James Martin, S.J.

I m Grateful God A Thanksgiving Prayer for Everyone I rsquo m grateful God for so many things nbsp nbsp Now I know I rsquo m not the most grateful person you know God nbsp so let me take some time to tell you what I rsquo m thankful for I rsquo m grateful God for the gift of life nbs

Yesterday the nbsp United States Conference of Catholic Bishops nbsp enthusiastically endorsed the canonization of Dorothy Day the American-born co-founder of the Catholic Worker movement Day rsquo s ldquo cause rdquo as it is known in church circles was first introduced by John Cardinal O rs

ldquo It rsquo s all about Manhattan rdquo Nora McDermott told the New York Times as she stood in a relief center last week nbsp Ms McDermott lives in the Rockaways section of New York City which was devastated by Hurricane Sandy and her expression of frustration in the midst of a continuing

Our friends at The Jesuit Post are running a photo contest nbsp inviting people to submit photos that illustrate the elusive Jesuit Ignatian nbsp term magis which means the more the better the greater for God nbsp Their headline asks What if St Ignatius had a smartphone nbsp That got me

Millions of people on the East Coast of the U S are frightened as Hurricane Sandy makes landfall today Frightened of many things terrible damage from the wind and water especially the surging recor d-breaking tides widespread power outages that may last for days the potential loss of potable

Last night I was privileged to have been invited to the 67th annual Al Smith Dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria only a few blocks away from our office Needless to say at 2 500 a seat I was someone s guest nbsp Most people may know the dinner nbsp as the occasion for the nbsp two p

My friends from Christ in the Desert Monastery in Abiquiu NM visited The Today Show nbsp this morning nbsp to promote their new album aptly called Monks in the Desert nbsp Funny enough I have a simpler version of their lovely chants which I listen to quite frequently nbsp The prior had

Yesterday the Jesuits worldwide received a beautiful letter from Adolfo Nicol aacute s S J the superior general of the Society of Jesus on Blessed Jacques Berthieu S J the Belgian missionary and martyr who will be canonized along with Kateri Tekakwitha and Marianne Cope this Sunday by Pope