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Reliance On God – The Inner Life – January 15, 2026

Patrick Conleyby Patrick Conley

(11:03) Fr. Ryan Brady joins Patrick to talk about Reliance on God.

  • (11:08) God works at a completely different schedule than we do.
  • (12:08) Car shopping is a great example and also very biblical.
  • (15:40) Patty – I am waiting and discovering God’s way to help me with weight loss.
  • (19:17) Email: Leanne – Relying on God as a young adult, cancer survivor.
  • Break 1
  • (23:58) Email: Gloria – I’m afraid of trusting the Lord.
  • (27:43) Patrick – Relevant Radio brought me back to the church 5 years ago. Also, I’ve overcome addictions and now am faced with a new challenge of leukemia. It’s a new opportunity to evangelize.
  • Break 2
  • (40:23) God’s mercy will endure far longer than our desire to ask for it. Jesus relied on his friends and disciples to support his ministry. He was not alone. In your struggle talk to your priests and other faithful friends. Jesus humbled himself and relied on His Father in heaven and His friends on earth and the world was never the same.

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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.