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Discerning Commitments and acting in Prudence – The Inner Life – January 7, 2026

Patrick Conleyby Patrick Conley

Fr. Carter Griffin Discerning Commitments and acting in Prudence

  • (5:43) What is prudence?
  • How do you make good discernment?
  • (13:22) Sacrificial nature of Commitments.
  • (20:09) Lisa – Commitments. If a decision is imprudent in the classical sense of prudence, is it sinful?

(23:55) Break 1

  • (28:25) Jim – I just retired and have more free time. How can I balance adding commitments to help others versus time for myself?
  • (32:10) Cam – It seems to me that I break commitments because of stress management. Mind telling me to stop stress and break commitment. How do I overcome this?

(40:05) Break 2

  • How do we hear the voice of God when discerning things?
  • (44:46) what is involved in discerning one’s vocation?

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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.