Doubt assures travelers they are still on the right path, even as it takes them to the very edge.
Spirituality
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The Catholic Committee of Appalachia’s half-century mission to heal a wounded land
For more than five decades, the group has listened to the people affected by forces of destruction and shared their stories in a series of pastoral letters.
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‘The Bear’ actress Liza Colón-Zayas’s spiritual journey—to agnosticism
My friend Liza Colón-Zayas is the first guest on “The Spiritual Life” podcast who is, by her own admission, an agnostic.
Posted inFaith and Reason
Performative piety: Why liturgy is not a space for self-expression
Christ is present above all in the flesh of the faces and circumstances in front of me.
Posted inFaith in Focus
What I learned from a season of loss—on the court and off
After many struggles, I am no longer sure that the final record is the most essential thing.
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Father James Martin and Andrew Sullivan on the difficulty of describing religious experience
No matter how articulate we are (and Andrew Sullivan, a former magazine editor, is probably one of the most well-known masters of the English language), in the end our spiritual experiences are mainly incommunicable.
Posted inBooks
Review: A descent into the soul
Andrew Krivak’s ‘Mule Boy’ explores depths and recesses he has invited readers to probe before.
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This Lent, I’m focusing on spiritual conditioning
Can I keep going, push farther, give more?
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Exploring the Catholic mystical tradition with James Finley
This week on a special episode of “Jesuitical,” Ashley, Zac and Jesuitical producer Sebastian have a conversation with Dr. James Finley about first-half-of-life mysticism. Jim is a clinical psychologist and faculty member at the Center for Action and Contemplation where he teaches and writes on the Christian mystical tradition. He’s also the host of the podcast, “Turning to the Mystics.”
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The Spiritual Life: What is the Sacred Heart?
In my interview on “The Spiritual Life” podcast with the talented Jesuit Cristóbal Fones, S.J., now the executive director of the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network, we talk about his work, his prayer, the pope’s intentions, Ignatian spirituality, music and, not incidentally, the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.