The Inner Life

On today’s show, we finish our 6 Foundations of Prayer series with Humility and Purification with Msgr. Thomas Richter. Humility (2:04) God's Blessings (3:52) Holy Desire (8:20) The Little Way (15:40) Break 1 Purification (25:08) Dark Night and Spiritual Desolation (29:20) Break 2 Rich Young Man (42:29) And Giving the Lord Permission (46:59)

On today’s show, we continue our 6 Foundations of Prayer series and touching on Getting God Right And The Cross with Msgr. Thomas Richter   Recap of Foundations 1 and 2 – Awakened Faith and The Heart   In order to pray well one must get God right   Break 1   God is love   Break 2   The Cross ad coming to love the Cross.

On today’s show, we begin our 6 Foundations of Prayer series and touching on Awakened Faith and The Heart with Msgr. Thomas Richter.   Cindy - My reflection is what can we do as Catholics so that more of us truly believe in the real presence?   Break 1   Moving From An Unawakened to an awakened faith.   The Wounded Heart The Heart has thoughts too. Msgr. Richter dispels e...

On today’s show, Fr. Eric Nielsen joins to discuss The Parable Of The Sower.   Nick - I love this parable. It reminds me of my conversion. Break 1   Carol - I try to evaluate myself sometimes where I am with this.   Break 2   Sean - Talk about the sin of coveting.

On today’s show, Fr. Phil Hurley helps us get to know St. Ignatius of Loyola and The Spiritual Exercises   Who was St. Ignatius?   What are the Spiritual Exercises?   Break 1   Camille - I have had a positive experience with the spiritual exercises that I'd like to share.   Break 2   More on consolation and desolation. Fr. Phil goes on to explain these terms in...

On today’s show, Fr. Michael Hurley, O.P. joins to discuss Focusing In On Prayer. Steve - I've always been raised on God's plan. What is the point of praying of the plan is already in place?   Break 1   Stuart - suffering can be a trigger to pray, when you hit rock bottom you need to pray to get back up.   Patrick - Can I share my journey of prayer from being an agnostic to be...

On today's Inner Life, Deacon Patrick Conley has Fr. Elliot Zak on to give guidance on having a relationship with God through the lens of Saints Martha, Mary, And Lazarus. Theresa - I've been widowed 41 years.    Confidence in God’s goodness is foundational   Justin - AS in any relationship, we need to learn about Jesus and our faith. There are so many resources such as Releva...

On today’s show, Fr. Chris Walsh j­oins to present overcoming attachment to comfort.     Can Convenience become something we are too attached too?   Greg - When would a person discern?    Break 1   Email – Robert – I think comfort is connected with safety.   Liz - I've experienced this with AC this summer. We don't have it and have been able...

On today's Inner Life, Fr. Marcel Taillon joins to help us in reconciling with God. Janet - I currently go to the parish near my house. I have a hard time going to confession there. I find myself going somewhere else because I'm embarrassed and they might judge me since I know the priest.   Break 1   Theresa - Going to confession when you have mortal sins. Confessing the same things over...

On today's show Fr. Kris Stubna joins to discuss tithing and a spirit of generosity.

On today’s show, Fr. Nicholas Federspiel joins to reflect on winning the battle for your mind.   Break 1   Lupe - What can we do to move our minds towards God?   Break 2   Francis - I am 80 years old and have thoughts that I have not been good enough in my life and don't know if I will make it to Heaven.   Ashley - I have family history of dementia. What are mind exe...

On today’s show, Fr. James Kubicki joins to talk about St. Mary Magdalene.   Break 1   God meets us in our grief and walks us into this wonderful revelation.   Joshua - Could you give some encouragement for someone who like St. Mary Magdalene was in despair?   Break 2   We are disciples and also missionary disciples like Mary Magdalene was.

On today’s show, Fr. Allan Hoffa joins to discuss “what is heaven”? Gary - Why do you believe God will give you a glimpse of heaven while you're still here on earth?   Break 1   Will I see my family members in heaven?   When we die, do we wait until the end of time to go to heaven or hell? Where are we when we actually die? God doesn’t decide whether we go to...

Fr. Tom Wilson joins Deacon Patrick Conley to discuss the joys of finding God in nature (2:56). Topics/calls: nature as a tool & care for creation (8:55), God spoke to me through nature (14:13), the beauty of Maui (18:30), living on 14 acres (21:26), the beach (25:54), mountains (29:50), find God in the open water (35:31), the destructive tendencies of nature (40:22), desert life (44:18), and...

Father Bobby Blood joins Deacon Patrick Conley to discuss Keeping the Faith in Dry Seasons What is Spiritual Dryness (7:59) Importance of routines in our spiritual life Why would God let us go through dry times in our life? (12:16) Elias - If I feel like I am doing well in prayer life, how do I best prepare for when the dry season comes? Juan - I am enduring a heavy cross, and how to carry it. (17...

Father Michael-Joseph Paris joins Deacon Patrick Conley to discuss Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Carmelite Spirituality (7:25) origins of the Brown Scapular. Giacomo - I was in Israel a few years ago at Mt Carmel at an Equestrian event. Home parish was Our Lady of Mt Carmel in Melrose park. Bishop asked me to read one day. I was moved to be in the real Our Lady of Mt Carmel that day. (16:51) Rose -...

IL – Father John Paul Erickson joins Deacon Patrick Conley to discuss Why We Laugh (5:43) How is laughter a uniquely human trait? (20:09) Nick - Appropriate laughter and why we laugh. Altar server trying to light a candle. All of a sudden, people were laughing after he tried so many times. It has to be tempered with the appropriateness of the situation. (24:38) Break 1 Did Jesus have a sense...

Father Rob Kroll joins Deacon Patrick Conley to discuss Making Good Decisions What is free will? (15:01) Email – Can God work with mistakes in our major decisions? (17:58) Thomas - I'm confused how everyone is being assisted by God in making decisions. What communications are being made with callers and receiving messages from God? I don't know how God is communicating with them. (23:26) Bre...

Father Lawrence Harlow joins to talk about the Charismatic Renewal   St. Elena Guerra wrote about the Church being in need of renewal by the Holy Spirit   Mark - I've always felt a connection with the Holy Spirit.   Miles – I became part of the Charismatic Renewal in 1976. How do I know or have the gift of interpretation?   Break 1   Steven - Interested in the renewa...

Father John Eckert joins Deacon Patrick Conley to discuss Why you Want to Avoid Hell (7:17) Joseph - For Catholics who don't confess and go to the priest to get their sins absolved, is it in the church's norms to proclaim they are in hell? (15:32) Margaret - I think people don't understand the definition is love. When you cut off from God, you're cutting off eternally. (25:05) Break 1 Fatima&rsquo...

Fr. Joseph Illo of Star of The Sea Parish in San Francisco joins to talk about Eucharistic Adoration and blessings you can receive from making adoration a frequent part of your life.   (5:28) What is Eucharistic Adoration?  Go to adoration and you will find out wat God wants you to do (11:17)   Break 1   (19:04) John - Most who go to adoration have something to ask. I'm reminde...

Check out this show from June 9, 2026 Father Robert Ryan  joins Deacon Patrick Conley to discuss the Mystical Body of Christ (3:50) Why is the Church known as the mystical body of Christ? (11:42) What is Paul talking about when he mentions the body of Christ?  (20:01) Herb - when Jesus asked Paul, 'why are you persecuting me,' was he talking about him specifically or the Church? (25:20)...

Father Tom Wilson joins Deacon Patrick Conley to discuss Confession Why is Confession Important. (6:08) What is the process of confession? (17:00) How do priests feel about people coming to confession? (20:14) Break 1 (21:40) Denise - Sometimes hard to confess. I feel the more I go, the easier it gets to confess the sins. Just being vulnerable and saying the sins...just feel better like a weight h...

Father John LoCoco joins Deacon Patrick Conley to discuss Purity: Lessons from St. Maria Goretti Story of St Maria Goretti. (5:44) Why is St Maria Goretti so important to our lives today? (13:25) Jerry - I am an attorney. Had a young lady come to me asking for a name change so she could no longer be tailed by the guy who was violating her. The name she chose was Maria Goretti. We got her name chan...

(7:58) Who was Venerable Bruno Lanteri? (14:36) Craig - Peace is important for us to understand. We lose so much in the translation of peace. We don't quite grasp it. Knowing the Lord is instrumental to understanding peace.  How does fear and discouragement take away our peace? (22:42) Break 1 How do we have peace eve in the midst of sinning? (27:37) how do we get out of discouragement in our...