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TAN Direction Episode 10 – The Interior Castle: The Silkworm, The Sleeping Soul, and Christ
Episode 10 – The Interior Castle: The Silkworm, The Sleeping Soul, and Christ
St. Teresa compares the soul to the silkworm. The soul begins to live by the help God gives it through the remedies of the Church: Confession, reading good books, hearing sermons, etc. These things help a person mature to the point in which he can spin the cocoon – which is Christ! Fr. Reid also explains what St. Teresa means when she describes a soul in The 5th Mansions as a sleeping soul.
Episode ten focuses on The 5th Mansions, Chapters 1 & 2.
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Fr. Timothy Reid
Fr. Timothy Reid, a convert to the Catholic Faith, earned his B.S. in Marketing from Indiana University, but later changed his focus to pursue the study of Philosophy at the Catholic University of America. After attaining an M.A. in Philosophy in 1996, he took a job with the Migration and Refugee Services of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Following his Theology studies at the Seminary of the Immaculate Conception, earning an M.A. in Theology and a Masters of Divinity, Fr. Reid was ordained in 2004. In 2007, he was made Pastor of St. Ann Catholic Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he continues to serve today. Fr. Reid is a Third Order Carmelite and serves as the Spiritual Director of the Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Secular Carmelite group in Charlotte.
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