Presentation of the Lord – The Inner Life – January 30, 2025

Fr. Matthew Spencer joins Patrick to discuss the Presentation of the Lord

  • What is the presentation?
  • (7:58) Why is obedience so important?
  • Mark – Obedience. What about blind obedience when it comes to higher ups in the church. How does a young priest follow that when they come up with different policies?

(20:09) Break 1

  • Nick – Love the topic. Scott Hahn…old testament hidden in new. The real presentation is so beautiful and how they come together. Our religion is the religion of the cross.
  • (26:40) What is the importance of Anna and Simeon in the story of the presentation?
  • (33:34) John – Trying to integrate the first sorrowful mysteries with the presentation. Where was Joseph?

(40:25) Break 2

  • (41:31) Diane – In my pre Vatican II missal, it was considered the end of the Christmas season with the presentation. Why did that change?
  • What is Candlemas in the Church?
  • (46:59) What is the tie between consecrated life and the Presentation?
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.