James Martin, SJ
@jamesmartinsj.bsky.social
Jesuit priest, editor at large of America Media, founder of Outreach, consultor for the Dicastery for Communication, author of "Come Forth."
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Why do we celebrate the dedication of a building today? A meditation on the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica, on the Gospel reading, and on the Catholic Church, which is ever ancient, ever new. outreach.faith/2025/11/the-...
The Catholic Church: Ever Ancient, Ever New - Outreach
The question comes up once a year: Why are we celebrating a feast for a building?
outreach.faith
November 9, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Why do we celebrate the dedication of a building today? A meditation on the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica, on the Gospel reading, and on the Catholic Church, which is ever ancient, ever new. outreach.faith/2025/11/the-...
Hopeful news from Italy! outreach.faith/2025/11/ital...
Italian synodal assembly embraces openness to LGBTQ people - Outreach
Synodal representatives in Italy voted overwhelmingly to accept documents calling for greater openness to LGBTQ people. Italian bishops will weigh in next.
outreach.faith
November 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Hopeful news from Italy! outreach.faith/2025/11/ital...
Happy Feast of the Saints and Blessed of the Society of Jesus! May they pray for you and be your models of Christian life. AMDG.
Image: Church of St. Ignatius Loyola in New York.
Image: Church of St. Ignatius Loyola in New York.
November 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Happy Feast of the Saints and Blessed of the Society of Jesus! May they pray for you and be your models of Christian life. AMDG.
Image: Church of St. Ignatius Loyola in New York.
Image: Church of St. Ignatius Loyola in New York.
News: Pope Leo XIV calls for "authorities to allow pastoral workers to attend to the needs" of people who have been detained. "Jesus says very clearly ... we're going to be asked: How did you receive the foreigner?"
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TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WARNED: Pope Leo CALLS for RELIGIOUS ACCESS for detained immigrants
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November 5, 2025 at 12:50 AM
News: Pope Leo XIV calls for "authorities to allow pastoral workers to attend to the needs" of people who have been detained. "Jesus says very clearly ... we're going to be asked: How did you receive the foreigner?"
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News: Pope Leo XIV calls for "authorities to allow pastoral workers to attend to the needs" of people who have been detained. "Jesus says very clearly ... we're going to be asked: How did you receive the foreigner?"
youtu.be/ysfd_VcE0TI?...
youtu.be/ysfd_VcE0TI?...
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WARNED: Pope Leo CALLS for RELIGIOUS ACCESS for detained immigrants
YouTube video by Diario AS
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November 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
News: Pope Leo XIV calls for "authorities to allow pastoral workers to attend to the needs" of people who have been detained. "Jesus says very clearly ... we're going to be asked: How did you receive the foreigner?"
youtu.be/ysfd_VcE0TI?...
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Dear friends: Apparently, there is a scam going on with emails supposedly from me asking for donations for victims of Hurricane Melissa. These are fake. If you would like to help hurricane victims, please give directly to Catholic Relief Services here: www.crs.org/donate/hurri...
Hurricane Melissa | CRS
Catholic Relief Services eases suffering and provides assistance to people in need in more than 100 countries, without regard to race, religion or nationality.
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November 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Dear friends: Apparently, there is a scam going on with emails supposedly from me asking for donations for victims of Hurricane Melissa. These are fake. If you would like to help hurricane victims, please give directly to Catholic Relief Services here: www.crs.org/donate/hurri...
Dear friends: The Spiritual Life podcast, which just completed its first season, will be back in the New Year! In the meantime, why not catch up on the episodes you missed, on YouTube, Spotify and Apple podcasts. Thanks to everyone for their support and prayers! americamagazine.org/thespiritual...
The Spiritual Life with Fr. James Martin, S.J.
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November 3, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Dear friends: The Spiritual Life podcast, which just completed its first season, will be back in the New Year! In the meantime, why not catch up on the episodes you missed, on YouTube, Spotify and Apple podcasts. Thanks to everyone for their support and prayers! americamagazine.org/thespiritual...
After repeatedly requesting permission and following all the official guidelines, Catholic bishop, priests, sisters and lay people were refused permission to distribute Communion to migrants in ICE detention center, on All Saints Day. A religious freedom issue: www.ncronline.org/news/ice-aga...
ICE again prevents Chicago Catholics from bringing Eucharist to immigrant detainees
More than 2,000 faithful gathered to pray outside the Broadview ICE Detention Center Nov. 1, but the group's main request — to bring Communion to detainees — was rejected by federal immigration offici...
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November 2, 2025 at 7:55 PM
After repeatedly requesting permission and following all the official guidelines, Catholic bishop, priests, sisters and lay people were refused permission to distribute Communion to migrants in ICE detention center, on All Saints Day. A religious freedom issue: www.ncronline.org/news/ice-aga...
Jesus helps us believe in the afterlife, by telling us (as in today's Gospel), showing us that he has power over death (in the Raising of Lazarus) and revealing what eternal life is like (in the Resurrection). A meditation on All Souls Day: outreach.faith/2025/11/beli...
Believe in the Afterlife - Outreach
God has a place prepared for each of us, a place where we will dwell with God until the end of time.
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November 2, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Jesus helps us believe in the afterlife, by telling us (as in today's Gospel), showing us that he has power over death (in the Raising of Lazarus) and revealing what eternal life is like (in the Resurrection). A meditation on All Souls Day: outreach.faith/2025/11/beli...
Delighted to share this new conversation with the incomparable writer, teacher and storyteller Brene Brown, beloved by millions. We have a wonderful conversation about God, Jesus and faith. I really appreciated her openness, vulnerability and humor! www.youtube.com/watch?v=jddN...
Brené Brown on Jesus and vulnerable spirituality | The Spiritual Life Podcast
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October 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Delighted to share this new conversation with the incomparable writer, teacher and storyteller Brene Brown, beloved by millions. We have a wonderful conversation about God, Jesus and faith. I really appreciated her openness, vulnerability and humor! www.youtube.com/watch?v=jddN...
Why we're all in need of God's mercy. A meditation on today's Gospel: the Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector. outreach.faith/2025/10/on-n...
On not being arrogant - Outreach
We often think after hearing this parable, “Well, at least I’m not like the Pharisee!” As a result, we end up exalting ourselves in a parable about not exalting ourselves.
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October 26, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Why we're all in need of God's mercy. A meditation on today's Gospel: the Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector. outreach.faith/2025/10/on-n...
News: Pope Leo XIV to the Jesuits: "The Church needs you at the frontiers -- whether they be geographical, cultural, intellectual or spiritual. These are places of risk, where familiar maps are no longer sufficient." www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
October 24, 2025 at 1:14 PM
News: Pope Leo XIV to the Jesuits: "The Church needs you at the frontiers -- whether they be geographical, cultural, intellectual or spiritual. These are places of risk, where familiar maps are no longer sufficient." www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
What is spiritual direction? Where can you find a director? We're asked these questions often on "The Spiritual Life" so I'm delighted to share this new episode with Paddy Gilger, SJ, a trained director. It's a test-run episode that was so helpful we're sharing it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOmA...
Why everyone needs a spiritual director | The Spiritual Life Podcast
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October 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
What is spiritual direction? Where can you find a director? We're asked these questions often on "The Spiritual Life" so I'm delighted to share this new episode with Paddy Gilger, SJ, a trained director. It's a test-run episode that was so helpful we're sharing it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOmA...
What happens when we don't get what we pray for? A meditation on today's Gospel reading, the Parable of the Persistent Widow. outreach.faith/2025/10/what...
What happens when we don’t get what we pray for? - Outreach
The key is to continue to be in relationship with a God whom we sometimes don’t understand.
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October 19, 2025 at 12:49 PM
What happens when we don't get what we pray for? A meditation on today's Gospel reading, the Parable of the Persistent Widow. outreach.faith/2025/10/what...
Delighted to share a conversation with Br. Guy Consolmagno, SJ: Jesuit, scientist and, until recently, director of the Vatican Observatory. We talk about God, faith, reason, science, and why there is something rather than nothing at all. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LE_N...
Br. Guy Consolmagno on praying as a scientist | The Spiritual Life Podcast
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October 14, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Delighted to share a conversation with Br. Guy Consolmagno, SJ: Jesuit, scientist and, until recently, director of the Vatican Observatory. We talk about God, faith, reason, science, and why there is something rather than nothing at all. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LE_N...
From Kevin Clarke at America: "Eucharistic procession turned back by feds at Broadview ICE detention facility"
www.americamagazine.org/dispatches/2...
www.americamagazine.org/dispatches/2...
Eucharistic procession turned back by feds at Broadview ICE detention facility
Jesuits and other Catholic and Christian clergy were turned back by ICE when they tried to bring the Eucharist to detained immigrants in Broadview, Ill.
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October 13, 2025 at 1:37 PM
From Kevin Clarke at America: "Eucharistic procession turned back by feds at Broadview ICE detention facility"
www.americamagazine.org/dispatches/2...
www.americamagazine.org/dispatches/2...
The person you hate is someone to help, learn from, and even find salvation from. In today's Gospel, Jesus offers us, once again, a way out of division and polarization. outreach.faith/2025/10/the-...
The person you hate is someone to help, learn from and even find salvation from - Outreach
Jesus is giving his disciples and us a way out of demonization and polarization.
outreach.faith
October 12, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The person you hate is someone to help, learn from, and even find salvation from. In today's Gospel, Jesus offers us, once again, a way out of division and polarization. outreach.faith/2025/10/the-...
Honored to be invited to reflect on how "Decree 4" of the Jesuits' 32nd General Congregation changed my life. As it happens, some of these themes, especially understanding structures that keep people poor, were taken up by Pope Leo XIV in "Dilexi te"
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My Life with Decree 4 | Social Justice and Ecology Secretariat
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October 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Honored to be invited to reflect on how "Decree 4" of the Jesuits' 32nd General Congregation changed my life. As it happens, some of these themes, especially understanding structures that keep people poor, were taken up by Pope Leo XIV in "Dilexi te"
www.sjesjesuits.global/sj-testimoni...
www.sjesjesuits.global/sj-testimoni...
Dear friends: "Dilexi te" is Pope Leo's rich meditation on the call from both Jesus and the church over the ages to love and care for the poor. It's an invitation to prayer and action. Take time and read it for yourself and bring it to prayer. www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
October 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Dear friends: "Dilexi te" is Pope Leo's rich meditation on the call from both Jesus and the church over the ages to love and care for the poor. It's an invitation to prayer and action. Take time and read it for yourself and bring it to prayer. www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
"The fact that some dismiss or ridicule charitable works, as if they were an obsession on the part of a few and not the burning heart of the Church’s mission, convinces me of the need to go back and re-read the Gospel, lest we risk replacing it with the wisdom of this world.”
Leo XIV in "Dilexi te"
Leo XIV in "Dilexi te"
October 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
"The fact that some dismiss or ridicule charitable works, as if they were an obsession on the part of a few and not the burning heart of the Church’s mission, convinces me of the need to go back and re-read the Gospel, lest we risk replacing it with the wisdom of this world.”
Leo XIV in "Dilexi te"
Leo XIV in "Dilexi te"
Pope Leo XIV: "I often wonder, even though the teaching of Sacred Scripture is so clear about the poor, why many people continue to think that they can safely disregard the poor."
"Dilexi te"
"Dilexi te"
October 9, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Pope Leo XIV: "I often wonder, even though the teaching of Sacred Scripture is so clear about the poor, why many people continue to think that they can safely disregard the poor."
"Dilexi te"
"Dilexi te"
Delighted to share this lively (and fun!) conversation with the NYT bestselling novelist Adriana Trigiani, on the spirituality of showing up, her devotion to Mary and her love for the Eucharist. On the latest episode of "The Spiritual Life" podcast. www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7aD...
Adriana Trigiani on the spirituality of "showing up" | The Spiritual Life Podcast
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October 7, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Delighted to share this lively (and fun!) conversation with the NYT bestselling novelist Adriana Trigiani, on the spirituality of showing up, her devotion to Mary and her love for the Eucharist. On the latest episode of "The Spiritual Life" podcast. www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7aD...
Pope Leo XIV today: "Brothers and sisters, those boats which hope to catch sight of a safe port, and those eyes filled with anguish and hope seeking to reach the shore, cannot and must not find the coldness of indifference or the stigma of discrimination!"
October 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Pope Leo XIV today: "Brothers and sisters, those boats which hope to catch sight of a safe port, and those eyes filled with anguish and hope seeking to reach the shore, cannot and must not find the coldness of indifference or the stigma of discrimination!"
Jesus loves us, and with that love calls us to a high bar, of love, mercy and compassion. A meditation on today's Gospel, in which Jesus offers some challenging words to his disciples, and to us. outreach.faith/2025/10/are-...
Are we “unworthy servants”? - Outreach
Jesus loves us and, with that love, calls us to a "high bar" of love, mercy and compassion.
outreach.faith
October 5, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Jesus loves us, and with that love calls us to a high bar, of love, mercy and compassion. A meditation on today's Gospel, in which Jesus offers some challenging words to his disciples, and to us. outreach.faith/2025/10/are-...
Today, on the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, Pope Leo XIV signed his first apostolic exhortation, "Dilexit te" (He loved you), which will be released on Oct. 9. According to reports, this document was begun under the pontificate of Pope Francis and focuses on the poor.
October 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Today, on the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, Pope Leo XIV signed his first apostolic exhortation, "Dilexit te" (He loved you), which will be released on Oct. 9. According to reports, this document was begun under the pontificate of Pope Francis and focuses on the poor.