30 Days with Teresa of Avila - Reflections on Days 1 & 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 go through a time of 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://www.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 ... - By Timothy Gallagher
• Revelation 21 - http://www.usccb.org/bible/revelation/21