A new light show at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York promises transcendence…but the real transcendence might be in the cathedral itself, rather than the performance.
Spirituality
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What it means for Catholics to ‘let your conscience be your guide’
On “The Spiritual Life,” Father James Martin welcomes James Keenan, S.J., a pre-eminent moral theologian at Boston College, to help tease out the finer considerations for forming our consciences.
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What does it mean to have a personal relationship with Jesus?
On this week’s episode of “The Spiritual Life” podcast, James Martin, S.J., is joined by an experienced spiritual director, Susan Stabile, who spent many years practicing Buddhism before returning to the Catholic faith in which she was raised.
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‘Offer it up’: A Catholic approach to suffering?
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 this week’s episode of “The Spiritual Life.”
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How Andrew Garfield practices Jesuit spirituality
Andrew Garfield joined Father James Martin on “The Spiritual Life,” sharing the fruits of studying Ignatian spirituality and what has remained with him in the years since “Silence.”
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Encountering God through music with Matt Maher
Have you ever known someone who has had a mystical moment with God that changed the trajectory of their life and faith? And have you ever felt just a little bit envious of them?
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When ‘thy will be done’ means saying goodbye to someone you love
To ask God’s will to be done was to agree to lose my Nonny. But I forced myself to say it anyway.
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How one Little League umpire cultivates faith on the field
Amid the pressure-packed culture of competition in youth sports, my Catholic faith helps me to be humble, forgiving and joyful.
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They look like religious teachers. But they’re AI — and millions are listening
“AI can help maybe with information and training and insight, but it can’t actually transmit spirituality,” said Swami Sarvapriyananda, a Hindu monk.
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The holiness of Dolly Parton
I think we saw in Dolly Parton something more than talent, something more than wit or charity. We saw holiness.