The Spiritual Life with Fr. James Martin, S.J.
What is prayer and how can we pray? How do I know if God is responding to my prayers? What does it mean to live a spiritual life? “The Spiritual Life with Fr. James Martin, S.J.,” focuses on how people experience God in their prayer and their daily lives. The show combines practical wisdom with deep reflections from spiritual masters and well-known seekers, all tracing the mystery of God’s activity in their own lives. You can visit the show's webpage at www.americamagazine.org/thespirituallife.
Latest Episode
Brené Brown on Jesus and vulnerable spirituality (28.10.2025)
Previous Episodes
- Why you need a spiritual director
- Br. Guy Consolmagno on praying as a scientist
- Adriana Trigiani on the spirituality of ‘showing up’
- A Trappist monk on how to stop judging others
- Mirabai Starr on mysticism for everyone
- Catholic comedian Jim Gaffigan sometimes feels like a fraud
- Cardinal Stephen Chow on being Christian in a Chinese culture
- Fr. Ronald Rolheiser on priestly celibacy and the spirituality of sticking with it
- Spiritual wisdom from the youngest woman at the Vatican Synod, Julia Osęka
- Ross Douthat on miracles, suffering and how to talk to atheists about religion
- Martin Scorsese on the priest who changed his life—and his films
- How spiritual writer Sr. Joyce Rupp finds joy and freedom in getting older
- A Caribbean archbishop on spiritual darkness, gang mediation and nurturing an "adult faith"
- Anthea Butler on intellectual Catholicism, evangelicalism and why the ‘prosperity gospel’ persists
- Stephen Colbert on meeting the pope, being Catholic and the spirituality of humor
- Mary Karr: ‘a black belt sinner’ loved by God
- Pete Buttigieg on Christianity, public life, and the spirituality of fatherhood
- Whoopi Goldberg's message for the pope
- Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe on friendship, silence, and struggling with prayer
- Coming Soon...
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