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Episode 4. The Way of Perfection: Learned Confessors and Perfect Love
Episode 4. The Way of Perfection: Learned Confessors and Perfect Love
Father Reid relays Saint Teresa’s emphasis on the crucial role of confessors, stressing that they must be learned and holy to properly guide the nuns on their spiritual journey. She recounts her own struggles with misguided confessors and urges her nuns to seek second opinions when necessary. Additionally, Saint Teresa explores the nature of true spiritual love, distinguishing it from worldly attachments, and challenges her nuns to love God above all else while striving to bring others closer to Him.
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. He also hosted The Commentaries: The Interior Castle.
TAN Direction Episode 4. The Way of Perfection: Learned Confessors and Perfect Love
Episode 4. The Way of Perfection: Learned Confessors and Perfect Love
Father Reid relays Saint Teresa’s emphasis on the crucial role of confessors, stressing that they must be learned and holy to properly guide the nuns on their spiritual journey. She recounts her own struggles with misguided confessors and urges her nuns to seek second opinions when necessary. Additionally, Saint Teresa explores the nature of true spiritual love, distinguishing it from worldly attachments, and challenges her nuns to love God above all else while striving to bring others closer to Him.
Episode four covers chapters 5 & 6.
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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. He also hosted The Commentaries: The Interior Castle.
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