Check out this great show from March 24, 2025 Father Dave Heneyjoins Patrick to discuss Anxiety in the Spiritual Life What is Anxiety? (6:49) What is the biggest source of anxiety? What is scrupulosity? (12:58) Email – How can we stop worrying we aren’t going to go to heaven? Barbara – I have suffered with […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/377b744a-4d1c-4132-a987-ade901030e10/e256e127-2f9b-49f9-b47e-b4080101a88f/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Msgr. Tom Richter joins Patrick for the fourth of a special Lenten Series on the 7 Last Words of Jesus – today’s topic, Spiritual Abandonment The Allusions of Control. (8:53) Jesus and Psalm 22. (21:24) Break 1 (22:27) Tom – I’ve always wondered if Jesus felt because of his humanity we as human would feel […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/377b744a-4d1c-4132-a987-ade901030e10/05ee387a-d296-4552-9653-b40501341cb9/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Bishop Donald Hying joins Patrick to discuss Surrender to God What makes surrender so important? (7:27) What is the motivation to spiritual practices? (12:34) John – I’ve got 2 sons struggling with drugs. Talk to them all the time about it. Not having control and putting it in God’s hands. Bonita – My brother is […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/377b744a-4d1c-4132-a987-ade901030e10/c0d637a5-65a9-4e13-a6a9-b404012bfd70/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Fr. Marc Lenneman joins Patrick to discuss Strengthening the Will (3:06) what is our will? What are the effects of original sin on the will? (10:11) what are good and bad convictions? (15:05) Mary from MN – How do you fight an affection to a specific sin? (18:54) Break 1 Suzie – I say I […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/377b744a-4d1c-4132-a987-ade901030e10/e0e0eea3-7c05-4e66-82e5-b403013508dd/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Msgr. Jason Gray joins Patrick to discuss Lessons from Bishop Fulton Sheen Msgr. Gray’s background (4:40) who was Bishop Fulton Sheen and what is his legacy? (9:34) Nick – Part of Militia of Immaculata. Headquarters was in Peoria until it moved. Tomb of Bp Sheen is there and adoration chapel. He had a saying…those who […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/377b744a-4d1c-4132-a987-ade901030e10/575506d4-a0ec-4258-b175-b402012cafdb/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Father Joseph Illo joins Patrick to discuss Redemptive Suffering (3:19) What does the Church teach about suffering and God’s plan for suffering? (20:34) Break 1 Father talks about the importance of responding to suffering well (26:01) Yolie – A friend had a baby as the result of a rape. Refused to abort. Was alone after […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/377b744a-4d1c-4132-a987-ade901030e10/c6b53d97-f2c1-4520-9f21-b401012b392e/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Fr. Joseph Johnson joins Patrick for the third of a special Lenten Series on the 7 Last Words of Jesus – today’s topic: Mary’s Role at the Cross (3:26) What is the context in these words of Jesus from the Cross? What Who does John represent in this scene? (13:25) What is Mary’s role in […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/377b744a-4d1c-4132-a987-ade901030e10/1aa94c3c-17f7-4b71-85a2-b3fe012b276d/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Father Ryan Brady joins Patrick in studio to discuss The Gift of Giving and an encounter with Pope Leo (3:12)Father Brady meets the pope and gives a good gift from the heart. (9:15) the sacrificial effect of giving (12:46) How does giving make us better people? (20:31) Break 1 (21:36) Christina – At what point […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/377b744a-4d1c-4132-a987-ade901030e10/faddca45-9579-4ff0-8e06-b3fd01371409/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

IL – FatherTom McCarthy joins Patrick to discuss Listening During Lent As an Augustinian what was Pope Leo trying to say with his letter? (5:10) What prevents us from listening to God during Lent? How can we combat temptations to distractions when trying to listen to God? (13:41) what does it mean that Pope Leo says […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/377b744a-4d1c-4132-a987-ade901030e10/9b4193d4-e50d-4b21-85cd-b3fc012d1c77/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Check out this great show from March 11, 2025 Father Rob Krolljoins Patrick to discuss Mortification Where does the word mortification come from? (5:21) what does mortification include? How do we find the happy medium in mortification? (19:03) Laurie – A long time ago, my kids were going away from the faith. Stopped putting sugar […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/377b744a-4d1c-4132-a987-ade901030e10/39c4cc7e-d53f-49d3-9053-b3fa016bf5ce/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

Check out this great encore show from March 10, 2025 Father Bobby Bloodjoins Patrick to discuss Simplicity in the Spiritual Life What is simplicity? (7:58) What are traps that interfere with our relationship with Jesus? How do we know if we are needing to change something in our prayer life? Albert – We go through […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/377b744a-4d1c-4132-a987-ade901030e10/76b3bf3e-5ea3-4346-b4da-b3fa00de1774/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more

IL – Fr. James Kubicki joins Patrick for the second of a special Lenten Series on the 7 Last Words of Jesus – today’s topic: Repentance Who was St. Dismas? (7:53) where does the word repentance come from? (17:31) Deacon Shawn – I think the comment about conversion vs repentance is tied together. Reading a […]https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/134e18ca-7af8-403f-a7eb-ad7f01861f48/377b744a-4d1c-4132-a987-ade901030e10/a90ec01f-8d82-4cd2-b443-b3f7012ad6b2/audio.mp3Podcast: Play ... Read more