The Inner Life

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 after the guests go home. There is joy when guests come and the silence after they leave is saddening. Can you help me appreciate this more? (13:14) silence as an invitation to prayer (15:39) Judy - I thought I was going to go mad during silent...

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 a catechist for 4th graders. I'm trying everything to explain the incarnation. Want your opinion. Do you have another way of explaining the incarnation? (18:42) Break 1 How does the mystery of the word make flesh make clear the mystery of h...

Fr. Peter Armenio joins Patrick to discuss Evangelizing Through the Media: 25 years of Relevant Radio Evangelical nature of the Church. (20:24) Christine - love listening to daybreak and inner life (21:58) Break 1 Eva - listen on the app. I value Relevant Radio and all it gives me (25:15) How is evangelizing similar to planting seeds? (30:21) Nick - I evangelize through letters and ACTS in prayer...

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 Third coming of Christ (32:58) Break 2 The O Antiphons (37:53) Loneliness during Advent

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 caused Vatican II to assimilate? (21:20) Break 1 Robert - Why the change from the Latin Mass?  Wondering why that's not very alive anymore. (28:57) what are the major documents of the Second Vatican Council? (32:16) Chris - I know...

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 Table How is Joy and excitement in the Faith important to evangelization? (16:05) Julia - My daughter recently left the Catholic Church. I don't want to fight at the table. How can we discuss this? (21:56) Break 1 Brenda - I sha...

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 the Church? What does the mean that the Church is one? (23:19) Break 1 (27:29) What does it mean that the Church is Holy? (33:18) E-Frain - You are talking about the 4 marks. What do you think of the Palmarian Catholic Church? Are they a valid...

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 with food- tried fasting and some verses that helped me to work on temperance anything else? (21:20) Break 1 What is the proper motivation to gaining the virtue of temperance? The importance of the Eucharistic fast. (32:47) John - best homily...

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 did Father discern a vocation to the priesthood. What are the fears that young men and women are afraid of when discerning the priesthood. (21:29) Break 1 What is the importance of encouragement when discerning a vocation? (32:40) Rolando -...

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 - Father Eric, I found it interesting how you were talking about Jesus as King of the World. I am watching the Chosen and apostles address Christ as King of the World. I never prayed that way before. Mark - I know a lot of Jewish prayers address...

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 daughter recently left the Catholic Church. I don't want to fight at the table. How can we discuss this? (21:56) Break 1 Brenda - I shared an Instagram link without explaining to my daughter-in-law. She was upset by this but we talked about...

(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 with us during suffering, Confession and the Anointing of The Sick (16:36) Karen - I got cancer and went through surgery 7 weeks of that and had surgery. No one could believe how joyfully I was going through it. I offered up the horrible pain....

Fr. Allen Hoffa joins Patrick to discuss Spiritual Works of Mercy (4:51) what are the Spiritual Works of Mercy? Admonish the Sinner (16:29) Instruct the Ignorant (22:31) Break 1 Mary Ann - I have a granddaughter who just gave up her faith. I love her so much. How to approach this? How do I admonish the sinner? (28:31) Adam - If a person you're close to doesn't know that not going to Mass is a sin,...

Fr. Tom Wilson joins Patrick to have a Sunday Bible Study (8:23) Father Shares the Gospel for this Sunday? (15:51) how do things distract us from the end game of being with God? (19:08) Mark - I think 100% of the media is fearmongering. I remember that a lack of oil, and Aids was going to kill people. (22:48) Break 1 (31:17) Steve - I don't think kids in Confirmation Class ever get talked about wh...

Fr. Ramil Fajardo joins Patrick to discuss Annulments (4:11) what is marriage in the Catholic Church? (11:01) what is a declaration of nullity? (19:29) Patricia - A lot of young couples getting married by someone on the internet who has the capability to marry them. When this is considered out of the church, can they get it blessed in the church and is it a validated marriage? (28:11) Break 1 (30:...

Fr. Matthew Spencer joins Patrick to discuss A Happy Death Father Spencer gives an update on the dramatic event that happened in his life? (12:47) how are the sacraments  instrumental in a happy death? (19:55) Paul - My father had a happy death. He had a great life, and died well. He gave everything to God all the way to the end which was remarkable. You can say a lot during life and live a l...

Fr. Rob Kroll joins Patrick to discuss Hope in Despair (3:28) what is hope as Theological virtue? What is the Despair? (16:53) Jasmin - I struggle with a few things...mainly faith. My son and my marriage also. Really having a hard time to move forward with faith. Confirmed Catholic and went to Catholic School. Always passionate about it, but not always the best Catholic. Find myself falling into t...

Fr. Patrick Hyde joins on the Inner life to talk about the virtue of study.   The Dominican Order handed on the study of spirituality.   Why did God make you?   Going too far and too deep.   Break 1   Steve - I am someone who goes into faith too deeply in the area of academics.   Break 2   Maritza - St. Augustine's book the Confessions is great plus The Beautiful...

Fr. James Kubicki joins Patrick to discuss Purgatory (3:05) What is Purgatory? (12:24) Andrea - Our priest preached about purgatory -- for so long I heard purgatory was a place of punishment. He said it was a place of happy people (18:49) Wayne - How do we understand purgatory as being outside of time? (26:59) Break 1 How does temporal punishment work in Purgatory? (30:26) Diana - Should we want t...

Fr. Joseph Johnson joins Patrick to discuss Daily Conversion How is the word conversion used for the Catholic? (6:44) what does St Paul teach us about conversion? (27:00) Break 1 (27:54) Rose - I was converted from Baptist to Catholic at St. Paul Cathedral almost 60 years ago. I live in California now. The importance of the Sacraments in growing in the Faith. The importance of the community in con...

Fr. John LoCoco joins Patrick to discuss Generosity What is generosity? (3:54) being generous with your food. (14:42) Pat - We're retired, limited income, and to try and get spouse on the same page. Do you have any suggestions for that? (19:47) Lynda - I was taught by someone I work with who worked with homeless in NYC during the start of the AIDS epidemic. She said don't give money, give them foo...

Fr. Joseph Illo joins Patrick to discuss The Holy family Why did the Lord decide to be born into a family? (14:30) How do you offer up your dysfunctional family to the Lord? (27:00) Break 1 What are ways we can grow as a family? (31:47) email from a listener who is dealing with a care taker to his daughter while being a good husband to his wife? (40:20) How do you work towards marriage if you are...

IL – Fr. Eric Nielsen joins Patrick to discuss Saints Josemaría Escrivá And John Henry Newman Who was Saint Josemaría Escrivá (15:50) Thomas - Opus Dei...had a friend in college that unexpectedly decided to join. Never really thought of it before. (20:02) Wesley - He's been pivotal to my life and holiness and how I see my vocation (St. Josemaría). (26:59) B...

Fr. Marc Lenneman joins Patrick to discuss The Four Last Things Why are the last four things? (9:54) What is Death? (13:32) Barbara -Purgatory: my husband died last year. What's the Church's teaching about how long one prays for the dead? (20:40) Break 1 (22:50) Julie - Cremation: YES OR NO? If we love our Lord, do we go to hell? How do we deal with the fear of purgatory (32:51) Nicole - Having Ma...

Fr. John LoCoco joins Patrick to discuss Marian Dogmas What are Dogmas? (2:45) why are Maran Dogmas important for Catholics? (8:30) Mary the Mother of God. (15:57) Naser - I am a Muslim: Muslims are the only religion in the world who recognize Jesus as a prophet. It is hard for us Muslims to see Mary as mother of God also since God can't have mothers (23:22) Break 1 (25:37) Perpetual Virginity of...