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Unlikely witnesses to grace
Gospel Reflection James Martin, S.J. / April 19, 2025It is often those who bear wounds from both the church and society who are the most authentic proclaimers of the Gospel.
The church has always been full of sinful people—and always will be.
Gospel Reflection James Martin, S.J. / April 13, 2025A search for a church or religious organization without sinners is a search without end.
How to help our friends to be free
Gospel Reflection James Martin, S.J. / April 5, 2025Jesus asks the crowd to participate in the freeing of Lazarus and he asks us to participate in the freeing of our friends, so that they too may have new life.
Why is everyone angry?
Gospel Reflection James Martin, S.J. / March 29, 2025We tend to forget that we’re all sinners, just like the Prodigal Son.
How Jesus can help you to flourish
Gospel Reflection James Martin, S.J. / March 22, 2025Nothing can prevent Jesus from helping us to flourish, even if it seems that we are simply “exhausting the soil.”
God’s glory and our confusion
Gospel Reflection James Martin, S.J. / March 15, 2025No matter how close we are to God, there are moments of confusion and, yes, even terror, as we wonder, “What is happening?”
How are you tested?
Gospel Reflection James Martin, S.J. / March 8, 2025Christ’s temptations easily intersect with our own.
Correct yourself before correcting someone else
Gospel Reflection James Martin, S.J. / March 1, 2025We often have a hard time being corrected, because we tend to see the other person’s faults first.
How to love your enemies. Really.
Gospel Reflection James Martin, S.J. / February 22, 2025Jesus’s command to “love your enemies” is as radical today as it was when he first uttered it—and just as difficult to do.
The time to care for the poor is now
Gospel Reflection James Martin, S.J. / February 15, 2025The Beatitudes are a template for what Jesus expects us to do now, which is to live out the reign of God, to participate in its building up.
