things God gives people. What if you've been handled lousy things like an abusive family? Where's the goodness of God?