The Inner Life

Forgiveness . How often must we forgive? Seven times? Seventy seven times? Father Michael Hurley joins Patrick Conley to discuss forgiveness in this coming Sunday’s gospel reading.   Caller Story – Shares how she learned to forgive her abusive father through confession and forgiving herself. Caller Story – Shares how she came to forgive her brother in law.  

Detachment . What is detachment? Is detachment harmful or bad? Father Eric Nielsen joins Patrick Conley to discuss detachment.   Caller Question – How do you detach from your spouse if you think you are too attached? Caller Story – Shares how she overcome her attached to her husband through a retreat they went to. Caller Story – Shares how as a widow she had to overcome her...

Confirmation . What is confirmation? Why is it one of the seven sacraments of the Church? How is confirmation both similar and different from baptism? Father Carter Griffin joins Patrick Conley to discuss the sacrament of confirmation.   Caller Story – Shares why he picked St Benedict as his confirmation Saint. 

Mary as Mother and Queen . How is Mary both our Queen and our Mother? Is she one more than the other to us? How should we view Mary in these terms? Father Boniface Hicks joins Patrick Conley to discuss Mary.   Caller Story – Shares how she trusted in Mary even after her 7th miscarriage. Caller Story – Shares how she called upon the blessed Mothers intercession when her husband bec...

Forgiveness . How should we go about forgiving others? How do we deal with those who have wronged us? Father JP Mitchell joins Chuck Neff to discuss this Sunday’s gospel and how we should approach forgiving others.   Caller Story – Shares of a story of an answered prayer she got at an abortion clinic.

Marian Devotion . What does it mean to have a devotion to Mary? Is having a devotion to Mary a way of worship? Father Ed Broom joins Chuck Neff to discuss Marian Devotions.   Caller Story – Shares her love of Mary and how she has helped her get through difficult times. Caller Story – Shares how Mary has been present to her at multiple points in her life. Caller Story – Share...

Accepting Our Identity from God . What does it mean to accept our identity from God? Why is that better rather than us trying to produce our own identity? Father Keith Romke joins Chuck Neff for the very first time to discuss our identity from God.   Caller Story – Shares how she found her identity in Christ through a retreat she went to. Caller Story -Shares how finding her identity in...

Sacramentals . What are sacramentals? Are sacramentals a requirement for the faith? Why are they important for us? Father Jeremy Ploof joins Chuck Neff to discuss the importance of sacramentals.   Caller Story – Shares how sacramentals have helped her through difficult times in her life. Caller Story – Shares how she uses blessed chalk to bless her house each year.

. What is spiritual warfare? How do we fight within spiritual warfare and how do we know if we are winning or losing? Father Gary Caster joins Chuck Neff to discuss spiritual warfare. Spiritual Warfare   Caller Story – Shares how her and her husband are under spiritual attack from their neighbors. Wants advice on what to do. Caller Question – How often should we have our house ble...

Carrying our Cross . This Sunday, Jesus asks us to pick up our cross and follow him. Why do we need to carry our cross if Jesus died on the cross for us? Father Douglas McKay joins Chuck Neff to discuss why we need to carry our cross.   Caller Story – Share his cross that he carried and how Fr McKay helped him overcome it. Caller Story – Shares that she deals with her cross by uni...

. Why is pride the deadliest sin? Why is it important for us to learn humility? Father Mark Baron joins Chuck Neff to discuss the importance of humility and seriousness of pride. Pride and Humility   Caller Story – Shares how he is working on his pride and it is God doing the work through him. Caller Story – Shares how pride got in the way of healing for her. Shares how humility w...