How to Behead a Beast

by Dan Burke

I see it every day.  People struggling with severe worry, depression, and more.
 
Let’s face it: it’s been more than a year of off-the-charts anxiety for many good people who have lost sight of the reason for our hope (1 Peter 3:15).  If you are among them, I have an invitation for you.  Actually, if you have a pulse at all, this is for you.
 
Join me and Fr. Dwight Longenecker on Wednesday, October 20th at 7 PM Central for another Avila exclusive webinar as we talk about his fascinating new book, Beheading Hydra. In it, Fr. Longenecker explains why the anxiety of 2020 and beyond is the culmination of, as he puts it, “five hundred years of devious philosophies, half-truths, godless ideologies, false religions, and rebellion against God, His Church, and His timeless truths.”
 
 
Beheading Hydra boldly and creatively reveals the constantly shifting but infectious lies of our modern times.  These lies resemble a many-headed monster in the deceitfully alluring shape of sixteen ‘isms’ from the world, the flesh, and the devil such as materialism, atheism, progressivism, relativism, sentimentalism, eroticism, and more.  These lies are at the root of the evil around us, causing us to lose our peace.
 
But of course, there’s hope.  Fr. Longenecker will also give us the antidote for each of the poisonous lies: tithing, prayer, tradition, truth, education, marriage—my friends, we know this: the Church already has all of the answers to the world’s desperate searching.
 
I’m really looking forward to this conversation—it’s going to be good—and I hope that you’ll pull up a chair and join us.
 
Register here and look for the link we’ll send you via email.  If you register, we always send the recording for those who can’t attend the live event.  But I encourage you to try to make it;   answering your questions always ends up being one of the highlights of the night.
 
See you there-
 

Yours in Christ,

Dan Burke

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.

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