The Rev. James Martin, S.J., leads listeners through an Examen on praying with the Gospel stories.
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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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.
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If prayer starts to feel stale, don’t be afraid to shake things up.
There’s nothing wrong with setting a particular practice aside for a time and trying something else. Maybe you could pray with the psalms. Or maybe take a book of spiritual reflections and let that invite you into prayer. Or maybe you could just sit quietly in God’s presence.
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Prayer is not a burden. It is a way to rest.
Many devout Christians end up, with the best intentions, overwhelmed by the great many things that they feel that they have to do in their daily prayer, as if prayer is just a “to do” list.
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Why keeping a journal is important for spiritual progress
Imagine Jesus were to come into a room and tell you something. You would obviously treasure his words and want to remember exactly what he said. So you’d certainly write them down, maybe even paint them on the wall of every room in your house.
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St. Ignatius’ greatest gift to the world
The most significant gift to the world from St. Ignatius, as every Jesuit will tell you, is the distinctive spirituality known as “Ignatian spirituality.”