Fr. James Martin, S.J.

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2,283 appearances 8 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 22 Sep

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So what do you do with all that?

Let's say someone comes up to you and with tears in their eyes says

That song changed my life.

I listen to it every day.

Yeah, what do you do with that interiorly?

I think

I think that's very wise.

Uh and also

The fact that you are uncomfortable with it, right?

You said sometimes you want to run from it.

I you say I would hope so.

Uh and it reminds me, you uh when you were talking about that I was thinking of, you know, Jesus being, you know, pursued by the crowds, right?

Because there's that great line, I think it's a mark where it actually says his fame.

in Greek, uh spread all over the place and you know, he couldn't find a place to rest.

And so even he feels

you know, I need I need sort of to withdraw from this.

Uh but it is, you know, I have a little bit of that with some of my books and it is strange.

It can be very intense at times.

And uh you know what I I tend to go back to is um

Thomas Merton said something like uh

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