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The Inner Life
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.
Episodes
- The Inner Life
Eucharistic Adoration - The Inner Life - February 13, 2026
Fr. Tom Wilson joins Patrick to discuss Adoration (3:07) what is Eucharistic Adoration? What makes Eucharistic Adoration different from other forms of prayer?…
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Morality - The Inner Life - February 12, 2026
Fr. Marcel Taillon joins Patrick to discuss Morality What is Morality? (5:05) Natural Law. (17:49) Sara - Currently not in a state of grace...haven't been for…
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Beauty of the Liturgy - The Inner Life - February 11, 2026 [ENCORE]
Check out this Awesome Encore Show from January 20, 2026 Msgr. Robert Dempsey joins Patrick in studio to discuss the Beauty of the Liturgy (4:58) What does…
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Saints of England - The Inner Life - February 10, 2026
Fr. Spencer Howe joins Patrick to discuss Saints of England (4:00) Why is England such a rich Catholic site? Who was Saint Alban? (9:10) – James - I was…
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Fighting for Chastity - The Inner Life - February 9, 2026
Fr. Carter Griffin joins Patrick to discuss Fighting for Chastity The beginnings of the fight for Chastity? (4:29) what is the connection between war and…
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Faith and Sports - The Inner Life - February 5. 2026
Fr. Patrick Hyde joins Patrick to discuss Faith and Sports (4:53) What is the connection between athletics and the pursuit of holiness? (12:23) Mary - Sports…
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True Piety - The Inner Life - February 4, 2026
Fr. Ramil Fajardo joins Patrick to discuss True Piety (1:56) what is piety? (12:00) How can we distinguish authentic devotion from external practices that may…
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Marriage: Part 2 - The Inner Life - February 3, 2026
Fr. Peter Armenio joins Patrick to discuss Marriage: Part 2 (2:17) Fear of something better when it comes to dating. What does service have to do with…
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Presentation of the Lord - The Inner Life - February 2, 2026
Fr. Matthew Widder joins Patrick to discuss The Presentation of the Lord What is happening in our Church today? (2:01) Why does Mary get purified if she is…
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Ministering to the Youth - The Iner Life - January 30, 2026
Fr. Eric Nielsen joins Patrick to discuss Ministering to the Youth (3:31) What makes working with Youth different from ministering to adults? Why is…
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Confession - The Inner Life - January 29, 2026
Fr. Rob Kroll joins Patrick to discuss Confession Why do we need the Sacrament of Confession? What are the parts of confession? (14:05) What if someone…
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St. Thomas Aquinas - The Inner Life - January 28, 2026
Fr. Michael Hurley joins Patrick to discuss St. Thomas Aquinas (4:43) who was St. Thomas Aquinas (11:15) what is the Albigensian heresy? (18:19) Brendan - The…
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Marriage: A Catholic Perspective on Cohabitation - The Inner Life - January 27, 2026
Fr. Peter Armenio joins Patrick to discuss Marriage What is marriage? (13:40) why are couples not wanting to get married? (20:56) Break 1 (22:39) Brendan -…
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Catholic Education - The Inner Life - January 26, 2026
Fr. Bobby Blood joins Patrick to discuss Catholic Education Why is Catholic schools week important? (4:46) what does the Church teach about Catholic education?…
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Holiness in your State of Life - The Inner Life - January 23, 2026
Fr. Joseph Illo joins Patrick to discuss Holiness in your State of Life (4:17) who was Saint Francis de Sales? Introduction to the devout life, How can you be…
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Protecting the Unborn - The Inner Life - January 22, 2026
Fr. Dave Heney joins Patrick to discuss Protecting the Unborn What is the Church’s teaching on the sanctity of life? What is at the core of the reason…
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Overcoming Pornography - The Inner Life - January 21, 2026
Fr. Allen Hoffa joins Patrick to discuss Overcoming Pornography What is Pornography? What is integrity restored? (14:31) Is pornography a private sin? (20:01)…
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Beauty of the Liturgy - The Inner Life - January 20, 2026
Msgr. Robert Dempsey joins Patrick in studio to discuss the Beauty of the Liturgy (4:58) What does liturgy mean? How is the liturgy primarily an act of God?…
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Catholic Social Teaching - The Inner Life - January 19, 2026
Fr. Marcel Taillon joins Patrick to discuss Catholic Social Teaching What is Catholic Social Teaching? (10:03) What are the main themes on Catholic Social…
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Praying With The Scripture - The Inner Life - January 16, 2026
(2:46) Fr. Sam Martin joins to discuss praying with Scripture. (6:05) Pray to the Holy Spirit when reading the Bible. Break 1 (23:05) Camille - It's amazing…
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Reliance On God - The Inner Life - January 15, 2026
(11:03) Fr. Ryan Brady joins Patrick to talk about Reliance on God. (11:08) God works at a completely different schedule than we do. (12:08) Car shopping is a…
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Friendship with Christ - The Inner Life - January 14, 2026 [ENCORE]
Here is a great encore from July 22, 2025 Fr. Peter Armenio joins Patrick to Friendship with Christ How can we have friendship with God? (12:19) How do we…
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Conquering Pride - The Inner Life - January 13, 2026
Fr. Joseph Johnson joins Patrick to discuss Conquering Pride (3:13) Why is pride at the root of all sin? The subtlety of pride (14:16) Valerie - At OCIA...one…
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Discerning the Spirits - The Inner Life - January 12, 2026
Fr. Chris Walsh joins Patrick to discuss Discerning the Spirits What is discernment of Spirits? (15:42) Pamela I was going to Mass and Rosary every day when I…
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Baptism - The Inner Life - January 9, 2026
Fr. John Eckert joins Patrick to discuss Baptism (2:32) why did Jesus need to get Baptized? How does Jesus’ baptism connect with our own baptism? (21:50)…
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Conquering Fear - The Inner Life - January 8, 2026
Check out this awesome Encore show from October 24, 2025 Fr. John Paul Erickson joins Patrick to discuss Conquering Fear (3:49) how do you distinguish between…
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Discerning Commitments and acting in Prudence - The Inner Life - January 7, 2026
Fr. Carter Griffin Discerning Commitments and acting in Prudence (5:43) What is prudence? How do you make good discernment? (13:22) Sacrificial nature of…
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Wonder Workers: St. André Bessette - The Inner Life - January 6, 2026
Fr. Richard Simon joins Patrick to discuss Modern Wonder Workers: St Andre Bessette and Simple Faith (3:28) who was Saint Andre Bessette? The importance of…
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Meaning of the Magi - The Inner Life - January 5, 2026
Fr. James Kubicki joins Patrick to discuss Meaning of the Magi (3:36) What is Epiphany? (9:04) Who were the Magi? (14:33) Christina - Family tradition we've…
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Awakening Wonder through the eyes of GK Chesterton - The Inner Life - January 2, 2026
Fr. Spencer Howe joins Patrick to discuss Awakening Wonder through the eyes of GK Chesterton (5:22) what is wonderment? Who was G.K. Chesterton? (14:11) How…
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Spiritual Warfare - The Inner Life - January 1, 2026 [ENCORE]
Check out this Encore show from October 2, 2025 Fr. Patrick Hyde joins Patrick to discuss Spiritual Warfare Where do we see spiritual warfare in the bible?…
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6 Foundations of Prayer (part 3) - The Inner Life - December 31, 2025 [ENCORE]
Check out this Awesome Encore from July 30, 2025 Msgr. Tom Richter joins Patrick to discuss 6 Foundations of Prayer (part 3) (2:30) Father recaps the first…
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6 Foundations of Prayer (part 2) - The Inner Life - December 30, 2025 [ENCORE]
Check out this awesome Encore from June 24, 2025 Msgr. Thomas Richter joins Patrick to Discuss 6 Foundations of Prayer (part 2) What is the origin of the 6…
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6 Foundations of Prayer (Part 1) - The Inner Life - December 29, 2025 [ENCORE]
Check out this awesome Encore from May 21, 2025! Msgr. Tom Richter joins Patrick to Discuss 6 Foundations of Prayer (Part 1) (4:01) why is it important to…
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Living a Life of Virtue - The Inner Life - December 26, 2025
Check out this Awesome Encore from September 26, 2025 Fr. Ramil Fajardo joins Patrick to discuss Living a Life of Virtue Why is living virtuously needed for…
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Final Preparations for Christmas - The Innr Life - December 23, 2025
Fr. Joseph Johnson joins Patrick to discuss Final Preparations for Christmas (4:10) why is preparation for Christmas so important? The O Antiphons (17:46)…
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The Holy Family at Christmas - The Inner Life - December 22, 2025
Fr. Rob Kroll joins Patrick to discuss The Holy Family at Christmas (3:17) Poverty of the Holy Family (20:45) Break 1 (23:00) Clementine - Holy family: When my…
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Sunday Bible Study on St. Joseph - The Inner Life - December 19, 2025
Fr. Michael Hurley joins Patrick to have a Sunday Bible Study Matthew 1:18-24 (7:51) Father shares some background on this passage. (12:49) father Shares this…
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Christmas Movies - The Inner Life - December 18, 2025
Fr. Eric Nielsen joins Patrick to discuss Christmas Movies Why are Christmas movies important? What is the importance of Scrooge’s story? (16:23) David -…
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Silent Prayer - The Inner Life - December 17, 2025 [ENCORE]
Check out this encore show from December 4, 2025 Fr. Michael-Joseph Paris joins Patrick in studio to discuss Silent Prayer What is he language of God? (8:42)…
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Finding Peace - The Inner Life - December 16, 2025
Fr. John Paul Erickson joins Patrick to discuss Finding Peace What is peace in our current world? (12:01) how does putting things off relate with a lack of…
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Gaudete Sunday & Joy - The Inner Life - December 15, 2025
(2:44) On today's Inner Life, Fr. Tom Wilson joins to elaborate on Gaudete Sunday and joy. (7:05) The color the vestments the priests wear is Rose (9:00) How…
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Lady of Guadalupe - The Inner Life - December 12, 2025 [ENCORE]
Check out this encore from December 9, 2025 Fr. John LoCoco joins Patrick to discuss Our Lady of Guadalupe on the Feast of Juan Diego. What is the Story of our…
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God’s Faithfulness - The Inner Life - December 11, 2025
John Eckert joins Patrick to discuss God’s Faithfulness How is the faithfulness of God shown in the Bible (13:17) how God is faithful in times that are…
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The Value of Tradition - The Inner Life - December 10, 2025
Dave Heney joins Patrick to discuss The Value of Tradition (3:54) What is Tradition in the Church? (19:01) Break 1 What is the importance of family Traditions?…
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Our Lady of Guadalupe - The Inner Life - December 9, 2025
Fr. John LoCoco joins Patrick to discuss Our Lady of Guadalupe on the Feast of Juan Diego. What is the Story of our Lady of Guadalupe? (9:30) Our Lady of…
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The Immaculate Conception - The Inner Life - December 8, 2025
Fr. Joseph Illo joins Patrick to discuss The Immaculate Conception (6:33) What is the Immaculate Conception? How is Mary the new ark of the covenant? (15:07)…
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St. Nicholas: The Spirit of Giving - The Inner Life - December 5, 2025
Fr. Bobby Blood joins Patrick to discuss St. Nicholas: The Spirit of giving Who was Saint Nicholas? (5:24) why do we need to be aware of Church teaching?…
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Silent Prayer - The Inner Life - December 4, 2025
Fr. Michael-Joseph Paris joins Patrick in studio to discuss Silent Prayer What is he language of God? (8:42) Jan - Silence. There is a silence that exists…
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The Incarnation - The Inner Life - December 3, 2025
Fr. Marc Lenneman joins Patrick to discuss The Incarnation (4:19) What is the incarnation? God wedding humanity through the incarnation. (11:44) Maureen - I am…
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Evangelizing Through the Media: 25 years of Relevant Radio - The Inner Life - December2, 2025
Fr. Peter Armenio joins Patrick to discuss Evangelizing Through the Media: 25 years of Relevant Radio Evangelical nature of the Church. (20:24) Christine -…
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Advent - The Inner Life - December 1, 2025
Fr. Carter Griffin joins Patrick to discuss Advent What is the meaning of Advent? (8:12) Music for Advent. (16:16) Break 1 The Advent Calendar (29:46) the…
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Vatican II - The Inner Life - November 18, 2025 [ENCORE]
Check out this awesome Encore show from October 21, 2025 Fr. Robert Ryan joins Patrick to discuss Vatican II (2:52) what is an ecumenical council? (5:48) What…
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Evangelizing at the Dinner Table - The Inner Life - November 27, 2025 [ENCORE]
Check out this awesome encore show to help you celebrate Thanksgiving from November 20, 2025 Fr. Dave Heney joins Patrick to discuss Evangelizing at the Dinner…
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The Four Marks of the Church - The Inner Life - Noember 26, 2025
Fr. Michael Hurley joins Patrick to discuss The Four Marks of the Church Father and Patrick share some thanksgiving stories (5:52) What are eh four Marks of…
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The Virtue of Temperance - The Inner Life - November 25, 2025
Fr. Ryan Brady joins Patrick to discuss The Virtue of Temperance What is Temperance? (8:09) What is concupiscence? (15:19) Joanna - struggle with indulgence…
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Vocations - The Inner Life - November 24, 2025
Fr. Tom McCarthy joins Patrick to discuss Vocations (3:02) What is a vocation? Why doesn’t God make our vocation clear to us all of the time? (10:44) How…
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Christ the King - The Inner Life - November 21, 2025
Fr. Eric Nielsen joins Patrick to discuss Christ the King Why do we celebrate Christ the King? (8:10) why is Christ the king of the universe? (18:33) Sue -…
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Evangelizing at the Dinner Table - The Inner Life - November 20, 2025
Fr. Dave Heney joins Patrick to discuss Evangelizing at the Dinner Table How is Joy and excitement in the Faith important to evangelization? (16:05) Julia - My…
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Grace In Suffering - The Inner Life - November 19, 2025
(2:24) Fr. Marcel Taillon joins Patrick to discuss Grace in Suffering (2:49) What is the Catholic way of looking at suffering? (13:56) God has 2 ways to be…