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James Martin, SJ

@JamesMartinSJ

Sep 23

@BGCDSB

Dear friends: Thanks to the Bruce-Grey Catholic School District in Ontario @BGCDSB for inviting me to speak to their faculty about welcoming 2SLGBTQ students.

Here's a prayer from "Building a Bridge" that they've been using, called "Jesus of the Corners," by Padraig O'Tuama:

"Jesus of the corners,

You saw all:
those at the center
and those at the edge...

Guide us into the all the corners
of this wide world....

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James Martin, SJ

@JamesMartinSJ

Sep 20

@OutrchCatholic

News: @OutrchCatholic has just published one of the world's most renowned Catholic New Testament scholars, and past president of the Catholic Biblical Association, Fr. John R. Donahue, SJ, on how the Gospels invite us to see Jesus in LGBTQ people today...
outreach.faith/2022/09/john-r…

After his exegesis of various Gospel passages, Fr. Donahue reflects on the implications for outreach to LGBTQ people and also reflects on his own experience of what he calls their kindness, generosity and holiness...

"We should cease talking about the problem of LGBTQ people, but be thankful for their gifts. The dignity and beauty of difference is a legacy for all those who are members of the Body of Christ..."

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James Martin, SJ

@JamesMartinSJ

Sep 20

Gospel: Today’s reading is one of the most surprising, and even disturbing, in the entire New Testament (Lk. 8: 19-21) To understand why, it’s important to set the scene, which is mirrored in the other Synoptic Gospels, Mark and Matthew....

Why are Jesus’s mother and extended family in Capernaum, Jesus’s home base for his ministry in Galilee? Why have they come all the way from Nazareth, a difficult journey of a day or so, to this town on the shores of the Sea of Galilee?

We find the answer in Mark 3:21....

“When his family heard it [meaning news of his preaching and healing], they went out to restrain him, for people were saying, ‘He has gone out of his mind.’"

Other translations from the Greek say that Jesus's family wanted to “seize” or “arrest” him....

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James Martin, SJ

@JamesMartinSJ

Sep 18

Gospel: In today's Parable of the Unjust Steward, we meet a man who is described as someone who has squandered his master’s money (Lk 16: 1-13). Threatened with being fired, the steward calls together all his master’s debtors and reduces their debts....

...so that after he is fired, he will be welcomed into their homes. Then the master returns and praises the steward for his shrewdness.

What is Jesus's point with this parable? Does he want us to be dishonest? Not at all. As I see it, Jesus is making two main points....

First, it’s not such a bad thing to be shrewd, like this steward, when it comes to helping to participate in the reign of God. “Be as shrewd as serpents but innocent as doves,” says Jesus elsewhere (Mt. 10:16)....

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James Martin, SJ

@JamesMartinSJ

Sep 16

@HarperOneBooks

Dear friends: I'm delighted to share the cover for my next book, "Come Forth: The Promise of Jesus's Greatest Miracle," a reflection on the Raising of Lazarus, from @HarperOneBooks. The book, to be released in March, is now available for pre-order... harpercollins.com/products/come-…

"Come Forth" looks at what the Raising of Lazarus says to us today, how it asks us to leave behind whatever prevents us from following God more closely, and hear God's invitation to "Come forth" into new life. It includes some biblical exegesis based on the latest scholarship...

...some spiritual insights, a bit of pilgrimage to El-Azariya (current-day Bethany) and even a cultural history of Lazarus (in art, books, movies, songs and poetry). My prayer is that this book will help you see how God is calling you to come forth into new life...

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James Martin, SJ

@JamesMartinSJ

Sep 13

@americamag

When people ask what to read first by John O'Malley, SJ, who died this week at 95, it's hard to answer! Usually I point to his superb books "The First Jesuits" and "What Happened at Vatican II."

But there are many great articles at @americamag as well! Here are three: