James Martin Sj: 11 books

One of Publishers Weekly's Best Books of the Year Winner of a Christopher Award Winner of a Catholic Press Association Book AwardMeet some surprising friends of God in this warm and wonderful memoirJames Martin has led an entirely modern life: from a lukewarm Catholic childhood, to an education at the...

A Jesuit priest a New York play and questions as profound as they come . . . A few years after being called to the priesthood Father James Martin was startled to get a very different kind of call one evening in 2004: a phone call from actor Sam Rockwell. Rockwell had been cast for the part of Judas Iscariot...

One of Publishers Weekly’s Best Books of the Year  Winner of the Christopher Award  Winner of the Catholic Press Association Book Award   WITTY, WRYLY HONEST, AND ALWAYS ORIGINAL, My Life with *the Saints* is James Martin’s story of how his life has been shaped...

A charming and touching story that reminds us, withSt. Bernadette, that grace is everywhere." Robert Ellsberg, author, Blessed Among All Women The shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in southern France appeals to Catholics as few other places do. The famous grotto is a place of healing that attracts some six...

The Christian longing to share anguish, fear, gratitude, and awe has found expression in many forms of prayer, beginning in Scripture and the practices and words of Jesus. Over the centuries many fruitful approaches to prayer have taken hold, but often there is a certain unease about what is right...

Combines professional insights along with the authors own experience and insights to speculate on how believers can make sense of their Christian faith when confronted with tragedy and suffering.

The New York Times has described James Martin as maybe "the only Jesuit priest with a degree from the Wharton School," and in the wake of our current economic crisis, the story of his remarkable journey from corporate America to the Society of Jesus couldn't be more timely. From the halls...

A Jesuit priest and teacher presents a rich treasury of materials for prayer and meditation produced by a great cloud of Jesuit witnesses beginning with St. Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus, and continuing right to the present day.

By meditating on personal examples from the author's life, as well as reflecting on the inspirational life and writings of Thomas Merton, stories from the Gospels, as well as the lives of other holy men and women (among them, Henri Nouwen, Therese of Lisieux and Pope John XXIII) the reader will see how...

Awake My Soul introduces the practice of devotions to a new generation of the faithful. The essays in this enlightening collection celebrate the traditional Catholic devotions those sensual, physical, time-honored forms of piety that have sustained generations of believers. Contemporary men and women...

Explores the challenges, the rewards, the call, and the possibilities of integrating a sincere inner life with an active life of engagement with the pain of the world.