Maggi Van Dorn
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- Sep 28, 2026
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What does it mean to have a personal relationship with Jesus? (opens the original)
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Do you have a personal relationship with Jesus? As a cradle Catholic, I must admit, this question can make me bristle. And then, because I am Catholic, I immediately feel guilty for bristling. What a tiresome spiritual loop this is! How in the world did I get to such a confusing state? And more importantly, how do I untangle this knot? On this week’s episode of “The Spiritual Life” podcast, James Martin, S.J., is joined by an experienced spiritual director, Susan Stabile, who spent many years pr
How Jesuit spirituality changed Andrew Garfield’s life (opens the original)
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It’s been over ten years since the award-winning actor Andrew Garfield trained as a Jesuit priest. Well, more accurately, since he trained to play a Jesuit priest, Father Sebastiao Rodrigues, in Martin Scorsese’s film “Silence.” The film, based on Shūsaku Endō’s novel, tells the harrowing story of Jesuit missionaries facing persecution and temptations of apostasy in 17th-century Japan. To prepare for this role, Garfield worked with James Martin, S.J., for the better part of a year. Although Garf
Blessed are those who haven’t felt God and still believe (opens the original)
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Have you ever known someone who has had a profound conversion experience or perhaps a mystical moment with God that changed the trajectory of their life and faith? And have you ever felt just a little bit envious of them? I certainly have. In fact, when I was a teenager and pursuing the spiritual life most ardently, my weekends were full of religious devotion and experimentation. On Saturday evenings, I would attend a Catholic Mass with my family; Sunday mornings I would accompany my best friend
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