Spiritual Warfare and Discernment of Spirits: Dan Burke interviewed by Dr. Taylor Marshall

Listen in to the riveting interview below as Dr. Taylor Marshall talks with Dan Burke:

Setting the record straight about Dan’s resignation from EWTN News
Discussing the difficult and confusing times in the Church today
The Purgative, Illuminative and Unitive Way as the ideal as it relates to Holy Orders
Dan’s new book: his story and fighting against the evil forces that seek to enslave us especially with the rise of demonic activity
The importance of community and spiritual direction–the recent, tragic suicide of a young priest as an example
Discernment as a supernatural gift and a practice
The Difference between non-Christian Eastern meditation techniques and authentic mental prayer

(See more resources below the video)

Resources:

Spiritual Warfare and the Discernment of Spirits – Dan Burke
Infiltration – The Plot to Destroy the Church from Within – Dr. Taylor Marshall
A Catholic Guide to Mindfulness – Susan Brinkmann OCDS
Is Centering Prayer Catholic? – Connie Rossini
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Claire Dwyer

Mom, Wife, Interior Life — that’s it in a nutshell. Claire’s been devouring books and pouring the words back out again longer than she can remember. It’s where her love of God and the Catholic faith finds its fullest expression. Claire graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Franciscan University of Steubenville with a degree in Theology, has a certification in Spiritual Theology from the Avila Institute, and a certification in Spiritual Direction from St. Vincent Seminary’s Institute of Ministry Formation. Her roles as mother, mentor, spiritual writer, editor of spiritualdirection.com, and lifelong student of the interior life all came together in her first book, "This Present Paradise: A Spiritual Journey with St. Elizabeth of the Trinity." She is also the author of Blessed is She's Advent study, In Time: Living in the Now and Not Yet" and a contributor to their daily devotionals, and has written a book on St. Edith Stein set to release January of 2027. She has a passion, through writing and speaking, for helping the faithful to see the beauty and possibility of their own interior lives and their unrepeatable place in the Church, and for Catholic writers in particular to be encouraged and formed in their writing journey. To that end, she is co-founder and content director of Write These Words and the PraiseWriters Catholic Writing Membership Community. Most importantly, she has been married for almost 28 years to her husband Delaney and they have six children and two grandsons. Connect and keep in touch with her at ClaireDwyer.com. You can also read about spirituality for the Catholic writer on her Substack, Word and Silence.