The Spiritual Life with Fr. James Martin, S.J.

So grateful for this podcast! One God and so many ways of honouring this God and living spiritually! Or if not believing in a greater being then living with the idea of love for all! Thank you 🙏

A wide variety of guests and topics are presented which can enrich a listener’s spiritual life and knowledge. It is very good. I am still listening to the podcasts from 2025. One common thread that does arise is the theme of “peaks and valleys” in people’s spiritual journeys. I realize it isn’t Fr James’ goal to provide spiritual direction to the guest, but maybe for the sake of the listeners, a bit of guidance would be helpful. We all have peaks and valleys, but some guests seem to think that when they don’t have a peak, it’s all valley. I think we have experiences of peaks and valleys, but mostly travel our general faith journey, neither high or low. It is what we make it. We can enrich it by trying to follow the teachings of the Gospel, by choosing careers that allow us to live it out, by volunteering in work that allows it, thru prayer, listening to good podcasts that teach us more about our faith, etc. But our everyday life should never feel like a valley in between the peaks. If it does, that is the time to ask for spiritual direction or assistance. It would be good to have some guidance on that. Thanks.

Prior to listening to the Spiritual Life’s inaugural episode I had only listened to one podcast episode, and that was because my son was a guest on it. I happen to meet someone who told me about this new podcast The Spiritual Life. I decided to listen. I’m glad I did. I’ve listened to every episode so far. I love it and look forward to listening for years to come.