Jim's Books
Spirituality
Mid-Lent Review
Jack Mahoney, SJ, suggests we review our Lenten program. But be careful: "What we should avoid is the almost magical or superstitious feeling that whatever we do in religion...
Books
The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything
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...
Jesuit Saints
A Novena of Grace
Today is the traditional beginning of the Novena of Grace in honor of St. Francis Xavier, a nine-day devotion that has been popular for centuries. The first Novena of...
Meditation
Try Bothering for Lent
This Lent, says Fr. Jim Martin, SJ, take the time to "bother." He points out that the people who angered Jesus were people like the two guys who ignored...
Ignatian Prayer
The Uses of Repetitive Prayer
Anthony Lusvardi, SJ, thinks that repetitive prayer is often just what we need:
While these “formal” prayers are often learned in the most mundane settings—before going to bed as children,...
Spiritual Exercises
O'Malley on the Spiritual Exercises
John O'Malley, SJ, is the featured speaker in the first of a series of videos on the Spiritual Exercises produced by Georgetown University. The series looks at the dynamics...