TAN Direction Episode 6. The Way of Perfection: Detachment from Self, Mortification, and Honor

 

Episode 6. The Way of Perfection: Detachment from Self, Mortification, and Honor

Father Timothy Reid emphasizes the importance of detachment, particularly from self, and its close relationship with humility. Saint Teresa warns her nuns against complacency, stressing the need for constant vigilance and effort in overcoming self-will to achieve spiritual freedom. Additionally, she advises against complaining about minor ailments and highlights the significance of interior mortification, encouraging her nuns to bear suffering with love for God and to detach from worldly goods and honors to truly walk The Way of Perfection.

Episode six covers chapters 10-12.

Meet Your Host

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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