No matter how articulate we are (and Andrew Sullivan, a former magazine editor, is probably one of the most well-known masters of the English language), in the end our spiritual experiences are mainly incommunicable.
James Martin, S.J.
The Rev. James Martin, S.J., is a Jesuit priest, author, editor at large at America and founder of Outreach.
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Father James Martin on the importance of going to confession (even when you’re nervous)
For some reason, I have never found going to confession all that difficult. That is not the case for many Catholics.
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Poetry and spirituality with Pádraig Ó Tuama
Our guest on this week’s episode of “The Spiritual Life” podcast is a man who looks at the world through the eyes of not only a poet but a believer. But Pádraig Ó Tuama’s life is even more varied than that.
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Why St. Augustine’s words on desire are some of the greatest spiritual insights ever written
Over my 25 years as a spiritual director, I don’t think I have quoted any line (apart from verses from the Gospels) more than St. Augustine’s dictum, “Our hearts are restless until they rest in you.”
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What losing my mom taught me about the Cross
A Good Friday meditation from James Martin, S.J.
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Holy Thursday: A community of equals
A Reflection for Holy Thursday, by James Martin, S.J.
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Catholic and Anarchist: The spiritual wisdom of Dorothy Day
For the longest time, perhaps over a decade, I’ve been encouraging my good friend Robert Ellsberg, the publisher of Orbis Books, to write a book about the time he spent with Dorothy Day when he was a young college student.
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Why do bad things happen to good people? A conversation on suffering with Kate Bowler
Kate Bowler leans, as I do, on a God who accompanies us through our suffering, as she felt God did during her cancer treatments.
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The Spiritual Life: What is the Sacred Heart?
In my interview on “The Spiritual Life” podcast with the talented Jesuit Cristóbal Fones, S.J., now the executive director of the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network, we talk about his work, his prayer, the pope’s intentions, Ignatian spirituality, music and, not incidentally, the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
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Father Bryan Massingale on faith and identity as a Black, gay, Catholic priest
Father Bryan Massingale has the ability to focus attention on problematic areas in the church in a way that is both challenging and undeniable.