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Being Alive in Christ – The Inner Life – April 23, 2025

Patrick Conleyby Patrick Conley

Father Christopher Walshjoins Patrick to discuss Being Alive in Christ

  • What does it mean to be alive in Christ?
  • (8:34) What does baptism mean in our life and what does mortal sin do to our life in Christ?
  • Kim – If you believe in the blood and Flesh of Jesus in the Eucharist, you have Christ alive in you, and you are live in Him and he is dwelling in you in your heart.
  • Bella – My missionary life when I was single. Feeling that happiness, that childlike joy being in Christ. Finishing a mission before heading back home. That joy is so overwhelming. How can I improve that when dealing with clinical depression?

(22:02) Break 1

  • Where can we find life in the Church?
  • (29:41) What things can prevent us from feeling alive in Christ?
  • (36:09) Addison – I am a youth minister in Diocese of Phoenix. My teens have radically changed me in the way they love the Lord. Every youth night, my life is just bursting with the love of Christ.

(40:30) Break 2

  • How do the saints help us to grow in our life with Christ?
  • (45:33) How does prayer life and the sacraments help us grow with Jesus?
  • What is the role of humility in learning about the life of Christ?

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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.