The Inner Life

Father Joseph Johnson joins Patrick to discuss Morality of Recreational Drugs

• 11:07 relationship between laws and morality
• 11:17 Joe - What are Father's thoughts on the use of Native American psychedelic drugs?
• How do we respond to someone who says that drugs make them more creative?
• Dawn - I grew up in a home with alcoholic parents and I had a brother who had alcoholism. It had a bad impact in my life. Marijuana is also bad.

Break 1

• Jake - I wanted to thank the guest for stating that there's no benefits to marijuana
• 11:37 Grace - My brother used psych drugs. It was great at the beginning but then it got bad.
• 11:30 Clare - I am a mental health counselor and I've been so surprised by how many people have drug-induced psychosis from eating too many edibles.
• Will - Drugs are so widespread- esp. the opioid epidemic. Those that don't do drugs might not know how bad it is.

Break 2

• John - I'm a child of the 60s and I lived in Florida and worked in Miami. I wound up with a nasty cocaine addiction. My addiction led to divorce. I'm very concerned about the impact of addiction. Homelessness is often the result of destroyed marriages.
• 11:55 Mandi - My dad struggled with drug addiction. After my mom died, my dad got back into drugs and ended up homeless and on the street. It was only through the Chaplet of Divine Mercy that he got sober. His mom did drugs with him in the womb.

Resources:

• Living in the Real – Document from the MN Bishops
  • https://assets.nationbuilder.com/mncatholic/pages/1900/attachments/original/1712866104/Living_In_The_Real_%288.5_x_11_in%29-compressed.pdf?1712866104

Father John Paul Erickson joins Patrick to discuss Friendship

• (6:15) Mary, Martha and Lazarus as the friends of Jesus.
• How does friendship manifest God’s love?
• (13:24) How do you make a friendship deliberate?

(22:28) Break 1

• Karen - I have a friend who has tested all religions, and she thinks Catholics have it wrong. She’s a KJV-only Christian. She's a dear friend but this has come between us.
• (33:29) – What is the role of friendship in the context of parents and children?

(38:36) Break 2

• Time it takes to have a good friendship
• (41:32) Pat - Friend went to the Lutheran Church and received communion there and does the same in the Catholic Church. Do I say anything?
• How do you confront a friend who is doing bad things?
• Ash - We should pray for our friends! Our children grew up with friends that are still with them.

Father Craig DeYoung joins Patrick to discuss the Love of the Father

• (5:32) how do we understand Jesus’ relationship with God the Father?
• God the Father loves apart from what we do.

(24:00) Break 1

• Anne - my relationship with my dad was good which helped me to have a good relationship with the father in heaven
• Chris - had a love-hate relationship with my dad-in spiritual direction i found out i had to ask my dad for forgiveness and that changed everything
• (31:26) How to realize the love of the Father through difficulties?
• Why is God called “Father” and not “Mother”?

(41:03) Break 2

• How can we understand Love?
• (46:39) How can Father’s become better dads through example of the heavenly father?

Father Michael Hurley joins Patrick to discuss Prayer Routine

• (7:04) What is prayer?
• Starting prayer first thing in the morning
• Emil from a listen who says that excellence is a
• (18:16) Rocco - Want to give my input of my routine: Daily Mass, Daily Rosary, Chaplet at 3pm.  And about spontaneity on prayer life...

(22:05) Break 1

• Father talks about routine needing Space Time and Reason.
• (25:03) Is there a danger to getting too locked into a prayer routine?
• Marie - Sometimes prayer or the rosary becomes a routine but you are not really present. You need devotion and sacrifice as well.
• Fr. Bill - One good way to establish a prayer routine is to include the Liturgy of the hours, that allows spontaneity as well.

(39:04) Break 2

• How do you maintain a prayer routine in a community?
• (42:37) When should you change up your prayer routine?

Father Matthew Spencer joins Patrick to discuss Evangelization

• (9:25) How can we deepen our relationship with Jesus in order to evangelize?
• How to evangelize different people?

(21:15) Break 1

• Patrick shares an email from Brian about how he evangelizes
• (24:36) Gail - How do you evangelize someone who was raised Catholic but is now rejecting the religion and God?
• What is the importance of listening when evangelizing?

(38:07) Break 2

• Mary Beth - For those praying for family members to get back. Remember that Blessed Mother give us the rosary to help with the conversion. We want to continue keeping a good relationship with those away from the faith.
• (41:28) role of prayer in evangelization
• Rebecca - You have to know your faith in order to evangelize. What you were talking about is exactly what happened to me when evangelizing...
• (45:30) Mayra - Share my experience with Evangelization and how God use my life as a tool to evangelize with what he is done for me.
• How the Mass calls us to live evangelistically?

Father Joseph Illo joins Patrick to discuss Spiritual Reading

• (3:54) What is Spiritual Reading?
• Judy - Louis De Wohl wrote historical novels which are really great!
• (15:54) What type of books are good for the adoration chapel?
• Fr. Bill - I love reading! My favorite: 1. The Diary of St. Faustina, 2. A concise history of the Catholic Church

(21:18) Break 1

• (25:24) Lee - 'Escape from Evil and Darkness' by Fr. Robert Spritzers, they are great read, amazing the take he put in the gospels in themselves.
• Lynn - Alternative ways to read, listen to books that are read into a cartridge.
• Doug - Books by Thomas Cahill, the Hinges of History. My favorite: How the Irish Saved Civilization
• Julie - The Imitation of Christ by Thomas Compass and anything by St. Monica, for anyone who is looking to get children back to the faith, also books by Michael Gaitley.

(37:05) Break 2

• Stanly - 'In finu Jesu, when heart beats to heart, the journal of a priest at prayer' by a Benedictine monk in Ireland. It was recently release. Reading this book has turned my heart to almost daily to adoration and daily rosary.
• Carlos - The devil and the castle by Dan Burke... About prayer life and teaching of St Theresa of Avila
• Jack - Bringing 'The Imitation of Christ' to the chapel he and I by Gabrielle Bossis
• Charlie - The Human Soul by Abbot Vonier
• Maria - Author A.J. Cronin - The Keys of the Kingdom.
• Ted - Prince Ombra
• (47:13) Father’s book of Must reads for Everyone!

Resources:

• Louis De Wohl is a great author for historical fiction about saints
• Charles Dickens has a great understanding of the human nurture
• The Brothers Karamazov
  • https://www.amazon.com/Brothers-Karamazov-Fyodor-Dostoevsky/dp/0374528373
• Michael O'brien has great novels which bring us closer to God
• Escape from Evil and Darkness by Fr. Robert Spritzers
  • https://ignatius.com/escape-from-evils-darkness-eedp/
• Thomas Cahill - How the Irish Saved Civilization
  • https://www.amazon.com/How-Irish-Saved-Civilization-Irelands/dp/0385418493
• Imitation of Christ for adoration is a great book.
  • https://catholicbookpublishing.com/products/the-imitation-of-christ-burgundy-320-00
• In sinu Jesu, when heart beats to heart, the journal of a priest at prayer helped a listener get into praying the rosary
  • https://www.amazon.com/Sinu-Jesu-Speaks-Journal-Priest/dp/1621382192
• The Devil in the Castle by Dan Burke
  • https://sophiainstitute.com/product/the-devil-in-the-castle/
• Edith Stein A Biography
  • https://ignatius.com/edith-stein-esp/

Top 5 Books:

• Story of a Soul
  • https://tanbooks.com/products/books/the-story-of-a-soul-the-autobiography-of-st-therese-of-lisieux/
• Saint Augustine’s confessions
  • https://ascensionpress.com/products/the-confessions-of-st-augustine-catholic-classics
• The little flowers of Saint Francis
  • https://catholicbookpublishing.com/products/the-little-flowers-of-st-francis-of-assisi-tan
• Saint Francis de Sales introduction to the Devout life
  • https://ascensionpress.com/products/introduction-to-the-devout-life
• Imitation of Christ
  • https://catholicbookpublishing.com/products/the-imitation-of-christ-burgundy-320-00
• Bonus Recommendations.
  • Space Trilogy CS Louis
  • The Lord of the Rings JRR Tolkien

Father Matthew Spencer, OSJ joined Patrick for a conversation about spiritual warfare. Topics included: warfare in Ephesians (3:05), reality of the spiritual world (6:49), caller: get rid of tarot cards (8:51), caller: my mom was into Santeria (19:06), tweet: my husband reads his horoscope; what should I tell him? (25:05), importance of prayer & the Rosary (29:33), fasting! (37:08), caller: how does one determine a major and minor exorcism (44:34). 

Patrick Conley is joined by fellow Relevant Radio hosts Timmerie Geagea, Doug Hinderer and later on Patrick Madrid as they talk about their experience at the National Eucharistic Congress

Patrick Conley talking with Bishop Michael Martin in a live in person show at the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis.

Patrick Conley talking with Father Patrick Hyde in a live in person show at the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis.