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Repentance in the Spiritual Life – The Inner Life – March 4, 2025

Patrick Conleyby Patrick Conley

Father Allen Hoffa joins guest host Brooke Taylor to discuss The Role of Repentance in the Spiritual Life

  • (6:00) How can repentance be a lasting change in our lives?
  • (10:17) Betty – Repentance: I feel remorse about wishing someone’s death who died. How do I get over that?

(17:39) Break 1

  • How do we foster repentance in our own communities?
  • How does God work with us towards repentance?
  • (33:52) how does confession help us repent?

(37:13) Break 2

  • (40:01) – What is the importance of the daily examination of conscience?
  • (45:17) Tom – I can’t through to my wife about going to confession. How do I help her?
  • Joe – Peter in Acts 3: Repent that you may have times of refreshing.

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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.