Why the Devil Hates This Kind of Prayer

About this episode

Dan and Stephanie Burke discuss the significance of mental prayer and its impact on spiritual life, along with the reasons for the devil's opposition to it.

Join Dan and Stephanie Burke as they talk about why the devil hates mental prayer and why it is beneficial to your spiritual life! Resources: Remain in Me and I in Him Book Study - website Spiritual Warfare and Discernment of Spirits - video series Discernment of Spirits for Beginners - Dr. Mary Ruth Hackett & Dan Burke Into the Deep - video series Finding Peace in the Storm - Dan Burke Into the Deep – Dan Burke Spiritual Warfare and the Discernment of Spirits - Dan Burke The Contemplative Rosary - Dan Burke and Connie Rossini A Catholic Guide to Mindfulness - Susan Brinkmann OCDS SpiritualDirection.com/Events - website Avila Institute for Spiritual Formation EWTN Religious Catalogue – online

People in this episode

Hosts: Dan Burke, Stephanie Burke

Topics covered

• mental prayer
• spiritual life
• spiritual warfare
• discernment of spirits
• devil's opposition
• Catholic spirituality

Keywords

• mental prayer
• spiritual life
• devil
• spiritual warfare
• discernment
• Catholic spirituality
• prayer

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SpiritualDirection.com, Avila Institute for Spiritual Formation, EWTN Religious Catalogue

Books & works: Remain in Me and I in Him Book Study, Spiritual Warfare and Discernment of Spirits, Discernment of Spirits for Beginners, Into the Deep, A Catholic Guide to Mindfulness

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