The Best of the Week

Trakina had just discovered Relevant Radio. Young and married, she called in to Marriage Unhindered with a question many spouses quietly carry: Can a marriage thrive when one person is digging deeper into God and the other is chasing “worldly things”? She described feeling like a parent, constantly urging her husband: “Come on, let’s go to church. Come on, let’s read...

We’ve all been there: one last headline, one more video, one more scroll just to be sure we didn’t miss anything. But instead of getting restful sleep, we’re left anxious, overstimulated, and wide awake. On Morning Air , host John Morales spoke with Catholic writer and speaker Laura DeMaria about breaking the habit of nighttime doomscrolling, and reclaiming those final moments of...

Words matter. That simple truth was at the heart of a recent reflection from Drew on The Drew Mariani Show , who noticed how quickly reverence for language has faded in modern culture. What once shocked or stopped a conversation cold has now become background noise, especially with profanity, which is everywhere from music and media to professional settings. Drew pointed out that sacred names, onc...

Sacred Scripture never airbrushes its heroes. In one of the Bible’s most sobering passages, 2 Samuel 11 and 12, we see King David not as the triumphant warrior or inspired psalmist, but as a deeply flawed man capable of grave sin. On Father Simon Says , Father walks listeners through David’s pattern of abuse of power, beginning with an earlier episode involving Nabal and Abigail (1 Sam...

A viral Minnesota daycare fraud investigation became a springboard for a much deeper conversation on Trending with Timmerie . Timmerie welcomed journalist Joy Pullman, who laid out what she said federal prosecutors have uncovered so far: a state daycare program funded with federal and state dollars allegedly paid out huge sums to providers who were not enrolling any children, but were billing taxp...

David from northern Rhode Island called in to The Patrick Madrid Show with a question that hits many of us when we read passages like Acts 4, where the early Church acknowledges that Jesus’ enemies “brought about the very things” God had planned. David wondered: If God had a plan, does that mean God also planned who would do the evil? And how is that different from predestination...

Drew opened a segment of  The Drew Mariani Show with a quick story: a man steps out of his car at a dog park, and an off-leash pit bull races toward him. Startled, he pushes the dog back, and suddenly the owner was angry. “Yo, don’t put your hands on my dog!” Words flew, tempers flared, and a petty moment almost turned into a fight. Drew Mariani’s takeaway is simple: w...

Nicholas just became a new dad and he’s already feeling what so many couples discover fast: the baby gets your best hours, and your spiritual life gets what’s left. On Marriage Unhindered , Doug Hinderer and Dr. Mario Sacasa offer a grace-filled plan for staying close to God (and each other) in the exhausting newborn season. Nicholas works long, physical days. By the time he gets home,...

Patrick Conley noticed a troubling pattern: “Couples, for whatever reason, aren't choosing to get married anymore… at alarming rates.” He invited Fr. Peter Armenio onto  The Inner Life to discuss what he’s seeing and why so many people don’t want to make the commitment. Fr. Peter pointed first to “a lot of doctrinal ignorance,” explaining that facts...

Some prayer intentions come with fear and uncertainty, especially when a loved one is facing cancer. On Family Rosary Across America , Roger from Sumter, South Carolina, called Fr. Rocky and Maggie with a heartfelt prayer request for his sister-in-law, Heidi. Roger and his family had asked for prayers before when she had cancer, and now she needed surgery again, though they didn’t yet know w...

Barbara called in to  Father Simon Says after she and her family left Mass shaken. A visiting priest had preached a “fire and brimstone” homily and told the congregation, “everyone in here is going to purgatory.” Barbara said her 13-year-old grandson was especially upset. Fr. Simon agreed the family had reason to be bothered. “I believe in purgatory,” he sa...

After a violent weekend in the Twin Cities, Archbishop Bernard Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis is urging Catholics to respond with prayer, peace, and a serious push for comprehensive immigration reform. Speaking with John Morales on Morning Air , the archbishop acknowledged how raw the moment feels. Families are grieving, communities are anxious, and tensions are rising around immigration enforc...

A video of a protest disrupting a church service left one caller from Minnesota wondering what a Catholic should do if it happened at Mass, especially with kids in the pew. On The Patrick Madrid Show , Patrick Madrid didn’t pretend it’s an easy scenario. He called the protesters what they are: “They’re bullies.” And while Christians are called to peace, peace doesn&rs...

Timmerie shared a note from a young man who was struggling with an "LGBTQ  identity". He wrote that he had attended several talks that tackled the issue he was dealing with, but before hearing Timmerie, he felt like the speakers espoused hatred for people like him, as if no one understood “the struggle that persists every day.” But when he later heard Timmerie speak on the same to...

Marriage and fatherhood don’t come with an instruction manual, but they do come with a mission: lead your family closer to Our Lord Jesus Christ. On Morning Air , John Morales welcomed Catholic apologist Cameron Riecker to talk about the “real spiritual pressure” on families, and what men can do to stay steady. After reviewing nearly a thousand surveys from young men, Riecker sai...

At every Mass we hear St. John the Baptist’s words: “Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.” Fr. Richard Simon says that line reaches back to one of Scripture’s most mysterious scenes: Abraham leading Isaac up Mount Moriah. Isaac asks the haunting question: “Father, we have fire and we have wood, but where is the lamb of sacrifice?” Abraham...

It used to mean something to get dressed. On The Drew Mariani Show , Drew recalls when people wouldn’t dream of running errands in pajamas, and when a night out called for real effort — “gowns and jackets and ties.” Now, he says, restaurants quietly drop dress codes, and virtually everywhere, hoodies, sneakers, and athletic wear feel normal. Drew isn’t arguing for &ld...

On The Inner Life on Relevant Radio, a listener named Cynthia called in to share her method for doing ministry to the homeless in Austin and San Antonio. She often encounters people in desperate and hopeless situations. In an effort to brighten their day, she asks, “Do you believe that Jesus is king?” When they say yes, she smiles: If Jesus is King, “that would make you a prince...

Lying can feel like a quick fix for fear—until it becomes a habit that steals peace. On Marriage Unhindered , Doug took a call from Junior in Green Bay, who made a difficult admission. “I grew up lying because it was an easy thing. And not going to confession, well, that made it that much easier.” Junior explained that he often felt judged and just wanted to be accepted. So he sl...

During the Family Rosary Across America , Jasmine called from Montclair, New Jersey, and said, “I have a praise report and a prayer intention.” She shared that her breast cancer is cleared and told Fr. Rocky, “I’m in remission.” Then she added a request for what comes next: “The prayer petition is for my next surgery coming up on February 15th.” Fr. Rocky...

It wasn’t until Timmerie had kids that anger became a real challenge. Suddenly, the little daily frustrations had a way of showing her what was in her heart, and how quickly “rushing” can spread to the whole family. As the new year began, someone asked her, “What are you leaving behind in 2025?” Her answer: rushing, and the anger that comes with wanting everything per...

Timmerie has heard for years that osteoporosis impacts many, and that about half of adults over 50 have some sort of bone mass loss. But now she’s hearing from young millennials who have been told the same thing. Why is it happening earlier and earlier? Personal trainer and author of The Resistance Training Revolution , Sal Di Stefano points first to something simple: muscle weakness. &ldquo...

When Hannah from Rio Rancho, New Mexico, called in to The Patrick Madrid Show , she brought a tattoo artist’s dilemma to light: How do you honor God in a profession that marks the body? Hannah said that going professional forced her to “lay down a lot of boundaries” and to be very strict about what she tattoos, what she does not. Her goal is simple: “it’s very importa...

One of this week’s Best of the Week moments on The Inner Life began with a simple invitation: Where do you find wonder? Guest Father Spencer Howe pointed listeners to G.K. Chesterton’s novel Man Alive as a wake-up call to stop trying to escape our lives and start trying to live them again. Father Spencer described it as “rediscovering the gift” of our own circumstances: our...

Drew Mariani welcomed fasting coach Beth Bubik onto  The Drew Mariani Show on Relevant Radio to talk about why we start with the body every January, and how to bring our souls into the process. Bubik noted that we often chase a “new year, new me” set of very lofty goals, and try to accomplish them solely with willpower. But she pointed out that “we’re [a] body, soul, c...