The Rev. James Martin, S.J., leads listeners through an Examen, reflecting on the crucial role that many women saints have played throughout the church’s history.
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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When prayer is difficult, God invites us to keep showing up
The Rev. James Martin, S.J., leads listeners through an Examen, reflecting on the joys and challenges that arise in our prayer lives.
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How well do you know the saints?
The Rev. James Martin, S.J., leads listeners through an Examen on the saints. What role do the saints play in your life?
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No matter how you pray, God wants to meet you
The Rev. James Martin, S.J., leads listeners through an Examen on encountering God through different forms of prayer.
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Engaging the Gospel through prayer
The Rev. James Martin, S.J., leads listeners through an Examen on praying with the Gospel stories.
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Bring your suffering in prayer before Jesus
The Rev. James Martin, S.J., leads listeners through an Examen on suffering.
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How to pray with nature
The Rev. James Martin, S.J., leads listeners through an Examen on praying with nature.
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What does a church open to L.G.B.T. Catholics look like?
Three recent examples show what it looks like for the institutional church to welcome L.G.B.T. Catholics in the context of Gospel values and church teaching.
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Mary Karr’s unlikely conversion to Catholicism
The best-selling memoirist on her turn from agnosticism to the Catholic Church and how Ignatian spirituality has changed her life
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In prayer, patience is crucial.
Our commitment to God is expressed through living out the gospel, but also in your fidelity to prayer. Day in and day out. “Showing up and shutting up,” as my friend likes to say about daily prayer.