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The Inner Life – July 9, 2024 – Friendship

Patrick Conleyby Patrick Conley

Father John Paul Erickson joins Patrick to discuss Friendship

  • (6:15) Mary, Martha and Lazarus as the friends of Jesus.
  • How does friendship manifest God’s love?
  • (13:24) How do you make a friendship deliberate?

(22:28) Break 1

  • Karen – I have a friend who has tested all religions and she thinks Catholics have it wrong. She’s a KJV-only Christian. she’s a dear friend but this has come between us?
  • (33:29) – What is the role of friendship in the context of parents and children?

(38:36) Break 2

  • Time it takes to have a good friendship
  • (41:32) Pat – Friend went to the Lutheran Church and received communion there and does the same in the Catholic Church. Do I say anything?
  • How do you confront a friend who is doing bad things?
  • Ash – We should pray for our friends! Our Children grew up with friends that are still with them.

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Patrick Conley

Patrick Conley

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.