James Martin, S.J.

Lately when I find it hard to pray or am distracted or can t settle down interiorly I ve started to use musical settings of the psalms and other religious music to help quiet my soul nbsp nbsp It s a wonderful entree into prayer nbsp and sometimes can even become prayer itself as you let the

Edward Beck a Passionist priest nbsp and author of several books on spirituality including his compelling memoir God Underneath is a talented writer and explicator of the faith who regularly appears on ABC Now nbsp and Good Morning America nbsp He is intelligent moderate and helpful on t

Today is the anniversary of the birth of Servant of God Pedro Arrupe S J 1907-1991 superior general of the Society of Jesus from 1965 to 1983 nbsp The Irish Province has a fine website up though some of their links are on the fritz on the man called by some the Second Founder of the Jesui

Oh no prayer can only make it and her better especially if nbsp prayer is helping her nbsp to see things like this Gasp ndash my conscience is singed I fail in love every day no matter how much I try Managing unconditional love for the people in my house whom I like to think I would die f

A public letter to Congressman Patrick Kennedy of Rhode Island from Bishop Thomas J Tobin in which Bishop Tobin says I m not sure you fulfill the basic requirements of being a Catholic nbsp It was published in the Rhode Island Catholic here nbsp H T Robert Mickens nbsp The text of the

It s always interesting to hear what the secular media makes of Jesuit education nbsp Here s a great piece by Amy Sullivan of Time on University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy fondly known as U of D High nbsp It focuses primarily on the school s commitment to educating youth in inne

NCR is nbsp reporting that Bishop Donald W Trautman is encouraging the U S bishops to adopt a last-minute measure to reject the new Mass translations nbsp Trautman who served as chairman of the USCCB Committee on Liturgy has long opposed the new translations as you can see from his article f

A reader sent me a link to nbsp this nbsp And no I hadn t heard of it either nbsp But check it out nbsp It s from the California Province Jesuits nbsp nbsp They suggest using the techniques of Ignatian contemplation imagining yourself in the scene and applying them to particular events i

nbsp On this Feast of the Jesuit Saints and Martyrs this tasty item from Salon entitled A Vast Jesuit Missonary Ginseng Conspiracy which begins with this deck From Wisconsin to the court of the Kang-Hsi emperor with cameos by Daniel Boone and John Jacob AstorGov Jim Doyle announced a tra