Fr. James Martin, S.J.

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2,283 appearances 8 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 4d ago

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There's a sense of

You know, there are there are sort of forces that want people to feel isolated and excluded and ignored and lost.

And there's very little, you're right, that's kind of drawing us, you know, back to the center.

Um, you know, for me I think that's why contemplation's so important and having a sense of God at your center.

Um, because it it stabilizes you or grounds you a bit, you know, in these

Now really

Confusing times.

We're gonna pause for a short break, but we'll be back in a little while.

Let me ask you, Andrew, so when we met, um, you know, to do the exercises, you know, your mom was still with us.

Was there was there a sense that

That experience helped you to

Sort of enter into the grief of your mom's death or sort of

sort of I don't want to say prepared you.

But that it it helped you as you sort of move through that process.

Yeah, it's a very strange thing people say

There's nothing like it.

And I remember thinking, Well, I've had you know, my father died and uh, you know, I my mother's ninety four and so I'm kind of prepared for it.

But you're right, when I was looking at her in her hospital bed

Thinking this is the body that brought me into the world.

Right.

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