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Purification – The Inner Life – September 17, 2025

Patrick Conleyby Patrick Conley
  • On today’s Inner Life with Patrick Conley, Msgr. Tom Richter joins to discuss the 6th foundation of prayer, purification.
    • (2:41) Msgr. Tom Richter joins to discuss purification
    • (3:17) The foundations of prayer
  • (19:41) Break 1
    • (30:31) How do I distinguish between the dark night of the soul and spiritual desolaton?
    • (30:47) God never does anything to our hearts to make us “sad” about following Him.
  • (41:29) Break 2
    • (42:33) Tessa – I feel like God is just ignoring me. I feel the temptation that God has given up on me. Is this from the devil?
    • (43:26) God is giving you a chance to experience a deeper faith and live by that faith.
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.