Colleen Carroll Campbell’s new book is full of insight into what motivates us to attempt to reach holiness through our own strength and how this obsession holds us back from spiritual progress.
Spirituality
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What hip-hop can teach us about our Catholic Faith
A theology professor reflects on the spirituality of hip-hop.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Extremes don’t work in diets—or your prayer life
Non-scale spiritual victories come when we see ourselves clearly and holistically, when we pray without prodding because God is real and someone to talk to.
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Engaging the Gospel through prayer
The Rev. James Martin, S.J., leads listeners through an Examen on praying with the Gospel stories.
Posted inExamen, Faith
Bring your suffering in prayer before Jesus
The Rev. James Martin, S.J., leads listeners through an Examen on suffering.
Posted inArts & Culture, Theater
The first Filipino-American musical examines faith and spiritual healing
Jose Solís talks to Jessica Hagedorn and composer Fabián Obispo, the creators behind the new musical, “Felix Starro,” the very first Filipino-American musical produced in the United States.
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I received God’s healing from the hands of a pharmacist
The confessional and the psychiatrist’s office are both holy ground.
Posted inExamen, Faith
How to pray with nature
The Rev. James Martin, S.J., leads listeners through an Examen on praying with nature.
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Mary Karr’s unlikely conversion to Catholicism
The best-selling memoirist on her turn from agnosticism to the Catholic Church and how Ignatian spirituality has changed her life
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Four tips for surviving the sign of peace at Mass
Navigating that 30-second trial of social competency that causes even the most extroverted of Catholics to break a sweat