Confession: It’s Here To Help You – August 27, 2026

  • On today’s show, Fr. Kris Stubna talks about Confession: It’s here to help you.
  • Break 1
  • Susan – I was at Confession recently and it was face to face. I confessed, but Father was looking at his phone and scrolling the entire time. I was a little distracted by that and didn’t know how to handle it. Could you comment on how to handle that?
  • Nancy – I am a senior citizen. Recently I’ve grown in faith and went to confession. It was a visiting priest. He was so gracious and loving. I was expecting the worst, but I truly felt healed.
  • Miles – Concern I had from a prisoner is that the priest didn’t have enough time to hear confessions. Can the bishop give him permission to have a shortened version of the mass and still have time for confessions?
  • Patrick – I love confession.
  • Break 2
  • Joanne – I had an experience on Easter Sunday and someone asked if there were confessions. I asked Father and he immediately went in and heard the man’s confession before Mass. It was such a beautiful thing.
  • Tony – It’s changed my life over the years. I used to take it for granted.
  • Carrie – I learned that the grace received in the sacrament has been such a help in avoiding sin in the future. It’s almost like a little Christmas.
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.