Love Your Enemies – July 21, 2023

Father Dave Heney joined Brooke Taylor for a deep-dive into Jesus’ teaching about loving those who hurt us. Topics included: the Sermon on the Mount (2:59), Brooke’s powerful story of forgiveness (7:42), the difficulty of letting go (13:50), caller: finding forgiveness in my RCIA class (18:26), turning the other cheek (25:25), forgiving ourselves (43:42), caller Q: I’m having a difficult time forgiving the woman who pursued my father (45:45), caller: I’m struggling to forgive my mom (48:50). 

Patrick Conley was born, raised, and baptized in Wisconsin in a Protestant tradition. After meeting his wife, Kendra, through an Evangelical ministry at the University of Minnesota, they entered the Catholic Church in 2010. They listened to Relevant Radio, specifically The Inner Life, while preparing to enter the Church. Conley now holds a degree in theology from Oxford University and has served the Church in both academic theology and grassroots pastoral ministry. Conley teaches religion classes in a Catholic elementary school, serves as his parish Director of Religious Education, and is in formation for the permanent diaconate. He also hosts Practicing Catholic on Relevant Radio, exclusive to the Minneapolis area’s airwaves, and is a traveling presenter for the Catherine of Siena Institute apostolate. He lives in rural Wisconsin with his wife and their bulldogs, Georgie and Bingley.