God is continually inviting us to growth and continually enabling us to let some things in our life die so that we can experience new life.
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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The Case Against Abolishing the Priesthood
The problem is not the priesthood; the problem is clericalism.
Posted inExamen, Faith
With the Resurrection, new life is possible for you too!
To live out the Resurrection we have to first truly believe in Jesus’s resurrection.
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The life-changing mystery of Easter is too great for just one Sunday
The church, in its wisdom, gives us a whole liturgical season to celebrate Easter.
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Like Thomas, all of us want physical proof of God’s presence in our lives
God is being revealed to us every moment of the day. And so all these moments should make us say what Thomas says to Jesus, when we realize who it is who is speaking to us: “My Lord and My God!”
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The ‘literal flesh-and-blood’ resurrection is the heart of my faith
I believe that Jesus Christ rose from the dead on the first Easter Sunday. And I do not see that as any sort of parable or metaphor.
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John Dickerson of CBS News: Journalism keeps me humble
All journalists should be humble because we are so often wrong.
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On Good Friday, remember that Jesus understands you
Jesus understands not only our bodily suffering, but also our spiritual suffering, in these feelings of abandonment. He was like us in all things, except sin. And he experienced all that we did.
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Fr. James Martin, S.J.: My entire faith rests on Easter
I’m not sure about you, but my entire faith rests on Easter. As I see it, Easter changes everything.
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Father James Martin: Where was God when Notre Dame was in flames?
Our Lady knows exactly what it is like to stand by and see someone you love suffer and die. But Our Lady also knew that, somehow, God was with her in that time of grief. But we could well ask: Where was God yesterday in Paris?