The seasons of the year provide for many people an intuitive metaphor for understanding seasons of our lives. The lyrics to Frank Sinatra’s poignant “September Song” need no explanation: “Oh, it’s a long, long while from May to December/ But the days grow short when you
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An Ancient Prayer That Can Serve As an Anchor for Us Moderns
A prayer by St. Clement is considered part of the earliest of Christian literature.
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A Hurricane Prayer
Creator God, we ask you to calm the wind and the waves of the approaching hurricane, and spare those in its path from harm.
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Give the Sacred Heart devotion a second chance
We are missing a powerful and vivid symbol of the love of Jesus, writes Father James Martin. For the Sacred Heart is nothing less than an image of the way that Jesus loves us.
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A Prayer for Angry Catholics
We grow worried and concerned and bothered and angry and sometimes scandalized because your divine institution, our home, is filled with human beings who are sinful. Just like me.
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The Tridentine Mass: Why I Couldn’t Go Back
An ordinary Sunday morning. I decide to go to a church that celebrates the Latin Mass every Sunday.
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What does the Annunciation have to do with us?
What is it about the Annunciation that is so captivating? Here’s a meditation on how the story of Gabriel’s visit to Mary can help us in our own relationship with God .
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Father James Martin on St. Thérèse of Lisieux, his favorite saint (Sorry Ignatius!)
On this feast day of his favorite saint, James Martin, S.J., shares a reflection on Therese of Lisieux.
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Three Jesuit prayers for the Feast of St. Ignatius Loyola
On our founder’s feast day, here are two of his most popular prayers, and one of his most popular meditations.
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The Joy of Transformation: Rediscovering the sacrament of reconciliation
Bless me, Father, for I have sinned.