The Inner Life

Fr. Marcel Taillon joins Patrick to Discuss Fortitude

• What is fortitude?
• (7:12) what is the difference between bravery and being foolhardy?
• How can we practice fortitude in the small things in life?

(19:41) Break 1

• (21:28) Tara - When I was baptized and confirmed two major life events happened where I needed fortitude.
• (28:47) How can others help us grow in fortitude?

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• What is the interplay between temperance and fortitude?
• (41:01) What is fortitude role in discerning the will of God?
• (46:02) Alex - I did not have fortitude and i went down a drug cycle - i started reading the bible and things changed

Msgr. Thomas Richter joins Patrick to Discuss 6 Foundations of Prayer (part 2)

• What is the origin of the 6 foundations of prayer?
• (6:04) what are the first 3 foundations of prayer?

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• (21:33) Fourth foundation of prayer- Pray from the Heart.

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• (37:44) Michael - Question about my struggles with temptation. Struggling with pornography and temptation and feeling unworthy and staying away because of shame. How do I overcome that?
• How can I feel God’s love in a time of unrest?

Fr. Eric Nielsen joins Patrick to Discuss Eucharistic Adoration

• What is Eucharistic adoration?
• (4:11) Why is adoration different from just praying to God in the quiet?
• (11:23) Pat - I go to adoration every Friday and 3rd or 5th Thursday. Went last Friday and came to the conclusion that we see the creator of everything we have. I think that's an amazing thing.
• How to deal with distractions during Adoration?
• (18:07) Patrick - Praying the Rosary. What's your opinion on that?

(21:28) Break 1

• Dave - Adoration...doing it for 10-12 years. Game changer. Turned my life around and made tough decisions because of it.
• (27:10) Linda - Question about adoration in our chapel. We have a chapel that is open to our main church. Tabernacle is easily accessible. We pray weekly in a group (group of mothers).
• Theresa - I was first introduced in 1976 when I was in a youth mission program. I didn't fully embrace it at that point. I was 16. in 2018...I became a regular adorer. One night it wasn't my night to be there, awoke abruptly and went to the adoration chapel to pray for someone who was dying. Next day, I found out it was a friend whose husband was dying. Appreciate the relationship with Christ.

(37:02) Break 2

• What is a “holy hour”?
• (42:57) Carol - I'm learning to do more in Adoration. Love this subject and learning so much from it. Now I really know what to do. It's helping to save lives. Grateful for RR.
• (46:19) Marie - I go to adoration. After Mass, we have prayer group. We cannot go to the chapel because people don't like the audible prayer. Is it equal to pray in front of the tabernacle in the church?
• Armando – What is the proper dress code for adoration?

Check out this great encore show from May 21, 2025

Msgr. Tom Richter joins Patrick to Discuss 6 Foundations of Prayer (Part 1)

• (4:01) why is it important to develop foundations of prayer?
• (11:05) First foundation of prayer: Awakened Faith

(20:20) Break 1

• David - How can I get more awaken faith if I already experience it in the past, but it has fallen away? How to reinvigorate the awaken faith and bringing it back?
• (26:07) What is the second foundation of faith: Getting God Right.

(40:32) Break 2

• Patrick shares an email about offering daily activities in getting God right?
• (41:46) Third foundation of prayer: The Cross

Fr. Michael Hurley joins Patrick to discuss Sunday Bible Study

• Opening prayer for Bible Study
• (5:07) Set up for the Sunday reading
• (8:07) Father reads the Sunday readings (Luke 9: 11b-17)
• Father shares some thoughts on us needing to go forth.
• (20:12) Jennifer - How many times did Jesus preform the miracle of the fishes and loaves?

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• How does this passage point to the Eucharist?
• (31:36) Bob - Is there a relation to when Jesus suggest to the apostles to give the people something to eat and when Jesus is woken up by them during the storm at sea? In both cases, Jesus seems to say that if you had faith you could have stopped the sea or multiply the loaves and fishes.
• (36:02) Mary - comment: When we take the holy Eucharist it is a unique type of food in which it doesn't become part of us but we become part of it.

(40:00) Break 2

• How does Melchizedek and the Old Testament work with the Eucharist in the New Testament
• (46:34) What is the significance of Corpus Christi?

Fr. Allen Hoffa joins Patrick to discuss The Eucharist

• Father talks about Eucharistic desire.
• What makes the Eucharist so essential to the Church?
• (17:16) Nick - comment: once when I was before the tabernacle I could not sense the Lords presences. yet a priest came in returning the host and I discovered the Lord wasn’t there. when the host was returned I believe God was showing me his true presence and what the church is like when he isn’t there.

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• (23:28) Daniel - comment: once when I was before the tabernacle I could not sense the Lords presences. yet a priest came in returning the host and I discovered the Lord wasn’t there. when the host was returned I believe God was showing me his true presence and what the church is like when he isn’t there.
• (33:13) Leonard – What is the difference between a monstrance and a tabernacle

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• Judy - I became a Quaker yet I kept having these dreams about the Eucharist and wanting to receive. In my dream I had my hands out to receive and when I looked down there was blood and flesh in my hands. I then tried other churches but it was nothing like the catholic church so I joined.
• (46:17) Geri - If every host was tested after consecration would every host show the blood type and cells of Jesus?
• What is the proper disposition of receiving communion?

Fr. Carter Griffin joins Patrick to discuss How to Share the Faith

• (4:11) what are some misconceptions about evangelization?
• (14:19) Dan - Whenever I meet someone I always say God be with you. I also wore a tee shirt that would say when was your church founded.

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• How do you learn more about your Faith to share it?
• (24:58) Gary - One of the ways I share my faith is by saying God bless you or Christ is risen to one person. I do it however so that everyone around me can hear it!
• (29:32) Pat - one time I was verbally attacked by a friend who was protestant. I was shocked and speechless. I was very disappointed and want to go deep into my faith because of it.
• Are people really being converted with social media?

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• Patrick shares an email about how to evangelize family member?
• (44:34) Mark - I was protestant and now Catholic. I share the gospel in the streets now and what I have learned is that if someone is waiting outside of the church for money I invite them to come in a pray because its free!
• Michael - we talk about evangelizing with non-Catholics but What about evangelizing Catholics. especially with the importance of the Eucharist. what are some things we might do to help?

Fr. John Eckert joins Patrick to discuss Saint Anthony of Padua

• (2:55) what is the story of Saint Anthony of Padua?
• How do we remain docile to God’s plan like Saint Anthony?
• (14:31) why is Anthony known as the Hammer of Heretics?
• (18:43) Nat - story: I was reading the 33-day consecration to the Eucharist and in the final chapter Saint Anthony showed up in the reading. He helped me discover courage and spiritual motivation I had lost along time ago.

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• Why is Saint Anthony depicted holding the Christ Child?
• (27:08) Pam - I wanted to share something: when I was dating my x-husband he had a statue of the St. Anthony. our last child we named Anthony even though we didn’t know it was his feast day on that day! we think it was a miraculous revelation. he is the sweetest son we could ever dream of.
• (33:46) Leonard - is saint Anthony also the patron saint of returning people back to the church if he is mainly the St. for finding things?
• Una - comment: its hard not to encounter St. Anthony. for those who pray and for those who don’t pray he is a very powerful intercessor

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• Sarah - St. Anthony is my favorite saint. my cat a few years ago got out and was lost for 26 days. we prayed to saint Anthony and she came back! my husband who is Jewish was convinced of his intercession and wears his medal around his neck now!
• (45:38) Kevin - I haven’t been catholic all my life. my x- girlfriend she was catholic. when she would loss things she would pray to saint Anthony. whenever I seem to loss something I pray to him and I find. I have had a rough life and he has always been there for me. it’s incredible. they have always been miracles for me.

Fr. Joseph Illo joins Patrick to discuss The Trinity

• (3:38) what is the Trinity?
• How does loneliness play into the Trinity?
• How do we pray to the Holy Spirit?

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• John - The unifying force of the trinity is their divine will. Love keeps it together which is true but the unusual thing compared to other religions is that we believe in one God and 3 persons. They are one because of their divine will. The Jews say the holy spirit is a gentile God; He is not. He was there from the begin.
• (33:10) - How does the Trinity relation with Doctrinal Development?

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• (42:22) Tony - The last discussion seems to suggest that God had one will. what I understand what makes the 3 in one is that each has one will. But Christ had both humans will and divine will. can you explain the church’s teachings on this?
• (46:17) how can we participate in the Trinity?

Fr. Ramil Fajardo joins Patrick to discuss Annulments

• What does indissolubility of marriage?
• (11:15) What does freedom and living faithfully have to do with Marriage?
• What are Declarations of Nullity?
• (16:46) Debbie - If you're not married in the church or any church and just justice of peace, do you still need an annulment? I have a friend whose marriage was nullified. Is it just a government marriage?

(22:28) Break 1

• Elizabeth - After 37 years of marriage, I've filed for a declaration of nullity. If I don't receive it, what would my ongoing responsibility to him be? For rich or for poor? Do I need to give him money?
• (29:37) Email from Kent – Can I reach out to my diocese to get an update on my case?
• The healing process of annulments.
• Rose - If someone was unbaptized at the time of marriage and that ended in divorce and later they were baptized and become married, what effect does it have on the marriage?

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• Email about the validity of the marriage that was really bad.
• Mary – Can annulments be appealed if not given?
• (43:48) Diane - I was married twice. Had an annulment. Now I got divorced again. I haven't filed an annulment. He has remarried and is not Catholic any more. When I married him, he had a habit of watching porn. I didn't find out until after we were married. Is that a reason to nullify the marriage?
• Annie - Prenuptial agreements...is that grounds for nullity?