Jesuit priest, editor at large of America Media, founder of Outreach, consultor for the Dicastery for Communication, author of "Come Forth." https://linktr.ee/jamesmartinsjhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesmartinsj.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesmartinsj.bsky.social/post/3mlnw2dbcgc2oDear friends: I'm so happy to share this conversation with my friend Liza Colon-Zayas, whom you may know from her role as Tina in "The Bear," in which she shares her struggles with faith. On the latest episode of "The Spiritual Life." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeNN4XHvqFc&list=PLFA_2Z1L-3tq0x873_jc5I9lDhuC3V9P4&index=112 May 2026 13:40 +0000at://did:plc:eptsbbc2augpscrasgwco2kd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnw2dbcgc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesmartinsj.bsky.social/post/3mliu3e2adc25Happy Mothers Day! Here is a reflection I wrote for the May edition of @giveusthisdaylp.bsky.social: The same thing happens every year on the Sunday of Mother’s Day. I wonder if I should offer, as some parishes do, a blessing for the mothers in the congregation.10 May 2026 13:21 +0000at://did:plc:eptsbbc2augpscrasgwco2kd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mliu3e2adc25https://bsky.app/profile/jamesmartinsj.bsky.social/post/3mlgmarlomc2fOne of the most time-consuming but ultimately rewarding parts of writing a book is recording the audio book. Believe it or not, it's a lot of work!09 May 2026 15:56 +0000at://did:plc:eptsbbc2augpscrasgwco2kd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlgmarlomc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesmartinsj.bsky.social/post/3mldphqdi3s25One year ago today, the Holy Spirit gave us the gift of Pope Leo XIV. Let us all pray today that the Holy Father will continue to be guided by that same Holy Spirit. Ad multos annos!08 May 2026 12:15 +0000at://did:plc:eptsbbc2augpscrasgwco2kd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldphqdi3s25https://bsky.app/profile/jamesmartinsj.bsky.social/post/3mlbay7x2m22mDelighted to share this conversation with Cardinal "Ambo" David of the Philippines on "The Spiritual Life." Cardinal Ambo talks about how to blend biblical scholarship with imagination in prayer (and why he doesn't like to be called "Your Eminence") https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnN-aDrE_g0&list=PLFA_2Z1L-3tq0x873_jc5I9lDhuC3V9P4&index=1&t=47s07 May 2026 12:51 +0000at://did:plc:eptsbbc2augpscrasgwco2kd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbay7x2m22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesmartinsj.bsky.social/post/3ml6vzzwt6c2jCan you help us minister to LGBTQ Catholics? https://outreach.faith/support-us/?utm_term=button06 May 2026 14:30 +0000at://did:plc:eptsbbc2augpscrasgwco2kd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6vzzwt6c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesmartinsj.bsky.social/post/3ml6sqrtjoc2zOutreach is celebrating its fifth anniversary! Can you help us celebrate with a donation to help us continue our ministry? https://outreach.faith/support-us/?utm_term=button06 May 2026 13:31 +0000at://did:plc:eptsbbc2augpscrasgwco2kd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6sqrtjoc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesmartinsj.bsky.social/post/3ml4u56e6p22oNews: By including (and publishing) the testimonies of two LGBTQ Catholics in a Synod final report, the church has taken a significant step forward. https://outreach.faith/2026/05/vatican-listens-to-lgbtq-people-a-major-step-forward/05 May 2026 18:50 +0000at://did:plc:eptsbbc2augpscrasgwco2kd/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4u56e6p22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesmartinsj.bsky.social/post/3mks75ck4ss2bThe writer and social commentator Andrew Sullivan @andrewsullivan.skystack.xyz shares his spiritual journey on the latest episode of "The Spiritual Life." https://www.americamagazine.org/thespirituallife/01 May 2026 13:08 +0000at://did:plc:eptsbbc2augpscrasgwco2kd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mks75ck4ss2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesmartinsj.bsky.social/post/3mkqgmfehw22qI was so happy to be invited to speak on the Commonweal Magazine podcast with Griffin Oleynick about my new book, "Work in Progress," about "humble work" and about humor. It was such a fun conversation, thanks to his great questions. https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/podcast/humble-work30 Apr 2026 20:16 +0000at://did:plc:eptsbbc2augpscrasgwco2kd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqgmfehw22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesmartinsj.bsky.social/post/3mkpndq63xk2x"James Martin on Daniel Berrigan: A Jesuit for the long haul" On the 10th anniversary of Dan's death. https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2021/04/30/daniel-berrigan-james-martin-jesuits-240569/30 Apr 2026 12:44 +0000at://did:plc:eptsbbc2augpscrasgwco2kd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpndq63xk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesmartinsj.bsky.social/post/3mkpkukcswc27"If you want to follow Jesus, you better look good on wood." Daniel Berrigan, SJ, died ten years ago today.30 Apr 2026 12:00 +0000at://did:plc:eptsbbc2augpscrasgwco2kd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpkukcswc27https://bsky.app/profile/jamesmartinsj.bsky.social/post/3mkn2jkdowc2w"Cardinal McElroy: Why the Catholic Church can and should judge the morality of the Iran war" https://www.americamagazine.org/faith-and-reason/2026/04/28/catholic-just-war-teaching-iran/29 Apr 2026 12:02 +0000at://did:plc:eptsbbc2augpscrasgwco2kd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkn2jkdowc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesmartinsj.bsky.social/post/3mkkozknwrc2eHappy to share this conversation with Andrew Sullivan, the writer and editor on "The Spiritual Life." He shares his Catholic upbringing; his experiences as a Catholic gay man; the pain, fear and hope he saw during the AIDS crisis; and his lifelong spiritual journey. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeJWF8B10YE&list=PLFA_2Z1L-3tq0x873_jc5I9lDhuC3V9P4&index=1&t=2639s28 Apr 2026 13:31 +0000at://did:plc:eptsbbc2augpscrasgwco2kd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkozknwrc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesmartinsj.bsky.social/post/3mkdljv4skc2sIn case you heard this on "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me" on NPR today, here's the playlist from "Work in Progress." These songs were the soundtrack to my summer jobs and the rest of my adolescence. Not the songs I think are cool today, but ones I actually listened to. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1K92kxUACx7uHJNdkmGHoq25 Apr 2026 17:40 +0000at://did:plc:eptsbbc2augpscrasgwco2kd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkdljv4skc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesmartinsj.bsky.social/post/3mkd6uderqs2gHappy to be a guest on "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me" one of my favorite shows on @npr.org to talk about my new book "Work in Progress," why I like Pope Leo XIV so much, and play their "Not my job" game. Hope you enjoy! https://www.npr.org/2026/04/25/nx-s1-5798821/we-go-to-confessional-with-father-james-martin25 Apr 2026 13:53 +0000at://did:plc:eptsbbc2augpscrasgwco2kd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkd6uderqs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesmartinsj.bsky.social/post/3mk6kmwyzo22eRefleksja dla katolików w Polsce: Jezus i marginesy. To wstęp do polskiego wydania książki “Building a Bridge”, opublikowanego niedawno w Polsce przez wydawnictwo Więź https://outreach.faith/2026/04/refleksja-dla-katolikow-w-polsce-jezus-i-marginesy/23 Apr 2026 17:40 +0000at://did:plc:eptsbbc2augpscrasgwco2kd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6kmwyzo22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesmartinsj.bsky.social/post/3mjzqgt2jcs2pOn the first anniversary of his death: How Francis changed the lives of countless LGBTQ people—and mine https://outreach.faith/2025/04/pope-francis-changed-my-life-countless-lgbtq/?fbclid=IwdGRzaARUshljbGNrBFSyFWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHlFi0Gk7HvNUgv6aL6DIKO5huoCwcu96MgjmBhzPzrnCK-XTNW88XhMR5JF0_aem_fJ3G_jDwzi9VFjh5AXOsIQ&sfnsn=mo21 Apr 2026 19:41 +0000at://did:plc:eptsbbc2augpscrasgwco2kd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzqgt2jcs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesmartinsj.bsky.social/post/3mjzgyjfny224Happy to share this wide-ranging conversation with Cardinal Blase Cupich, the Archbishop of Chicago, on the latest episode of "The Spiritual Life." We discuss Mass, confession, the Liturgy of the Hours, prayer and church leaders speaking up on political matters. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtCzwNRwsUY&list=PLFA_2Z1L-3tq0x873_jc5I9lDhuC3V9P4&index=1&t=648s21 Apr 2026 16:52 +0000at://did:plc:eptsbbc2augpscrasgwco2kd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzgyjfny224https://bsky.app/profile/jamesmartinsj.bsky.social/post/3mjxtpoxo6k2pThanks to Georgetown University's Campus Ministry, the Office of Mission and Ministry and Holy Trinity Parish, for inviting me to beautiful Dahlgren Chapel to speak about my book "Work in Progress." Thanks also to the students and parishioners who waited in line for a book. Hoya Saxa!21 Apr 2026 01:34 +0000at://did:plc:eptsbbc2augpscrasgwco2kd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjxtpoxo6k2phttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesmartinsj.bsky.social/post/3mjpua4cy2222As Alessandro Gisotti of Vatican News wrote: "A Good Samaritan on the Chair of Peter." Pope Leo XIV visits St. Paul Hospital, in Douala, Cameroon, today.17 Apr 2026 21:22 +0000at://did:plc:eptsbbc2augpscrasgwco2kd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjpua4cy2222https://bsky.app/profile/jamesmartinsj.bsky.social/post/3mjhgtatdh22gThe brilliant poet and theologian Pádraig Ó Tuama on poetry, conflict resolution, and the Stations of the Cross. On the latest episode of The Spiritual Life podcast. https://youtu.be/XH6_eSGlqto?si=wBWOFvm6xxUp1bGK14 Apr 2026 13:01 +0000at://did:plc:eptsbbc2augpscrasgwco2kd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhgtatdh22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesmartinsj.bsky.social/post/3mjdrrrxbvc2hI doubt that Pope Leo XIV will lose any sleep over this, before he begins his pilgrimage to Africa tomorrow. But the rest of us should. Because it is unhinged, uncharitable and unchristian. Is there no bottom to this moral squalor?13 Apr 2026 02:06 +0000at://did:plc:eptsbbc2augpscrasgwco2kd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjdrrrxbvc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesmartinsj.bsky.social/post/3mjahnaitts2uPope Leo XIV: "Even the holy Name of God, the God of life, is being dragged into discourses of death. A world of brothers and sisters with one heavenly Father vanishes, as in a nightmare, giving way to a reality populated by enemies"11 Apr 2026 18:27 +0000at://did:plc:eptsbbc2augpscrasgwco2kd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjahnaitts2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesmartinsj.bsky.social/post/3miylppstd22wDrodzy przyjaciele! Z radością ogłaszam, że moja książka poświęcona katolikom LGBTQ – „Building a Bridge” – została przetłumaczona na język polski i jest już dostępna w wydawnictwie Więź. https://wiez.pl/wydawnictwo/ksiazki/budujac-most/08 Apr 2026 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:eptsbbc2augpscrasgwco2kd/app.bsky.feed.post/3miylppstd22whttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesmartinsj.bsky.social/post/3mivw7dt7v22rDelighted to share this fascinating interview on "The Spiritual Life," with James K. A. Smith, a scholar of St. Augustine, who speaks about the saint whose life and writings have profoundly influenced Pope Leo XIV. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6HQKQ2jPOQ&list=PLFA_2Z1L-3tq0x873_jc5I9lDhuC3V9P4&index=107 Apr 2026 13:48 +0000at://did:plc:eptsbbc2augpscrasgwco2kd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mivw7dt7v22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesmartinsj.bsky.social/post/3miprpbo3fk2lChrist is risen! Happy Easter!05 Apr 2026 03:12 +0000at://did:plc:eptsbbc2augpscrasgwco2kd/app.bsky.feed.post/3miprpbo3fk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesmartinsj.bsky.social/post/3mio2ebumhc2gPope Leo at the Stations of the Cross: "Every person in authority will have to answer to God for the way they exercise their power." Jesus says. "Whatever you do to another human being, especially to the small and vulnerable, you do unto me. And it is to me that you will one day give an account."04 Apr 2026 10:41 +0000at://did:plc:eptsbbc2augpscrasgwco2kd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mio2ebumhc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/jamesmartinsj.bsky.social/post/3milqpcimd22iWhat my mom's death taught me about the Cross. https://www.americamagazine.org/faithinfocus/2026/04/02/what-losing-my-mom-taught-me-about-the-cross/03 Apr 2026 12:43 +0000at://did:plc:eptsbbc2augpscrasgwco2kd/app.bsky.feed.post/3milqpcimd22i