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.
13 episodes
Ron Rolheiser’s unique approach to praying through suffering
00:56:298/26/2025
Spiritual wisdom from the youngest woman at the Vatican Synod, Julia Osęka
00:50:128/19/2025
Ross Douthat on miracles, suffering and how to talk to atheists about religion
01:06:248/12/2025
Martin Scorsese on the priest who changed his life—and his films
00:49:058/5/2025
How spiritual writer, Sr. Joyce Rupp, found joy and freedom in getting older
00:56:467/29/2025
A Caribbean archbishop on spiritual darkness, gang mediation and nurturing an "adult faith"
00:53:197/22/2025
Anthea Butler on intellectual Catholicism, evangelicalism and why the ‘prosperity gospel’ persists
00:49:567/15/2025
Stephen Colbert on meeting the pope, being Catholic and the spirituality of humor
01:12:537/8/2025
Mary Karr: ‘a black belt sinner’ loved by God
01:03:007/1/2025
Pete Buttigieg on Christianity, public life, and the spirituality of fatherhood