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How Confession Shows Us God’s Love

Patrick Conleyby Patrick Conley

On today’s Inner Life, Fr. Marc Lenneman discusses how confession show’s us God’s Love .

  • Break 1
  • Elizabeth-Had a healing after abortion in confession and is now a nationwide speaker for life.
  • From Catechism 1468: “The whole power of the sacrament of Penance consists in restoring us to God’s grace and joining us with him in an intimate friendship.”
  • Good Contrition
  • Penance
  • Break 2
  • Rick–decided not to go to confession after bad experience – is that a good idea?
  • Kevin-If I go to confession without perfect contrition but feel it afterwards at home, does that count?
  • Sarah-How to compell my son to go to confession before he gets married

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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.