Fr. James Martin has a great reflection on Holy Saturday and its relationship to our everyday lives. He writes: Most of our lives are spent in Holy Saturday. In other words, most of our days are not filled with the unbearable pain of a Good Friday. Nor are they suffused with the unbelievable joy of… Read More Fr. James Martin: We Are Holy Saturday People
Fr. James Martin, SJ on Godparents: “The question asked in the Catholic sacrament of baptism is a good one: ‘Are you ready to help the parents of this child in their duty as Christian parents?’ So it’s less an honor given to a friend, or a kind of ‘reward’ for a relative, than an important… Read More Quote of the Day
Fr. Jim Martin appeared on the Colbert Report last night. He did a great job placing the pope’s comments in their proper context (“If you have a problem with Pope Francis, you have a problem with Jesus.”). But the highlight of the show was when Stephen Colbert mocked the right-wing Catholics who have dismissed the… Read More Colbert Mocks Right-wing Claim That Pope Francis Doesn’t Understand Capitalism
Check out this great insight and advice from Fr. James Martin, SJ: St. Ignatius Loyola often used to talk about “disordered attachments,” those things we are so attached to that they keep us from God. It could be a desire for popularity or a love of money or an obsession with perfect health. Or maybe… Read More Fr. James Martin on “Disordered Attachments”
Fr. Jim Martin reflecting on “Pope Francis embracing a man with a disfiguring skin disease…in St. Peter’s Square.” “Many of us were deeply moved. His actions remind us of Christ’s healing touch.But we wonder: Could I do that? Could I do that for Christ? You may never be called to that precise kind of service.… Read More Quote of the Day
Fr. Jim Martin: “Jesus doesn’t wait for Zacchaeus to repent before he offers to dine at his house. Love people now not just after they repent.”
Over the past two years, I’ve planned my wedding, been pregnant, and had my first child, now a precious four-month-old little girl. With so much going on, I’ve been struggling to find any time at all to read anything other than wedding planning and/or baby books, and my spiritual reading has definitely suffered. But there… Read More Millennial’s Summer Reads: Sarah’s Selections
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