I was introduced to James Martin, SJ when interviewed by Krista Tippett on her wonderful source of light, On Being. “Finding God in All Things” was the tile and during the interview, Martin detailed his calling, “while watching TV,” to the Jesuit priesthood. He was moved by Thomas Merton – a voice of light – and Merton’s journey of coming to God and ultimately vocation.
He is assured that God meets everyone where they are. He builds up the potential in all of us to be holy, and not in the ridge, technical, ‘religious,’ one-way only holy, but the possibility of holy that exists in our everyday lives and our everyday callings.
“The primary difficulty in grasping the universal call to holiness is that many people feel that they have to be something else or someone else in order to be holy. A generous young mother who spends most of her waking moments caring for her children, for example, may say to herself, sadly, ‘I’ll never be like Mother Teresa.’ “
He is humble in his discernment of scripture and the church and his ease finds its way to us in a religion that is joyful and accessible to all. Martin encourages us to joyfully explore our individual relationship with God. To get a taste, read his Twitter, it may open your senses and light all the ways that God finds us.
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