Blessed Peter Favre, St. Ignatius Loyola and St. Francis Xavier enjoyed a very close friendship, which began at the University of Paris, where the three were roommates. Fr. James Martin, SJ., offers a mediation on the friendship between the three men.

Here was an average man without much prior interest in religious observance, assuming that he could emulate two of the greatest saints in the Christian tradition.

I have been asked first to sit in meditation with a Buddhist group in San Francisco at the end of this month and then give them a talk on Thomas Merton and the dialogue with Buddhism Merton who early on in his career showed a keen interest in dialogue with the religions of Asia Hinduism Sufis

Yes on fireworks Because here in the USA many of us have just celebrated the 4th of July or Independence Day Or as some now propose it be more fittingly called Interdependence Day As I was watching a fireworks show near New York City last night I was wondering why I am so taken by them an

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.