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Humility – The Inner Life – October 14, 2025

Patrick Conleyby Patrick Conley

Fr. Tom McCarthy joins Patrick to discuss Humility

  • (3:21) what is true humility?
  • How do we know when we are being humble?
  • (11:46) Mary – Father mentioned humility leading to God. When I look at statues of Mary, she’s frequently looking down out of humility. Very few paintings where you can look into her eyes.
  • Why is Mary called blessed?
  • (18:00) Hector – Balance between humility and the amount of work you expose yourself to at a non-profit organization. Within the context of working in a non-profit…the amount of work you lend yourself to in the context of humility. should you accept it every time? How does humility guide you?

(20:46) Break 1

  • (22:26) Father shares his meeting with Pope Leo and how humility shapes hi life.
  • (26:37) Bill – Regarding how pride is opposite of humility, but I’ve read that self-loathing is a sin against humility.
  • Linda – Found something that’s helped…Litany of Humility. Been praying it for years. I get a kick out of how it works.
  • Emil from a listener who was told to be humble in order to love her husband.

(36:56) Break 2

  • Email from Mary about choosing God’s will when it is different from your will?
  • how can we use failure in our life to grow in humility?
  • Email – How can I know if I am being humble or just being afraid of stepping out?
  • Christine – Married 40 years, this past year, discovered indiscretions with my husband. Working on forgiving. Had an argument, he reminded me of things I had done that hurt him. I was completely humbled that I could hurt him the same way. Took it to confession and turned it around.

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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.