Dealing with Anger – The Inner Life – February 5, 2025

Fr. Carter Griffin joins Patrick to discuss Dealing with Anger

  • When is anger good and when is anger bad?
  • (7:23) Patty – I found something that was appalling. I walked away. I don’t know if that was the right thing. It angered me later because I should have done or said something. When do you step out and say something when you’ve seen something awful?
  • Nick – I blow my top at the stupidest things. Still dealing with a foul mouth. Some things I refer to is some of the most potent scripture that combats it. If we can think of the heavenly virtues that combat that in the moment of anger.
  • (20:00) Bridget – In my late 60’s. Always have had a problem with anger. I’ve learned how not to get angry anymore and it’s a game changer. It has made my life and everyone else’s much better.
  • (26:59) Break 1
  • How do we find our triggers of anger?
  • (40:18) Kathy – I’m a convert married to a man who is very angry. Always complaining, yelling, etc. How can I deal with that?
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.