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

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

How do you face suffering with faith?

Sep 22, 2026 · 1h 10m

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How do you maintain a friendship with God when life gets hard? What do you do when, in your mid-fifties and at the height of your career, you are diagnosed with an aggressive and incurable brain cancer? That’s the question that confronted Ann Garrido, our guest on, “The Spiritual Life with Fr. James Martin, S.J.” podcast. Ann is an associate professor of homiletics at Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis Missouri, where she also founded the school’s master’s program in the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd. She has written several award-winning books including Redeeming Administration, Redeeming Conflict, and Redeeming Power. Together, Fr. Jim and Ann discuss: How to reflect on human…