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Title: James Martin, SJ on "A Jesuit Off-Broadway"

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Artist: James Martin, SJ

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Can we believe the Bible? What is sin? Is anyone beyond God's forgiveness? Listen in as award-winning author James Martin, SJ, explroes these and others of life's really big spiritual questions. As a Jeusit priest, Martin holds to Ignatian ideal of "finding God in all things." Still, he never expected to find himself in a theater role as script doctor for a play about Judas Iscariot that was directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman and had a healthy off-Broadway run more than two years ago. Father Martin recounts the experience in A Jesuit Off-Broadway: Center Stage With Jesus, Judas, and Life's Big Questions (Loyola Press, 2007)---a spellbinding story of faith, friendship, and the deepest mysteries of the heart. Here he draws from the experience to share lessons and insights with the viewer, and to issue an invitation to hear the whole story. (Produce by Loyola Press; see website below for more information on A Jesuit Off-Broadway.)

From the Publisher's Website

A Jesuit Off-Broadway: Ce...

Named one of Publishers Weekly’s BEST BOOKS OF 2007! Take this journey with Fr. Martin, a theological advisor on the play THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT, as he and actor Sam Rockwell, director Philip Seymour Hoffam, and the cast learn lessons about theater and life, about how the sacred and the secular aren’t always that far apart, and how good questions often tell us more than answers do.

My Life with the Saints b...

WINNER of the Prestigious Christopher Award! MY LIFE WITH THE SAINTS is at once best-selling author James Martin's inspiring memoir of spiritual self-discovery and a homage to the Catholic saints who accompanied him every step of the way. From his lukewarm childhood Catholicism to the executive fast track at General Electric to the Jesuits and a life dedicated to God, Martin looked and prayed to the saints from St. Peter to Pope John XXIII to intervene and guide his life. As this witty, confessional, and surprising account unfolds, we see how saints can help us each find our way in the world. “One of the best treatments of the saints in recent memory.” — John L. Allen, Jr.

Lourdes Diary by James Ma...

The sacred grotto at Massabieille near the town of Lourdes, France, is the shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes, where Mary appeared to a humble peasant girl named Bernadette Soubirous in 1858. Some six million pilgrims visit Lourdes each year, making it the most popular place of pilgrimage in the world. Fr. James Martin, SJ, went to Lourdes in 2005 as chaplain for a group of pilgrims. His illuminating account of the pilgrimage—at turns touching, humorous, reverent, and self-effacing—offers a vivid description of the sacred place. A great read for those soon to visit or for armchair travelers.

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