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Meek Not Weak – August 12, 2026

Patrick Conleyby Patrick Conley

On today’s show, Fr. Bobby Blood shows us how to be meek not weak

  • Jesus flips tables in our lives but he does it gently.
  • Break 1
  • Training yourself to be more “other” focused
  • Theresa – This is what I’m struggling with trying to be meek and mild. I have a living situation that calls for a lot of patience. I’ve talked to this with my priest during confession.
  • Tom – Situation with my neighbor. Meekness played into it. Lasted years. Wife of neighbor and myself…her kids could do no wrong and always pitting their kids against ours. My wife and I would pray for them all the time. We finally went over there and said sorry for whatever was our part. Everything changed after that. Never looked at them with anger after that.
  • Break 2
  • Angela – I forgave the woman my husband had an affair with during my pregnancy
  • John – Incident between me and my son. It was so hard for me to talk to him. Went to a priest and had to wait. While waiting, there were two men yelling at each other like my son and I did. It opened my eyes and realized I should not carry on that way.

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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.