Two scholars who died this week—Albert Nolan, O.P., and Msgr. John P. Meier—made enormous contributions to our understanding of the historical Jesus and his message.
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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Jesus wants us to recognize the signs of the times
Jesus calls out his listeners by asking them to recognize the signs of the present time. How do we see where God is at work today, in the world and in our private lives?
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Balancing love of God and love of family
A Reflection for Tuesday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time, by James Martin, S.J.
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In Memoriam: John W. O’Malley, S.J.
James Martin, S.J., offers a personal remembrance of John O’Malley, S.J. the dean of Catholic historians and a mentor to generations of Jesuits, priests, religious men and women and Catholic laypeople.
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A quintessentially American question: How can I find God?
From 1995: James Martin, S.J., asked a number of the leading figures of American Catholicism to answer a short but complicated question: How can I find God?
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‘You will eventually find God whether you want to or not’: Perspectives on the search for God
In 1995, James Martin, S.J., asked a number of the leading figures of American Catholicism to answer a short but complicated question: How can I find God? In 1997, he returned to the question with a new group of interlocutors.
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What does it mean to say Jesus was fully human and fully divine? Today’s Gospel gives us a clue.
A Reflection for Wednesday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time, by James Martin, S.J.
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The real point of the Good Samaritan parable
A Reflection for the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, by James Martin, S.J.
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Funeral Mass homily for Father Drew Christiansen: a Jesuit who knew nothing is impossible with God
This Funeral Mass homily was delivered by James Martin, S.J., at Holy Trinity Church in Washington, D.C., on April 20, 2022.
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R.I.P. Drew Christiansen, S.J., superb scholar, wise boss, kind friend
Drew Christiansen, S.J., who died today at the Jesuit community in Georgetown University, where he lived, was a soft-spoken scholar who took on one of the most difficult jobs ever faced by an American Jesuit.