Fr. James Martin, S.J.
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2,283 appearances
8 recordings
1 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 22 Sep
Fr. James Martin, S.J.’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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That's interesting because I I spoke with a couple of liturgical musicians.
They were all excited that I was interviewing you.
One person asked me, uh this this is sort of uh to your point.
Is it more inspiration or is it more about writing to task?
Right, like you you you say like something comes to your mind.
Uh and you say, Oh my gosh, I wanna write that verse from Jose or Oh my gosh, I ha I have to write a verse from Jose Is it it sounds like both and, right?
Do you ever find yourself kind of editing yourself as a Catholic, like, oh, maybe I shouldn't use that word, uh, because it's not gonna be as accessible to our Protestant brothers and sisters?
That's interesting.
So more you would say experiential or inspirational than didactic, like this is why you should
That's really beautiful.
And l I'm gonna m ask you to expand on that.
How would a person
experience the gospels or experience Jesus uh the love of Christ through music.
What how how does that happen?
Well Matt, I think you just put your finger on what I think is one of the most difficult questions in the spiritual life, which is
Why do some people have the grace to be able to see those things and accept it, right?
And why do others not?
I've always wondered about that.
I mean you can say free will, of course, you know, God, you know, I mean Jesus says to the disciples, follow me, and they you know, Peter and Andrew and James and John can say yes or no.
But there is this sense of some people in a in a sense being
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