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Before you know it you're swept under his writerly wing, and riding along on his mystery tour of saints he wants you to know — and befriend. And through some transitive literary property, it works. (Barbara Mahany Chicago Tribune)It isn’t often that a new and noteworthy book comes along in this genre, but we have reason to celebrate My Life with the Saints. It is earmarked for longevity. It will endure as an important and uncommon contribution to religious writing.   (Doris Donnelly America)In a volume that is part spiritual memoir, part inspirational guide, Martin, a Jesuit priest and associate editor at America, applies the teachings of great saints to everyday life. Martin is interested in holding up the saints not as paragons but as exemplars of holy struggle. All the saints, he writes, struggled in one way or another. . . . Martin’s final word for us is as Jungian as it is Catholic: God does not want us to be like Mother Teresa or Dorothy Day. God wants us to be most fully ourselves.   (The Washington Post Book World) Martin takes a splendid idea and develops it masterfully by weaving stories from his life into those of his favorite saints. Martin’s animated style and wide-ranging experiences will make this a book readers of diverse backgrounds will enjoy.   (Publishers Weekly)The saints are given to us as patrons and companions. James Martin tells us how they have been resources for him in every time of need. In delightful prose he recounts incidents, both perilous and funny, that have prompted him to turn to the saints, and in doing so shows us a new way of living out a devotion that is as old and universal as the church.   (Avery Cardinal Dulles, SJ)This wonderfully written volume interweaves the spiritual pilgrimage of a young Jesuit and his discovery of the saints of the Catholic tradition. Readers of this book will receive both the abundant gift of good writing and the more abundant grace that flows from the witness of the saints. Enthusiastically recommended.   (Lawrence S. Cunningham)The saints’ stories and their relevance to Martin’s own spiritual journey form the spine of this remarkably engaging book. A mix of history, memoir, social commentary, and spiritual exercise, My Life with the Saints reveals the familiar and not familiar stories of a handful of holy people.   (U.S. Catholic)In a cross between Holden Caulfield and Thomas Merton, James Martin has written one of the best spiritual memoirs in years. With help from the saints who have inspired and guided his way, he recounts a journey that is as entertaining as it is profound.   (Robert Ellsberg)

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About the Author

JAMES MARTIN, SJ, is associate editor of America magazine. A prolific author, writer, and editor, his books include My Life with the Saints, A Jesuit Off-Broadway,Searching for God at Ground Zero, and In Good Company. He is the editor of Awake My Soul and Celebrating Good Liturgy. His articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Tablet, and Commonweal. Fr. Martin resides in New York City.

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Product details

Paperback: 432 pages

Publisher: Loyola Press; 10th Anniversary edition (September 1, 2016)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 9780829444520

ISBN-13: 978-0829444520

ASIN: 0829444521

Product Dimensions:

6.5 x 1 x 9.5 inches

Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review:

4.7 out of 5 stars

405 customer reviews

Amazon Best Sellers Rank:

#30,468 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

What is there not to like about the writing of James Martin? His style is of such a personal level I feel as though we were chatting at a neighborhood cafe, or should I say the local bar while turning the pages of his book. Martin makes it clear that we all have the potential of being saints through our saintly actions. Saints just perform more than the multitudes that admire them. He includes some who have not been canonized: Thomas Merton, Dorothy Day and Pedro Arrupe (a Jesuit). His portrayal of saints and saintly people is all inclusive and he reveals the blemishes as much as the favorable attributes. As always with Martin, he supplies a sufficient amount of humor to make his My Life with the Saints pleasantly readable and nourishingly digestible.All these good comments and only four stars, not five stars! He left out someone who should have been a strong influence in his life while serving as a missionary in Kenya - Annalena Tonelli. Annalena's humanitarian mission of tending to refugees in Kenya from 1969 - 1985 and ended when she exposed to BBC the genocide of nomads. She was expelled from Kenya and continued to "walk in the footsteps of Jesus" while in Somalia. Her life ended as a martyr when she was assassinated by Somalian extremists in 2003. Sadly, there are no biographies of Annalena in English, only Italian (Io Sono Nessuno). Martin could have helped fill this void and missed a great opportunity to do so.

MY LIFE WITH THE SAINTS is a deeply reflective and often moving treatment of several Catholic saints, some ancient, some modern, some declared, some yet-to-be, some contemplative, some active. Their stories are told in the context of a young priest's encounter with them in his formation as a Jesuit.James Martin, S.J. paints short vignettes of the lives of the saints as he meets them along the path of his vocation, from graduating The Wharton School of Business to serving as a new priest. Martin's story is not that of a pious Catholic school graduate who was always steeped in traditional Catholic culture. Neither is he a particular rebel or outcast who's come back into the fold. Martin is, rather, a kind of ordinary American guy who turns out to have had a vocation to the priesthood. What's more, as shown in this book, he has a true gift as a spiritual writer.I once had a spiritual director who referred to everyone as "saints"; from the perspective of "holiness," I know I sure didn't feel like one, even less, perhaps, these many years later. Most of my acquaintances, then and now, joke about *not* being "saints," that they are too fond of nightlife and generally having a good time to be regarded like someone they think of as pious and self-abnegating. Indeed, Ambrose Bierce described a saint as "A dead sinner revised and edited." He continued (THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY), "The Duchess of Orleans relates that the irreverent old calumniator, Marshall Villeroi, who in his youth had known St. Francis de Sales, said, on hearing him called saint: `I am delighted to hear that Monsieur de Sales is a saint. He was fond of saying indelicate things, and used to cheat at cards. In other respects he was a perfect gentleman, though a fool.'"Martin's book shows one instance after another that though some saints and other formally undeclared holy men and women were known for their asceticism, others embraced food and laughter. What ties them all together (well, with one exception--Saint Mary) is that they were all sinners, some spectacularly so. But in striving to be Christian in the deepest sense of that term--to dedicate themselves to serving and loving their fellow human beings and thus giving expression to their love and service of God--they were also, as my spiritual director was indicating, saints. Thomas Merton's good friend once told him (quoted by Martin, p. 384), "All that is necessary to be a saint is to want to be one. Don't you believe God will make you what He created you to be, if you consent to let him do it?"Much more than autobiography and hagiography, MY LIFE WITH THE SAINTS inspires the reader to think in a new way about what it means to aspire to holiness. Martin does this by personalizing the saints, what they meant to him and why at various stages in his life. Though this comes from a man whose choice in life is a radical departure from the strongly materialistic society in which he lives, Martin's story is a humble one, able to draw and be meaningful to a wide readership. (If it helps vocations to the Society of Jesus, though, well good for him, too.) The saints Martin describes are made alive in these pages. You come to like them, and to want to ask for the grace to emulate them in their best qualities as saints. How could a Catholic writer hope to accomplish more?

This is one of the best books I've read in a while. Martin describes the lives of the saints in an exciting and vibrant way along with detailing his life in the process. This is definitely a recommended read for anyone who wants to learn more about the saints. It's a very easy read, which makes it even better for someone like myself who is currently just starting to learn more about the saints.

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I feel a little bad giving it 3 stars but 4 seems too high. Curse you Amazon, where are the half stars! I can't really put my finger on it, but I guess I would say that it didn't really grab and hold me. It might be because the things about these Saints that the author found appealing were not the things I would find appealing about them and possibly to the contrary. Which is kind of ironic since we are talking about Saints. Then again, not all of them have been declared Saints and that might have contributed to the problem. Perhaps, the title could have been "My Life with the People I Admire and Who Tend to Lean Left." Something that shouldn't come as a surprise from a Jesuit. Maybe the rating shows more about my place on the path to holiness.

I really enjoyed the stories and writing style of James Martin. This is a great introduction to some amazing saints. It made me research more.

I've been a fan of Fr. Martin for a while. He has a knack for writing about spirituality and the Catholic faith in a way that is simple, relatable, and honest. And lets not forget funny. Humor is something that is often so desperately missing in religious writings. So I was not surprised that I really liked this book since those qualities are alive and well. Martin has chosen a nice long list of saints (some of them lesser known, which I love) who have impacted his life one way or another. As Martin describes his connection with these saints, he describes people who were holy, yes, but still PEOPLE. They made mistakes, had their own struggles and weakness and dislikes and small victories. And their lives were funny. For me, that makes them way more inspiring because I can relate to their issues. I'm sure Martin did this intentionally to remind us that we are not alone, and we are not meant to be perfect little Catholic drones. Life is hard and messy and beautiful and funny, often all at the same time, whether you're a saint or one still in the making.

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