The Inner Life

Reading the Bible. How often do you read the bible? Have you ever read the bible start to finish? If not, why not? Reading the bible and knowing scripture is something we should all know and do as Catholics, so why is it hard for us to sometimes do? Father JP Mitchell joins The Inner Life to give you some tips on how to read and apply scripture to your daily life.   Caller Story – When...

St Joseph. Today we celebrate the feast of St Joseph. What do we know about St Joseph, and how is St Joseph an example to us to find holiness in the ordinary moments in life? Father Matthew Spencer joins The Inner Life to discuss and celebrate the feast of St Joseph.   Caller Story – She is a widow, and has turned to St Joseph to help her with things that her husband would take care of...

Giving Control to God. Are you someone who needs to be in control? Why is that? Why do many of us feel the need to be in control rather than giving it over to God? Father Douglas McKay joins The Inner Life to discuss how we can give control over to God, especially as we approach the end of our Lenten journey.   Caller Story – She lived in an abusive household for years. She finally gave...

St Patrick and Apologetics. What can we learn from St Patrick about apologetics? How can we grow in faith in learning about the life of St Patrick? Father Carter Griffin joins The Inner Life to discuss St Patrick and how he is an example to us to be evangelists for the faith.   Caller Story – Jehovah Witness stopped by her home one time and her husband used it as an opportunity to evang...

Its Not too Late to Start Lent. What can you do if you haven’t Lent yet? We are just at the halfway point of Lent but it is not too late to start your Lenten journey. So how do you start Lent half way through? Do you have to do double the penance? Father Bobby Blood joins The Inner Life to help you get started on your Lenten journey today if haven’t done so already.   Caller Story...

Temptation and Sanctification . How are you tempted in your daily life? Is temptation a sin? How can temptation lead to sanctification? Father Peter Cameron joins The Inner Life to discuss temptation and how it can lead to sanctification.   Caller Story – He was tempted by the allure of prostitution while serving in Vietnam. He prayed the Our Father and Hail Mary as protection against t...

Stations of the Cross . How often do you pray the stations of the cross? Why do we only seem to pray the stations of the cross during Lent? Are the stations of the cross something we can pray anytime during the year? Father Tom Wilson joins The Inner Life to help you better understand how to pray the stations of the cross.   Caller Story – She is a CCD teacher and she has the kids color...

Prayer. How has your prayer life been this Lenten season? Are there prayers you pray daily? How do you make sure that you are getting prayer in daily? Msgr Fred Dolan joins The Inner Life to discuss prayer and how we can make it a daily part of our lives.   Caller Story – Shares how he implemented daily prayer into his daily activities and how that helped him grow in faith and prayer. C...

Sacrifice. What are you willing to sacrifice in your life? Have you sacrificed anything during Lent so far? Why is sacrifice so hard for us? Father Jeremy Ploof joins The Inner Life to discuss how sacrifice is so important to our Lenten journey and the growth of our faith lives.   Caller Story – He had to sacrifice his sufferings for his son who was addicted to drugs. Caller Story &#821...

Living out Forgiveness. Do you find it difficult to forgive others? What about forgiving yourself? If you find forgiveness difficult, it might be even more difficult to live out that forgiveness. So what does it mean and look like to live out forgiveness? Father Joseph Johnson joins The Inner Life to help you find ways to live out forgiveness, especially during Lent.   Caller Story – He...

Learning from the Little Way in Lent . Do you know what the Little Way is? Who is St. Therese of Lisieux? How can we learn from her and make the most of the little things in Lent? Father Gary Caster joins The Inner Life to explain why the little things in Lent are just as important as the big ones.   Caller Story – St Therese helped him grow in his prayer life. She was an inspiration to...

Taking Up Your Cross Daily . Do you invite suffering into your life? Probably not, because, who would, right? Christ suffered and died for us by taking up the cross, so how can we suffer for him by taking up our own cross? Father Michael Hurley joins The Inner Life to discuss why it is so important for us to take up our cross daily.   Caller Story – Lost her husband years ago and it has...

The Corporal Works of Mercy . Which of the corporal works of mercy do you find you practice the most? Which one do you struggle to practice? As Catholics, we are called o help all those in need, but it isn’t always easy to do. How can we make the corporal works of mercy a part of our daily lives? Father Ethan Southard joins The Inner Life to help you be able to incorporate the corporal works...

Prayer, Fasting, and Alms Giving, as a Family. Prayer, fasting, and alms giving are things we should be doing during lent, but they can be difficult to do as a family, especially if you have young kids in the house. How do you incorporate prayer, fasting and alms giving into your families daily Lenten routine? Father Joseph Illo joins The Inner Life to give you some tips on how to make this possib...

Detachment. Did you know that a survey of more than a thousand millennials said that 40 percent would forego washing their hair to keep their phones? Our world today seems to be attached to many things that keep us from God. What are you attached to and how are you finding ways to detach yourself from those things? Father Daniel Schuster joins Josh Raymond to help you detach from things in your li...

Journeying with Mary through Lent . As you continue through Lent, how has Mary helped you along the way? How do you look to Mary in your daily life to help you grow closer to her son? Josh Raymond makes his Inner Life debut as host with Father Ed Broom as your spiritual director to help guide your journey with Mary through Lent.   Caller Story – She read Father Brooms book and it inspir...

. Chuck Neff heads off into retirement discussing the name of the show with one of his favorite priests, Father Douglas McKay. Join Chuck Neff, and Father McKay as they discuss The Inner Life and what that means to our faith life. Chuck Neff’s Final Show   Caller Story – He was told at a retreat in 2014 that “Jesus was with him every step along the way”. This helped him with...

The Peace Prayer of St Francis . How are you an instrument of Gods peace? How have you been able to imitate the peace prayer of St Francis in your daily life? Father Albert Haase joins The Inner Life to give you insight on how you can better live out the peace prayer of St Francis.   Caller Story – She finds it very difficult to be that instrument of peace for her own family. Caller Sto...

Discipleship . Is there a correct way to be a disciple? How as we journey through lent can we become stronger disciples of Christ? Father Burke Masters joins the Inner Life to help you become a stronger disciple of Christ.   Caller Story – She is unable to help those in need physically but she has been blessed financially to help others. Caller Story – Her husband left her because...

Peace During Change . Do you find change difficult to deal with? In these times of change, have you found it difficult to find some inner peace? Father Sam Martin joins The Inner Life to help you find different ways of finding inner peace in the midst of change.   Caller Story – Finds peace in certain passages that remind him that God is the King we all bow before. Caller Story –...

The Feast of the Chair of St Peter . Why do we have a feast day for a chair? What is the point of it? Would that be considered worship of an Idol? Wouldn’t it make more sense to just make the feast day “the Feast of St Peter”? Father Eric Nielsen joins The Inner Life to explain why we have a feast day for The Chair of St Peter.   Caller Question – How did the Church en...

The Kingdom of God . As we journey though Lent, how are you preparing to be able to enter the Kingdom of God? Are we guaranteed entrance to the Kingdom of God? Father Richard Simon joins The Inner Life to talk about entering the Kingdom of God.   Caller Story – Shares how becoming aware of temptation helped her in life. She was unfaithful in her marriage but was able to over all of it....

Pornography . Do you know someone who struggles with the sin of pornography? Maybe it is you who struggles with it. How do we overcome this addictive sin? Father Jeremy Ploof joins The Inner Life to give you the tools to combat the sin of pornography.   Caller Story – He struggles with pornography and he is now trying to give it up for Lent and is combatting it by praying the rosary. Ca...

Ash Wednesday . Did you know that Ash Wednesday Mass is one the most attended Masses each year? It is an encouraging sign but also an interesting one considering it is not a Holy Day of Obligation. Father John Girotti joins Chuck Neff to discuss why Ash Wednesday Mass is one of the most popular Masses to attend each year.   Caller Question – She was unable to attend Mass today, so she b...

. What is Mardi Gras? Is it a celebration of something? How can we celebrate Mardi Gras without being gluttonous? Father Nathan Reesman joins Chuck Neff to discuss the celebration of Mardi Gras. Mardi Gras   Caller Story – She has been challenged to give up her phone for Lent. Caller Question – What suggestions does Father have as what she could do for Lent?