The Spiritual Life with Fr. James Martin, S.J.
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What is prayer and how can we pray? How do I know if God is responding to my prayers? What does it mean to live a spiritual life? “The Spiritual Life with Fr. James Martin, S.J.,” focuses on how people experience God in their prayer and their daily lives. The show combines practical wisdom with deep reflections from spiritual masters and well-known seekers, all tracing the mystery of God’s activity in their own lives. You can visit the show's webpage at www.americamagazine.org/thespirituallife.
Episodios 58
How to read, interpret and pray with the Bible
The Bible is a complex library of history, wisdom and spirituality all communicating God’s intimate and inclusive presence. How can we study these texts to better understand them, and at the same time learn to …
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The Bible is a complex library of history, wisdom and spirituality all communicating God’s intimate and inclusive presence. How can we study these texts to better understand them, and at the same time learn to pray with them? To discuss this, Jame Martin, S.J, welcomes Sister Barbara Reid, O.P. to “The Spiritual Life.” Sister Barbara is a Dominican sister of Grand Rapids, Michigan, and a leading biblical scholar, who also specializes in feminist interpretations of Scripture. She was the first woman religious to serve as the president of Catholic Theological Union, in Chicago, where she continues to teach New Testament studies, and is also a former president of the Catholic Biblical Association. She is the general editor of the Wisdom Commentary series, a collection of biblical commentaries and is the author of many books on biblical criticism, the New Testament and feminist approaches to Scripture.
Chapters:00:00 Who is Sister Barbara Reid, OP?
7:16 Becoming a Dominican Sister
10:36 Daily prayer as a Dominican
15:15 Studying vs. praying the Scriptures
18:17 Sr. Barbara's journey with the Bible
27:00 What Christians need to know
31:48 "Compassion" in the Bible
35:58 Feminist approaches to the Bible
43:58 Tackling difficult Bible passages
47:04 Feminist approaches to Jesus
54:30 How Jesus upended gender roles
56:05 Audience question: Finding affirmation in the church
Read Maggi's spiritual advice column for this episode
Links from the show:
At the Table of Holy Wisdom: Global Hungers and Feminist Biblical Interpretation
Wisdom’s Feast: An Invitation to Feminist Interpretation of the Scriptures
Choosing The Better Part?: Women in the Gospel of Luke
Taking Up the Cross: New Testament Interpretations through Latina and Feminist Eyes
How we read Scripture can help or hinder efforts toward gender equality
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Cardinal Czerny on migrants, martyrs, and working for justice
How can Catholics stand alongside people on the margins? On this week’s episode of “The Spiritual Life”, James Martin, S.J., speaks with Cardinal Michael Czerny about working for justice and facing life’s …
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How can Catholics stand alongside people on the margins? On this week’s episode of “The Spiritual Life”, James Martin, S.J., speaks with Cardinal Michael Czerny about working for justice and facing life’s realities without losing hope. Cardinal Czerny, whose ministry as a Jesuit and now as a Cardinal has always focused on listening and ministering to the marginalized, was made an archbishop and cardinal by Pope Francis in 2019. In 2022, he was appointed prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, and in May 2026, Cardinal Czerny helped establish a special Vatican Commission on Artificial Intelligence. As a cardinal, he participated in the conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV. In this conversation, Cardinal Michael recalls ministering in El Salvador during the civil war, responding to the AIDS crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa, and advocating for migrants and refugees around the globe.
Chapters:
00:00 Who is Cardinal Michael Czerny?
5:25 Jesuits martyred in El Salvador
10:10 The African AIDS epidemic and facing reality
14:38 Being a refugee; welcome refugees
19:03 God is always close
22:30 Cardinal Michael's daily spiritual practice
23:42 Migration and the crisis of management
28:54 How to help migrants and refugees
32:45 Hope is a precious commodity
34:14 Suffering, injustice and sin
38:36 The Vatican and A.I.
44:53 Audience question: How to advocate for justice
Read Maggi's spiritual advice article for this episode
Links from the show:
Remembering Cardinal Czerny’s courageous past in El Salvador
Cardinal Czerny awarded inaugural Pope Leo XIV Sustainability Medal
Cardinal Czerny on Pope Francis, Catholic social teaching and the legacy of Vatican II
Cardinal Czerny on sustainability, AIDS and AI
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Can prayer and friendship overcome polarization?
Can Catholics come together in deeply polarized times? Fr. James Martin is joined by Tim Busch, a businessman, philanthropist, and one of the most prominent Catholic lay leaders in the United States. He is the …
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Can Catholics come together in deeply polarized times? Fr. James Martin is joined by Tim Busch, a businessman, philanthropist, and one of the most prominent Catholic lay leaders in the United States. He is the co-founder and chairman of The Napa Institute, which brings together clergy, scholars, business leaders, and other lay Catholics to explore the Church’s mission in contemporary culture. He’s known for his “salon dinners,” where he brings together people with different perspectives from within the church to break down walls and build friendships.
Together, Tim Busch and Fr. Jim discuss:
Reaching out and listening to people, even when we disagree ideologically
Contemplative prayer for busy people
How our spirituality can help us remain open to people who believe or practice the faith differently than we do
Chapters:
0:00 We all can be pastoral to one another
3:32 Tim’s leadership with the Eucharistic procession
4:45 Salon dinners – bringing Catholics together from diverse perspectives
11:57 The impact of Legatus on Tim Busch
17:15 Contemplative prayer for a busy person
22:32: Experiencing God in daily life
25:15 How to find God while suffering
29:45 What’s the Napa Institute?
34:40 Bridging divides in the Catholic church
41:59 Audience Question: How do I know if I’m giving enough of my time and material resources to those in need?
Read Maggi’s spiritual advice column for this episode here: https://www.americamagazine.org/podcasts/2026/10/26/tim-busch-spiritual-life-father-james-martin
Links from the show:
Lowering the temperature in Catholic culture wars—over a meal
Tim Busch and Jim Martin bring left and right Catholics together over dinner and wine
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From refugee to Bishop: Michael Pham’s remarkable story of migration, vocation and advocacy
How can leaders in the church accompany migrants and refugees? Fr. James Martin, S.J., speaks with Bishop Michael Pham about how his background as a refugee has led him to accompany migrants today. Bishop Pham …
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How can leaders in the church accompany migrants and refugees? Fr. James Martin, S.J., speaks with Bishop Michael Pham about how his background as a refugee has led him to accompany migrants today.
Bishop Pham fled Vietnam in 1980 with his older sister and a younger brother, arriving first at a refugee camp in Malaysia, before being sponsored a year later by an American family and relocating to Minnesota. He graduated from San Diego State University with a bachelor’s and started a master’s degree in aerospace engineering before shifting his course and pursuing the priesthood. Pope Francis appointed him as auxiliary bishop of San Diego in 2023. In 2025, Pope Leo XIV named him the seventh bishop of San Diego, making him the nation’s first Vietnamese-American diocesan bishop. Since then he has been a leader among U.S. bishops in advocating for migrants and refugees.
Together, Bishop Pham and Fr. Martin discuss:
His childhood in Vietnam and escaping conflict as a refugee
How Bishop Pham supports migrants today
How prayers and sacraments can sustain us while helping vulnerable communities
Chapters:
0:00 A church that walks with migrants
4:24 Bishop Pham’s story of fleeing Vietnam as a child
17:19 Separated from his family at a refugee camp
18:19 Prayer strengthened his family’s faith in hardship
22:55 Discerning the priesthood
31:18 Bishop Pham’s work with migrants today
39:39 The church’s response to migration centers on human dignity
42:00 Remember to celebrate the small blessings
45:30 Audience Question: How can prayer and sacraments sustain me through the work of helping vulnerable communities?
Read Maggi’s spiritual reflection here
Links from the show:
Why San Diego’s Catholic leaders are standing with migrants in court—against impossible odds
Pope Leo XIV, in first U.S. appointment, names San Diego’s new bishop
U.S. Catholics are facing an authoritarian threat. The church has been here before.
The U.S. bishops have made a (needed) statement on deportations. Now it’s time to act.
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Bishop Mariann Budde on preaching the gospel in a political world
How do we navigate politics in our congregations, our prayers, and our lives of faith? Fr. James Martin, S.J., discusses these questions with Bishop Mariann Budde of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington DC …
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How do we navigate politics in our congregations, our prayers, and our lives of faith? Fr. James Martin, S.J., discusses these questions with Bishop Mariann Budde of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington DC. Bishop Budde became the first-ever woman to hold her position after being consecrated as the ninth bishop of Washington in November 2011. In addition to being a bishop, she is a mother, grandmother, and author of books including, “Gathering Up the Fragments: Preaching as Spiritual Practice” and “How We Learn to Be Brave: Decisive Moments in Life and Faith”.
Together, Bishop Budde and Fr. Martin discuss:
Preaching in a politically fraught time
Recognizing the humanity in everyone in a polarized country
Experiencing God in your daily life
Chapters:
00:00 Welcome Bishop Mariann Budde
3:51 What defines Episcopalian spirituality?
7:25 Matthew Shepard’s internment at the National Cathedral
11:44 How do you preach about politics?
22:33 Challenging a culture of contempt
28:50 Bishop Budde’s call to ordained ministry
33:35 What is liberation theology?
41:00 Spiritual practices that keep Bishop Budde grounded
47:49: Experiencing God in your day-to-day life
52:29 Audience question: How do we ensure our transgender child knows they are loved by God and by us?
Links from the show:
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What role does conscience play in our spiritual lives?
What is moral theology, and where does it fit in our spiritual lives? Fr. James Martin, S.J., asks these questions to James Keenan, a Jesuit priest and one of the world's leading Catholic moral theologians on …
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What is moral theology, and where does it fit in our spiritual lives? Fr. James Martin, S.J., asks these questions to James Keenan, a Jesuit priest and one of the world's leading Catholic moral theologians on “The Spiritual Life” podcast. He is the Canisius professor of theology at Boston College, where he also serves as director of the Jesuit Institute and Vice Provost for Global Engagement. He has written and edited over a dozen books, covering everything from church leadership to moral life to bioethics, and more.
Together, they discuss:
- Moral theology in practice
- The role of conscience in our daily lives
- What happens when conscience and church teaching disagree?
Chapters:
00:00 Who is Fr. James Keenan, S.J.?
4:15 Mercy and vulnerability
6:10 Sin is "not bothering"
9:10 What sins are Jesus concerned with?
10:35 Becoming a moral theologian
15:15 Morality and birth control
18:40 What is moral theology?
22:30 What is conscience?
26:23 Conscience and church teaching
30:05 Understanding the Good Samaritan
41:00 Fr. Keenan's spiritual practices
45:10 Audience question: Conscience in difficult decisions
Spiritual advice column for this episode by Maggi and Fr. Jim: https://www.americamagazine.org/podcasts/2026/10/06/father-james-martin-keenan-conscience-spiritual-life
Other links:
The liberating work of mercy: Banning ‘servile work’
Pope Leo’s powerful lesson in vulnerable leadership
James F. Keenan, S.J., on guidance for the LGBTQ Catholic conscience
Focusing on the individual is not enough to face today’s crises. We need collective moral agency.
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What does it mean to have a personal relationship with Jesus?
Fr. James Martin, S.J., welcomes Susan Stabile, a spiritual director and retreat leader in the Ignatian tradition onto “The Spiritual Life” podcast. Susan was raised Catholic, but spent twenty years practicing …
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Fr. James Martin, S.J., welcomes Susan Stabile, a spiritual director and retreat leader in the Ignatian tradition onto “The Spiritual Life” podcast. Susan was raised Catholic, but spent twenty years practicing Buddhism (and was ordained a Tibetan Buddhist nun) before returning to Catholicism. She now serves as Distinguished Senior Fellow at the University of St. Thomas, as well as adjunct instructor in Theology at St. Catherine’s University, where she is also Co-Director of a Contemplative Practices initiative. Susan offers retreats, spiritual direction, and adult faith formation programs nationally, and is the author of Growing in Love and Wisdom: Tibetan Buddhist Sources for Christian Meditation. Together, Susan and Fr James discuss:
- Her journey through Buddhism and back home to Catholicism
- Having a personal relationship with Jesus
- Spiritual direction as part of her return to the Church
Timecodes: 0:00 The difference between ‘talking about’ and ‘talking to’ Jesus 08:09 The pivotal experience in Susan’s spiritual life 17:28 What does a personal relationship with Jesus mean? 19:17 Engaging the senses in Ignatian contemplation 22:56 What Bible commentaries can do for our faith 30:50 How do I know this isn’t just in my head? 36:45 What happens in spiritual direction? 42:39 Key qualities in a good spiritual director 45:16 Overcoming spiritual hurdles 54:17 Audience Question: How do I discern whether an experience is coming from God or my ego? Check out Susan's book: Growing in Love and Wisdom: Tibetan Buddhist Sources for Christian Meditation
Maggi and Fr. Jim’s spiritual reflection article.
Spiritual Directors International website.
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How do you face suffering with faith?
How do you maintain a friendship with God when life gets hard? What do you do when, in your mid-fifties and at the height of your career, you are diagnosed with an aggressive and incurable brain cancer? That’s …
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How do you maintain a friendship with God when life gets hard? What do you do when, in your mid-fifties and at the height of your career, you are diagnosed with an aggressive and incurable brain cancer? That’s the question that confronted Ann Garrido, our guest on, “The Spiritual Life with Fr. James Martin, S.J.” podcast. Ann is an associate professor of homiletics at Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis Missouri, where she also founded the school’s master’s program in the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd. She has written several award-winning books including Redeeming Administration, Redeeming Conflict, and Redeeming Power.
Together, Fr. Jim and Ann discuss:
How to reflect on human suffering and “offer it up” as a prayer
Allowing oneself to be wooed by God daily, even when the future seems uncertain
What we can know about heaven
Timecodes:
0:00 “I am with you, and I am within you”
5:58 Where Ann’s life of teaching, preaching and ministry began
9:30 The hard theological questions born in Africa
15:42 How Ann was diagnosed with a glioblastoma
19:57 Noticing God’s presence and offering up her suffering
28:38 God woos Ann each day through the examen prayer
39:46 What we can know about heaven
51:00 Audience Question: How do we maintain a friendship with Jesus that allows us to remain joyful when life is so hard?
Check out Ann's recent book, Redeeming Power Maggi and Fr. Jim’s article reflection on “offering up” our suffering Preach episode featuring Ann Garrido
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How Jesuit spirituality changed Andrew Garfield’s life
It’s been over ten years since the award-winning actor Andrew Garfield trained as a Jesuit priest with Fr. James Martin, S.J. Well, more accurately, since he trained to play a Jesuit priest in Martin Scorsese's …
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It’s been over ten years since the award-winning actor Andrew Garfield trained as a Jesuit priest with Fr. James Martin, S.J. Well, more accurately, since he trained to play a Jesuit priest in Martin Scorsese's film Silence. And the fruits of those Ignatian practices of prayer and contemplation have continued to bear out in his life. Garfield joins his long-time spiritual director, Fr. Martin on this episode of “The Spiritual Life” to reflect on:
-The importance of empathy in Garfield’s own spirituality of acting
-The ways God calls us to defend human dignity and fight for justice as portrayed in Garfield’s new movie, ‘The Uprising’
-What lessons from The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius have remained close to Garfield’s heart
-God speaking through our dreams
Timecodes:
0:00 Andrew Garfield
5:20 The spiritual themes of ‘The Uprising’
10:10 Is there a spirituality of acting?
14:30 His mother’s ability to attune to small miracles
18:30 The mystery of faith in ‘Silence’
21:30 Encountering Jesus in the Spiritual Exercises
28:10 How Andrew Garfield reflects on his day with the Jesuit examen
38:05 Does God and our loved ones speak through dreams?
42:20 Audience Question: How do I transform my pain to stop transmitting it to others?
Maggi Van Dorn’s producer’s notes on this episode
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Music as a doorway to the divine with Matt Maher
“The Spiritual Life with Fr. James Martin, S.J.” returns for its third season with what is sure to be a crowd favorite: a conversation with the legendary Catholic musician Matt Maher. A nine-time Grammy Award …
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“The Spiritual Life with Fr. James Martin, S.J.” returns for its third season with what is sure to be a crowd favorite: a conversation with the legendary Catholic musician Matt Maher. A nine-time Grammy Award nominee, Maher has written some of the most widely sung worship songs across many Christian denominations, including “Lord I Need You,” “Your Grace Is Enough,” and his latest, “Gonna Be Alright.” Together with host James Martin, S.J, Matt reflects upon:
The profound conversion experience Matt had in his early 20s that led to his vocation as a praise and worship singer-songwriter.
The evolution of praise and worship music in the last century
The ways that “writing to task” and divine inspiration have shaped Maher’s songwriting
The ministry of being on the road with people and home with family
Timcodes:
0:00 In a didactic age of faith, we need to return to the experience of God
5:10 The conversion experience that led to Matt’s vocation as a Christian musician
12:39 Church music progression: from the St. Louis Jesuits to modern praise and worship
24:35 Writing out of the experience of the Eucharist
26:10 Any great song tells the truth
30:10 The practices that keep Matt spiritually alive
34:13 Discernment and detachment for creatives
38:28 Encountering God in relationships
46:54 Audience Question: I am often moved to tears at mass but don’t understand why?
Maggi Van Dorn’s producer’s notes on this episode
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Greg Boyle, S.J. on compassion and kinship
Founder of Homeboy Industries and best-selling spiritual writer, Greg Boyle, S.J., joins James Martin S.J. on the season finale of “The Spiritual Life” podcast. They talk about who inspired Greg to join the …
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Founder of Homeboy Industries and best-selling spiritual writer, Greg Boyle, S.J., joins James Martin S.J. on the season finale of “The Spiritual Life” podcast. They talk about who inspired Greg to join the Jesuits, where he goes for spiritual direction each morning, bringing a mystical lens to reading the Bible, and how the community at Homeboy, the world’s leading gang intervention rehabilitation program, has made God’s love real to him.
Timecodes:
0:00 Greg Boyle doesn’t know a bad person
5:20 How Homeboy ministries began
14:17 How joy, humor and fearlessness attracted Fr. Greg to the Jesuits
20:20 Why you need a mystical filter to know the God of Love
24:45 You want to see Jesus so you can be Jesus to others
35:55 Hate is a symptom of bad health, not a bad person
47:00 Dealing with criticism and praise
50:31 Greg’s morning spiritual practice
54:45 Audience Question: How do we know for sure if God forgives us?
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Hasan Minhaj on Islam, comedy, and the spiritual life
Hasan Minhaj is “down to catch a blessing,” wherever that may be. The Emmy Award-winning comedian joins James Martin, S.J. on “The Spiritual Life” podcast to share his Muslim faith, how laughter helped to save …
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Hasan Minhaj is “down to catch a blessing,” wherever that may be. The Emmy Award-winning comedian joins James Martin, S.J. on “The Spiritual Life” podcast to share his Muslim faith, how laughter helped to save his life, and his hopes for interreligious dialogue and prayer.
Timecodes:
0:00 How a traveling comedian looks to an ancient faith
4:11 Why laughter is important to the spiritual life
8:13 Hasan’s early childhood influences
9:35 The story of Islam
13:26 Malcolm X & Dr. Sherman Jackson on being Muslim in America
26:02 An inter-faith dialogue on Jesus and the Trinity
30:22 Dealing with negative stereotypes about Islam
33:40 The call to prayer
37:58 Encountering God through acts of virtue
41:30 Islam does not depict God through images
44:15 Audience Question: Advice for someone who hasn’t lived a religious life and has doubts, but still feels called to faith?
Hasan’s podcast episode with Fr. Jim: Hasan Minhaj Doesn't Know
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David Brooks on finding faith later in life
David Brooks is known as one of America’s leading public intellectuals, a longtime columnist for The New York Times and now a staff writer at The Atlantic. He joins James Martin, S.J., on “The Spiritual Life” …
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David Brooks is known as one of America’s leading public intellectuals, a longtime columnist for The New York Times and now a staff writer at The Atlantic. He joins James Martin, S.J., on “The Spiritual Life” podcast to share how he went from a mostly cultural Jew, to a “Jew-y” Christian in the land of faith.
Timeline:
0:00 Traveling to the land of faith
6:20 Our social and political problems are spiritual ones
10:04 Understanding the America’s religious revival
11:46 Religious but not yet spiritual
14:05 David’s movement to faith
19:05 Dorothy Day and St. Augustine influences
28:15 Unpacking David’s mystical experiences
34:35 A new frontier in the Christian faith
37:33 Three Jewish women that paid attention: Simone Weil, Edith Stein, Etty Hillesum
47:50 Audience Question: How do we maintain hope in bleak times?
Brooks is the bestselling author of several books including:
How to Know a Person: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/652822/how-to-know-a-person-by-david-brooks/
The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/217649/the-second-mountain-by-david-brooks/
The Road to Character:
https://www.acappellabooks.com/pages/books/343956/david-brooks/the-road-to-character
Bobos in Paradise
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Bobos-in-Paradise/David-Brooks/9780684853789
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A spirituality of family life with Katie Prejean McGrady
Radio host and author, Katie Prejean McGrady joins host James Martin, S.J., to talk about the religious revival sweeping across America, how youth ministers can share eternal truths without falling prey to …
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Radio host and author, Katie Prejean McGrady joins host James Martin, S.J., to talk about the religious revival sweeping across America, how youth ministers can share eternal truths without falling prey to black-and-white thinking, and a spirituality of family life.
Katie is an award-winning Catholic author, speaker and host of The Katie McGrady Show on SiriusXM’s The Catholic Channel. She also hosts a weekly podcast, Family Mass Prep on Hallow with her husband Tommy.
Timecodes:
0:00 “Jesus is constantly surprising me”
5:20 Is there a religious revival happening for young people?
10:00 Avoiding the dangers of black and white thinking in youth ministry
14:22 Katie’s “big Catholic” upbringing
17:40 Making spiritual sense of suffering
22:00 Ignatian contemplation with Jesus
30:40 The spirituality of being a parent
39:12 How parents can get their kids to mass
46:06 Audience Question: How can I fully participate in the Catholic liturgy when I find myself at odds with Catholic teaching?
Some of Katie’s books:
Room 24: Adventures of a New Evangelist
Follow: Your Lifelong Adventure with Jesus
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Robert George on how to disagree and remain spiritually grounded
The American legal scholar and public intellectual, Professor Robert George, joins host James Martin, S.J., on “The Spiritual Life” podcast to talk about the practice of dialogue in the church and society, as …
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The American legal scholar and public intellectual, Professor Robert George, joins host James Martin, S.J., on “The Spiritual Life” podcast to talk about the practice of dialogue in the church and society, as well as his own rich faith journey.
Raised in the heart of Appalachia, West Virginia, by his Syrian Antiochian Orthodox father and Italian Catholic mother, Robert’s childhood was solidly rooted in faith and inspired by the moral heroism of his father.
In addition to his extensive professional accomplishments, including as the sixth McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University, Professor George has long modeled civil dialogue with his friend and fellow interlocutor, Professor Cornel West.
Timecodes:
0:00 Building trust for challenging conversations
5:27 Robert George’s Orthodox and Catholic “mixed” religious upbringing
9:14 The impact of a father’s relationship with God
13:45 Robert’s father’s act of heroism
22:28 What Jane Austen’s characters can teach us about God’s ways
24:30 Praying slowly with attention
35:15 How Robert’s dialogues with Dr. Cornel West began
45:20 You’ll only allow someone you trust to challenge your deeply held beliefs
48:12 Audience Question: How can we better respond to God’s calls for improving the world?
Link to Father Jim’s spiritual advice column for this episode: https://www.americamagazine.org/podcasts/2026/06/01/robert-george-james-martin-spiritual-life
Some of Robert George’s books:
Truth Matters: A Dialogue on Fruitful Disagreement in an Age of Division
Making Men Moral: Civil Liberties and Public Morality Do you have a spiritual question for Father Jim? You can write to us at: [email protected] Become a subscriber today at Americamagazine.org/subscribe
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Yunuen Trujillo’s ministry to migrants and L.G.B.T.Q. Catholics
As a lay minister to L.G.B.T.Q. Catholics, a faith-based community organizer, and an immigration attorney, Yunuen Trujillo wears many hats. And as a member of these marginalized communities herself, she knows …
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As a lay minister to L.G.B.T.Q. Catholics, a faith-based community organizer, and an immigration attorney, Yunuen Trujillo wears many hats. And as a member of these marginalized communities herself, she knows their struggles intimately. ”I feel that when we minister to immigrants or L.G.B.T.Q. Catholics, I'm ministering from a place of an open wound,” says Yuenen, “But it's a good thing because when you connect with your wound, then you're able to be hospitable to the wound of other people.” Yunuen joins host Fr. James Martin, S.J., on “The Spiritual Life” podcast to share her journey of finding a loving and merciful God who walks with her in her fight for justice in many arenas.
Timecodes:
0:00 Jesus teaches us about love through the parable of “the Good Samaritan”
3:17 Can I be gay and Catholic?
6:40 Yunuen’s intersectional vocation as an immigration attorney and lay Catholic minister
13:20 Yunuen’s spiritual resources for the daily battles
17:46 Navigating righteous anger without succumbing to rage
28:00 How Yunuen found a loving and merciful God
43:30 Being LGBTQ isn’t an ideology
46:34 Audience Question: How can you use prayer to help you look forward in life as opposed to revisiting old transgressions or wounds?
Read Fr. Martin's article reflecting on this episode here
Yunuen Trujillo’s books: LGBTQ Catholics: A Guide for Inclusive Ministry
Católicos LGBTQ: Una Guía para Pastoral Inclusiva.
Yunuen is the founder of @lgbtcatholics on Instagram
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Actor Martin Sheen on the heroes that shaped his spirituality and activism
From country club caddy to the Catholic Worker to “The West Wing”, Martin Sheen has been on a long and fascinating spiritual journey. The Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning actor and activist shares the …
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From country club caddy to the Catholic Worker to “The West Wing”, Martin Sheen has been on a long and fascinating spiritual journey. The Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning actor and activist shares the major turning points in his faith with Fr. James Martin, S.J. on “The Spiritual Life” podcast. They talk about some of the most important influences in Sheen’s life, including the Jesuit activist Dan Berrigan and film-maker Terrence Malick, and how the Mass continues to nourish his faith.
Timecodes:
0:00 How Martin Sheen’s faith was shaped by the Catholic Worker
2:00 Understanding the ploughshare movement
3:43 Discerning what activism our faith calls us to
6:50 Martin Sheen’s Catholic childhood
9:00 An epiphany in Paris and how Terrence Malick became a spiritual guide to Sheen
12:20 “Peacework must be as devotional as war”
22:30 Encountering community and solidarity at the Catholic Worker
32:25 Sheen is nourished by the mass
42:13 How Catholicism informed Sheen’s role of Pres. Josiah Bartlet on ‘The West Wing’
45: Audience Question: How can working people today take a personal vow of poverty or overcome a consumer culture?
Links:
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Liza Colón-Zayas of "The Bear" speaks honestly about her struggles with faith
If you’ve watched “The Bear” you’ve seen the incredible talent of the Emmy award-winning supporting actress, Liza Colón-Zayas, who plays Tina. But you might not know that Liza has overcome great spiritual …
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If you’ve watched “The Bear” you’ve seen the incredible talent of the Emmy award-winning supporting actress, Liza Colón-Zayas, who plays Tina. But you might not know that Liza has overcome great spiritual hardship on her journey to noterirty. She joins her friend and host of “The Spiritual Life” podcast Fr. James Martin, S.J. to talk about her Catholic upbringing, how she escaped a cult, persevered through the ups and downs of the entertainment industry, and where she finds hope in her ancestral roots today. 0:00 Faith at its best reflects social justice 2:15 Liza plays a Puerto Rican Mother Teresa 5:10 How Liza persevered in Hollywood 9:20 Liza’s early struggles with faith communities 14:09 Doing away with the “parole officer” image of God 22:45 A spiritual practice of breathing meditations and gratitude 25:37 The power of discovering ancestral roots 33:00 The Catholic church and sexual abuse 34:55 Dealing with success and imposter’s syndrome 36:34 Audience Question: Taking less money for a spiritually fulfilling job? Link to Father Jim’s spiritual advice article on this episode: ‘The Bear’ actress Liza Colón-Zayas’s spiritual journey—to agnosticism
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Filipino Cardinal “Ambo” David on hearing God's voice in the Bible
In this episode of The Spiritual Life with Fr. James Martin, S.J., Fr. Martin speaks with Pablo Virgilio Cardinal David, Bishop of Kalookan, Philippines. Elevated to the College of Cardinals in 2024 by Pope …
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In this episode of The Spiritual Life with Fr. James Martin, S.J., Fr. Martin speaks with Pablo Virgilio Cardinal David, Bishop of Kalookan, Philippines. Elevated to the College of Cardinals in 2024 by Pope Francis, the ministry of Cardinal “Ambo” has been marked by a deep solidarity with those on the margins, with whom he’s established 21 urban mission stations in poor communities affected by violence. With a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Catholic University of Louvain, Cardinal Ambo shares his Ignatian approach of “reading between the lines of scripture,” without forgetting the very important “dots” we connect through biblical scholarship.
Timecodes:
0:00 Prayer is necessary to survive
2:50 What’s an Ignatian approach towards scripture?
5:19 How Cardinal Ambo received his nickname and why he prefers it to “Your Eminence”
7:28 Cardinal Ambo’s early calling to the priesthood
14:05 Biblical scholarship establishes the dots, Ignatian Contemplation helps connect them
21:30 How studying Aramaic allows Cardinal Ambo to better understand Jesus
24:50 The urban mission stations that bring hope to the poor
30:40 What characterizes Filipino-Catholic spirituality?
32:30 Audience Question: How does Jesus’ resurrection change reality?
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How Andrew Sullivan experienced God amidst fear and agony
James Martin, S.J., speaks with Andrew Sullivan, the renowned political commentator and Catholic writer, about faith, identity and spiritual transformation in this deeply personal episode of “The Spiritual …
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James Martin, S.J., speaks with Andrew Sullivan, the renowned political commentator and Catholic writer, about faith, identity and spiritual transformation in this deeply personal episode of “The Spiritual Life” podcast. Having struggled through the AIDS crisis of the 80s and 90s, Andrew opens up about the initial fear of gay people in the Catholic Church and the remarkable shift that he believes has taken place over the past few decades.
Chapters
00:00 Who is Andrew Sullivan?
4:20 Homosexuality and the Catholic Church
11:14 State of the LGBTQ movement
15:35 How Pope Francis dispelled fear
21:38 God in the midst of agony
31:31 Andrew's turbulent Catholic life
41:04 Staying rooted spiritually
44:55 Reconciling personal experience in the church
Links:
Fr. Martin's spiritual advice column on this conversation: https://www.americamagazine.org/podcasts/2026/04/27/james-martin-andrew-sullivan-spiritual-life
“The Weekly Dish”: https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/
Virtually Normal: An Argument About Homosexuality: https://www.amazon.ca/Virtually-Normal-Argument-about-Homosexuality/dp/0679746145
Interview: Andrew Sullivan on being openly gay and Catholic by Thomas H. Stahel: https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2022/11/10/vantage-point-america-andrew-sullivan-244119
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Cardinal Blase Cupich on how the Mass can change your life
Cardinal Blase Cupich, the Archbishop of Chicago, joins James Martin, S.J., on “The Spiritual Life” podcast to talk about his vocation story, the spiritual power of the Mass, and the necessity of preaching the …
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Cardinal Blase Cupich, the Archbishop of Chicago, joins James Martin, S.J., on “The Spiritual Life” podcast to talk about his vocation story, the spiritual power of the Mass, and the necessity of preaching the Gospel during tumultuous political times.
Cardinal Cupich is the Archbishop of Chicago, one of three U.S. cardinals who currently runs a diocese, and is also a member of the Dicastery for Bishops.
00:00 Who is Cardinal Cupich?
2:32 Explaining Lectio Divina
5:33 Explaining the Liturgy of the Hours
8:17 Cardinal Cupich's vocation story
12:32 Prayer isn't just personal
19:40 How the Mass changes your life
25:48 The spiritual life of a bishop
29:12 Working with Pope Leo XIV
32:32 Being political vs. preaching the Gospel
37:00 Audience question: Why is Confession important?
Links:
Fr. Jim’s spiritual advice column on the Sacrament of Confession
Cardinal Cupich's archdiocesan column
Cardinal Cupich on retrieving the Consistent Ethic of Life
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Pádraig Ó Tuama on poetry, conflict resolution, and the Stations of the Cross
The poet and theologian, Pádraig Ó Tuama, joins James Martin, S.J., on “The Spiritual Life” podcast to talk about how poetry and the Taizé community became a lifeline for Pádraig after he was subjected to …
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The poet and theologian, Pádraig Ó Tuama, joins James Martin, S.J., on “The Spiritual Life” podcast to talk about how poetry and the Taizé community became a lifeline for Pádraig after he was subjected to multiple exorcisms, attempting to cast out his homosexuality as a form of conversion therapy.
Pádraig is the host of On Being’s podcast, “Poetry Unbound,” and has published volumes of poetry, essays, a memoir and has written on theological topics. His books include:
Being Here: Prayers for Curiosity, Justice, and Love
Timecodes:
0:00 What do you really want?
1:25 The conversion therapies inflicted upon Pádraig Ó Tuama
7:00 Pádraig’s younger years among the Catholic charismatic movement
11:24 How Pádraig accepted his homosexuality and renewed his faith
17:40 Coming out as a poet and being haunted by Emily Dickenson
25:44 Pádraig’s understanding of prayer
32:25 Practicing the Stations of the Cross
37:45 Required spiritual practices for reconciliation
43:20 How to deal with criticism
51:40 Audience Question: What practices can I bring from retreats into my daily life?
Read Fr. Jim's article reflecting on poetry and prayer.
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Our human desire for God, with the Augustine scholar James K.A. Smith
James Martin, S.J., is joined by James K.A. Smith on the “The Spiritual Life” podcast. Jamie is a leading scholar of St. Augustine, and a professor of philosophy at Calvin University. He’s written several …
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James Martin, S.J., is joined by James K.A. Smith on the “The Spiritual Life” podcast. Jamie is a leading scholar of St. Augustine, and a professor of philosophy at Calvin University. He’s written several books—including Desiring the Kingdom, You Are What You Love, On the Road with Saint Augustine, and his latest, Make Your Home in This Luminous Dark: Mysticism, Art, and the Path of Unknowing. Together, they chart the contours of St. Augustine’s life, spirituality, and theological patrimony in the Church, along with Jamie’s own spiritual life.
Timecodes:
0:00 Adopting a refugee spirituality
1:40 Introducing James K.A. Smith and Augustinian spirituality
6:39 Jamie meets God through his wife’s family
11:00 How St. Augustine became a spiritual lifeline for Jamie
13:30 A thumbnail sketch of St. Augustine’s life
19:10 “Everybody’s got a hungry heart”
30:40 Praying with the German mystic Meister Eckhart
33:46 Tracking your desires in the spiritual life
36:10 The relationship between Pope Leo XIV, the Augustianians, and Augustine
45:15 Audience Question: How can we reconcile the "two churches" of today: a church that follows Jesus and a more "worldy church"?Do you have a spiritual question for Fr. Jim? You can write to us at: [email protected]
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Catholic and Anarchist: The Spiritual Wisdom of Dorothy Day
Editor-in-chief of Orbis Books, Robert Ellsberg cut his teeth as an editor of The Catholic Worker newspaper when he was just 20 years old. There he also traded literary notes with the great Catholic writer …
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Editor-in-chief of Orbis Books, Robert Ellsberg cut his teeth as an editor of The Catholic Worker newspaper when he was just 20 years old. There he also traded literary notes with the great Catholic writer, activist and now “Servant of God,” Dorothy Day. On this episode of “The Spiritual Life,” Robert joins host James Martin, S.J., to share what he learned from Dorothy and his time at the Catholic Worker about ordinary holiness.
Timecodes:
0:00 Spiritual improv at the Catholic Worker
1:15 Introducing Robert Ellsberg, Orbis editor-in-chief
3:15 A primer on Servant of God, Dorothy Day
7:00 How Robert Ellsberg fell into the Catholic Worker at only 20 y.o.
13:50 Robert’s spiritual crisis and eventual conversion to Catholicism
15:50 Life at the Catholic Worker and getting to know Dorothy Day
22:40 “Don’t call me a saint” and Dorothy’s own expression of holiness
32:46 Letting go of the need to have the last word
35:33 Encountering God in nature
37:12 Audience Question: What saints can assist my prayer when I feel desolation around the church?
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Kate Bowler on how to accompany those who are suffering
American culture often tries to emphasize “learning lessons” in the middle of suffering. For example, “Everything happens for a reason.” But Kate Bowler doesn’t think those “lessons” are coming from God …
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American culture often tries to emphasize “learning lessons” in the middle of suffering. For example, “Everything happens for a reason.” But Kate Bowler doesn’t think those “lessons” are coming from God; rather, God draws close to the brokenhearted and accompanies them. On this episode of “The Spiritual Life” podcast host James Martin, S.J. is joined by scholar of American religion history, Kate Bowler, who is also the creator of the popular podcast “Everything Happens” and the author of bestselling books including Everything Happens for a Reason (and Other Lies I’ve Loved) and No Cure for Being Human. Her latest book is Joyful, Anyway!
Timecodes:
0:00 God’s grace is not like math
1:05 Who is Kate Bowler?
5:22 How getting diagnosed with stage 4 cancer changed Kate’s faith
11:55 What not to say to someone who is suffering
19:38 How to accompany those who suffer
26:37 The problem with happiness and “good vibes only”
31:32 The paradox and practice of joy
44:10 Kate’s spiritual practices of honesty and service
47:35 Why its so hard to suffer in America
50:00 Audience Question: How do we believe in a just and loving God in the midst of an unjust and unloving world?
56:30 Kate’s blessing
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Jesuit musician Cristóbal Fones on praying with the Pope
Cristóbal Fones, SJ, is many things- a talented musician, a Jesuit and the international director of the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network. He joins host James Martin, S.J., on “The Spiritual Life” podcast to …
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Cristóbal Fones, SJ, is many things- a talented musician, a Jesuit and the international director of the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network. He joins host James Martin, S.J., on “The Spiritual Life” podcast to share how he learned to pray from a place of deep emotional connection and authenticity, and how, from his new post at the Vatican, he coordinates the prayer petitions for the Catholic church.
Timecodes:
0:00 Why we pray with Cristóbal Fones
1:00 Understanding the morning offering and the Sacred Heart
7:10 The pope has a prayer network
16:08 Praying with the Sacred Heart includes our emotions
23:50 Cristóbal is called to be a Jesuit and inculturate Christ’s message in music
37:00 Music can affect how you relate to God
46:32 What Jesuits do on retreat
51:00 Audience Question: Why do Catholics pray to saints and how does that work?
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Gregory Maguire’s spiritual journey–From a Catholic orphanage to ‘Wicked’-fame
Long before he wrote “Wicked” Gregory Maguire has been weaving careful attention into his artistic pursuits and his prayer. He joins host James Martin, S.J. on “The Spiritual Life” podcast to talk about his …
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Long before he wrote “Wicked” Gregory Maguire has been weaving careful attention into his artistic pursuits and his prayer. He joins host James Martin, S.J. on “The Spiritual Life” podcast to talk about his spiritual journey, from a Catholic orphanage and formative education with religious sisters who helped him draw his first picture of God, to his current practice of seeing Jesus’ face on the margins.
Timecodes
0:00 Introducing Gregory Maguire, author of “Wicked”
5:04 The tragic circumstances surrounding Gregory’s birth
11:42 Gregory’s first image of God
17: 45 Discerning the shape of his own ministry
25:42 The art of paying attention + studying people’s faces
35:55 Are there Christ-figures in “Wicked”?
40:40 The experience of being gay and marginalized
42:50 Audience Question: What advice would you give to a young, gay, Catholic striving to live authentically?
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Kathleen Norris on treating spiritual dryness, jealousy, and bad thoughts
New York Times bestselling writer, Kathleen Norris, joins host James Martin, S.J., on “The Spiritual Life” podcast to share her experience with Benedictine monks, which formed the basis of her beloved book "The …
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New York Times bestselling writer, Kathleen Norris, joins host James Martin, S.J., on “The Spiritual Life” podcast to share her experience with Benedictine monks, which formed the basis of her beloved book "The Cloister Walk," and to introduce her new book, "Rebecca Sue," a memoir about her younger sister who had a developmental disability. Kathleen retrieves spiritual wisdom from the ancient desert fathers and mothers on dealing with perennial psychological challenges, including jealousy, boredom, and bad thoughts. Timecodes: 0:00 Bad thoughts, not sin, was the focus in Early Christianity 1:10 The “Kathleen Norris-effect” 4:37 Getting to know the desert fathers and mothers 9:10 Kathleen Norris gets acquainted with monastic life 17:58 Hospitality is at the core of Benedictine spirituality 26:30 Rebecca Sue- Kathleen’s sister with a mental disability 30:57 Dealing with jealousy 33:15 Finding God in the desert 37:15 How the desert fathers and mothers dealt with sin 39:35 Acedia-restlessness, sadness, boredom 45:20 Audience Question: How important should it be that the parish we attend feel like a spiritual home? Read Fr. Jim’s review of Kathleen's book, "Rebecca Sue": https://www.americamagazine.org/books/2026/02/12/review-kathleen-norris-on-a-sisters-love/ Do you have a spiritual question for Fr. Jim? You can write to us at: [email protected]
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A Black, gay Catholic priest on living authentically
Fr. Bryan Massingale is a Black, openly gay priest, but not, in his own words, “a hybrid car,” that can be segmented into identity categories. Instead, he’s compound reality, a mystery made by God’s grace …
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Fr. Bryan Massingale is a Black, openly gay priest, but not, in his own words, “a hybrid car,” that can be segmented into identity categories. Instead, he’s compound reality, a mystery made by God’s grace. Bryan joins host James Martin, S.J., on “The Spiritual Life” podcast to talk about the values of authenticity and integrity in his life and ministry.
Timecodes:
0:00 Bringing God’s love forth
2:38 Why Bryan’s race and sexuality are significant
5:36 Challenges of being a Black and gay Catholic priest
11:35 How Bryan came out as gay
17:40 Authenticity frees us and others
25:55 Bryan’s advice to someone struggling with the church
29:38 The church’s tragic track record on racism
34:53 Why Bryan remains in the church despite racism
39:34 The spiritual practice of journaling & music
44:45 Audience Question: What can parents of L.G.B.T.Q. children do when their kids refuse to come to Mass?
Read Fr. James Martin's article reflecting on this conversation
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Praying with the Bible during Lent
How can Scripture help deepen our prayer lives this Lent? The New Testament scholar Ben Witherington III joins host James Martin, S.J., to share his own paths of prayer- through scripture, music and poetry …
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How can Scripture help deepen our prayer lives this Lent? The New Testament scholar Ben Witherington III joins host James Martin, S.J., to share his own paths of prayer- through scripture, music and poetry.
Timecodes:
0:00 Who is Ben Witherington III?
3:40 What do scholars mean by the ‘historical Jesus’?
6:33 The last 7 words of Christ
7:57 Biblical roots of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving
11:10 Ben reclaims his faith and is called by God
17:30 Praying with the Bible and grief
33:20 Where to start reading the Bible
34:55 Christianity is a historical religion
40:55 Why Catholics should read the Bible
44:58 Audience Question: How do I hear the readings at Mass with freshness?
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