30 Days with Teresa of Avila - Reflections on Days 1 and 2

30 Days with Teresa of Avila
Reflections on Days 1 and 2

Dan and Melissa discuss detachment and suffering by reflecting on the first two letters from St. Teresa in the book 30 Days with Teresa of Avila.

Topics/Questions covered in the show:

Attachments: How to recognize them. Are they bad?
What are the steps to achieving detachment?
How can we obtain freedom and peace through detachment?
Dan shares his story of how interior peace and freedom are helping him through a time of personal suffering.
St. John of the Cross reveals how suffering and detachment are related.
Using periods of consolation to rest and prepare for desolation, from St. Ignatius’ Rules for Discernment.
Book of Revelation: When will suffering end?

Resources:

30 Days with Teresa of Avila – Dan Burke and Anthony Lilles, Emmaus Road Publishing
Dr. Anthony Lilles – http://spiritualdirection.com/author/dr-lilles
SpiritualDirection.com Book Club
EWTN Religious Catalog – http://www.ewtnreligiouscatalogue.com
The Living Flame of Love – St. John of the Cross
The Discernment of Spirits – An Ignatian Guide to Everyday Living by Fr. Timothy Gallagher
Revelation 21 – http://www.usccb.org/bible/revelation/21
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Dan Burke

Dan Burke is the past President and C.O.O. of EWTN's worldwide news network. He is presently the founder and President of the Avila Institute for Spiritual Formation, which offers graduate and personal enrichment studies in spiritual theology to priests, deacons, religious, and laity in 90 countries and prepares men for seminary in over 40 dioceses. Dan is the author and editor of numerous books on authentic Catholic spirituality and hosts the Divine Intimacy Radio show with his wife, Stephanie, which is broadcast weekly on EWTN Radio. Past episodes can be found, along with thousands of articles on the interior life, at SpiritualDirection.com. In his deep commitment to the advancement of faithful Catholic spirituality, he is also the founder of Apostoli Viae, a world-wide, private association of the faithful dedicated to living and advancing the authentic spiritual patrimony of the Church. Most importantly, Dan is a blessed husband, father of four, grandfather of one—and grateful to be Catholic.