The Examen with Fr. James Martin, S.J.: Noticing patterns in your prayer
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The Examen with Fr. James Martin, S.J.: Reading Luke, the gospel of prayer
The Gospel of Luke is often called The Gospel of Prayer, because of all the many times it portrays Jesus at prayer. Take that as your text, and inspiration, for this week.
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The Examen with Fr. James Martin, S.J.: Navigating the ups and downs in your spiritual life
Part of the spiritual life is being okay with a few days, weeks, or even months of dry times in prayer.
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The Examen with Fr. James Martin, S.J.: When you can’t explain prayer
When it comes to prayer, just because you can’t explain it doesn’t mean that it’s not real.
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The Examen with Fr. James Martin, S.J.: Images in prayer
God sometimes offers you an image in prayer when you most need it.
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James Martin, S.J.: Hearing God in prayer
The experience of intuiting words or phrases that seem to come from God doesn’t happen often, but when it does it’s memorable.
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James Martin, S.J.: Understanding desire
One of the most common experiences of prayer is the revelation of desires; the longings that draw you closer to God, and help you become the person God means for you to be.
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James Martin, S.J.: Experiencing prayer
What happens when you pray? You can experience powerful emotions, surprising insights and consoling memories. You can also experience feelings, both physical and otherwise.
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James Martin, S.J.: Focusing on memory in prayer
Memory is one of the most powerful of all experiences in prayer, but it’s often ignored.
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James Martin, S.J.: The intellectual insights of prayer
Often, we have a tendency to privilege emotional moments over the more intellectual ones in our spiritual life.