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What the deal with self-flagellation?  (There’s a lively discussion in the comments.)
Jim Martin, SJ, sets Glenn Beck right.
Jesuits go green.
Some thoughts on the Examen.
Paul Coutinho, SJ, on forgiveness in Lent.

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Fr. Jim Martin has just published a new book, The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything.  It’s an in-depth, witty, and very readable account of Ignatian spirituality, aimed at both believers and seekers.  It includes chapters on desire and the spiritual life, prayer, decision making, and being contemplatives in action.  Browse the contents here at the [...]

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USA Today profiles Jim Martin, SJ. (”Everyone needs a medium. Mine is popular culture.”)
A suggestion for imaginative meditation.
William Barry, SJ, on having a friendship with God this Lent.
An exhibit about the Passion in Art at St. Louis University.
Lisa Kelly ponders what wasn’t said. (”It can be the most powerful message of all.”)

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Ann Boyd on the benefits of the Examen (“It connects my seemingly irrational emotional life with the workings of God”).
An Evangelical compares the Ignatian charism to Rick Warren’s and Bill Hybel’s (and Francis’s, Dominic’s, and Benedict’s).
Running the Catholic numbers: Catholics, bishops, priests up; women religious down.
Jake Martin, SJ, on snark (“the glorification of the mediocre”).
Vincent [...]

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A Lenten reflection from Fr. Jim Martin, S.J. Turns out that fasting is about money (at least in part):

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A reading list of Jesuit classics.
Jesuits are pro-life.
Jim Martin, SJ goes into the recording studio.
Thinking about Matteo Ricci.
Suggestions for Ignatian prayer.

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Jeff Johnson, SJ, on Holden Caufield (and his brother Allie).
An America podcast on Reinhold Niebhur.
Jake Martin, SJ, on reality TV.
Jack Mahoney, SJ, fills in the gaps in the gospels.

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I’m a big fan of the writing of William Barry, SJ, especially what he has to say about friendship with God. Now he’s taken his message to YouTube. This video gives the gist of the idea. For more read this article and then read his book A Friendship Like No Other.

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A Jesuit Off-Broadway is Fr. Jim Martin’s account of his involvement with a theater troupe putting on the play “The Last Days of Judas Iscariot.”  The play has a compelling premise; at the behest of St. Monica, Judas is plucked out of hell and put on trial for his act of betrayal.  Fr. Martin was [...]

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Jim Martin, SJ, on finding God in hard times.
An evangelical compares three versions of the Anima Christi prayer.
What Nathan O’Halloran, SJ, learned in 2009.
Jake Martin, SJ, on Crazy Heart.
Joe Koczera, SJ, on Alfred Delp’s idea of happiness.

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