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Beating Temptation and the Devil – The Inner Life – November 5, 2024

Patrick Conleyby Patrick Conley

Father Timothy Gallagher joins Patrick to discuss Beating Temptation and the Devil

  • (2:24) What are the tactics of the devil?
  • (15:29) How do you fight the devil in tempting moments?
  • Is it wrong to feel tempted?

(26:59) Break

  • How does the Devil try to keep us in secret with our temptations?
  • (32:46) Patricia – Is there a way we can tell whether we can tell if we’re in non-spiritual desolation and I decide to change my spiritual practices and if it’s coming from the enemy?  Am I being tempted into spiritual desolation?

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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.