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JamesMartinSJ

  1. Prayer: And I remember all those men and women who suffered injuries, faced the terrors of war, and gave their lives so that I might be free about 3 hours ago via Twitter for Android
  2. Prayer: Tonight I remember all those in my family who suffered privations and labored hard so that I might have a better life than they had. about 3 hours ago via Twitter for Android
  3. @MikePollastri My fiendish plan! about 3 hours ago via Twitter for Android in reply to MikePollastri
  4. Gospel: The Jesus who brings Peace is a wounded Jesus. Even in your brokenness and with your history of hurt you can be a carrier of grace. about 17 hours ago via Twitter for Android
  5. Prayer: It's easier seeing where God was in the past than today. Let me live my life forward with the same trust I gain by looking backward. 8:21 PM May 26th via Twitter for Android
  6. End route to a ceremony in his honor St. Philip Neri walked thru Rome with half his beard shaved so that no one would take him too seriously 6:17 AM May 26th via Twitter for Android
  7. St. Philip Neri, today's saint, posted a sign over his door that read "The House of Christian Mirth" 5:41 AM May 26th via Twitter for Android
  8. Happy Feast of St. Philip Neri, "The Humorous Saint": "A cheerful heart is more easily made perfect than a gloomy one." 5:06 AM May 26th via Twitter for Android
  9. Gospel: Jesus did things not recorded in the Gospels. He continues to act in our lives in unseen ways, to be revealed only when we meet God. 3:15 AM May 26th via Twitter for Android
  10. Take a break this weekend. Remember that you're a human being, not a human doing. If God can rest, so can you. 2:34 PM May 25th via Twitter for Android
  11. @Cameron_Nations @Sojourners Thanks. Though I smile when articles on progressive sisters show sisters in habits. Old media habits die hard. 2:03 PM May 25th via Twitter for Android in reply to Cameron_Nations
  12. Go For It: The American Spirit(uality), by Gary Jansen huff.to/LuMR7u via @HuffPostRelig 11:02 AM May 25th via Tweet Button
  13. Gospel: Jesus asks Peter: "Do you love me?" Perhaps the human Jesus longed to hear a word of love. Have you ever told Jesus you love him? 9:31 AM May 25th via web
  14. Every new person who comes into my life is an opportunity to love God in a brand new way. Because they are a unique creation of God. 6:50 PM May 24th via web
  15. Waiting for Gabriel: Learning to Pray through Infertility - blogs.nd.edu/oblation/2012/… blogs.nd.edu/oblation/2012/… 6:29 PM May 24th via Tweet Button
  • Name James Martin
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  • Bio Fr. James Martin, SJ, is a Jesuit priest, contributing editor at America and author of 'Between Heaven and Mirth' and 'The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything.'
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