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The Spiritual Life with Fr. James Martin, S.J.
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Today: #83 in Religion & Spirituality on our combined chart.
Today: #88 in Religion & Spirituality, United Kingdom on our combined chart.
Today: #70 in Religion & Spirituality, Canada on our combined chart.
Today: #88 in Religion & Spirituality, Australia on our combined chart.
Today: #157 in Religion & Spirituality, New Zealand on our combined chart.
Today: #82 in Religion & Spirituality, Ireland on our combined chart.
Today: #84 in Religion & Spirituality, Philippines on our combined chart.
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Ranking history · Ireland
Latest daily rankings: Oct 21. New rankings will appear after the next update.
Position on the Religion & Spirituality, Ireland combined chart over the last 7 days. Toggle platforms to compare their positions. Lower rank numbers are better.
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| Date | Combined Rank | Apple Podcasts | Castbox |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21 | #82 | #82 | #66 |
| Oct 20 | #133 | #133 | — |
| Oct 19 | #81 | #81 | #81 |
| Oct 18 | #94 | #95 | #62 |
| Oct 17 | #85 | #86 | #83 |
| Oct 16 | #71 | #71 | #69 |
Latest episodes
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From refugee to Bishop: Michael Pham’s remarkable story of migration, vocation and advocacy
October 20, 2026 · 57 minHow can leaders in the church accompany migrants and refugees? Fr. James Martin, S.J., speaks with Bishop Michael Pham about how his background as a refugee has led him to accompany migrants today. Bishop Pham fled Vietnam in 1980 with…
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Bishop Mariann Budde on preaching the gospel in a political world
October 13, 2026 · 1 hr 4 minHow do we navigate politics in our congregations, our prayers, and our lives of faith? Fr. James Martin, S.J., discusses these questions with Bishop Mariann Budde of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington DC. Bishop Budde became the…
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What role does conscience play in our spiritual lives?
October 6, 2026 · 56 minWhat is moral theology, and where does it fit in our spiritual lives? Fr. James Martin, S.J., asks these questions to James Keenan, a Jesuit priest and one of the world's leading Catholic moral theologians on “The Spiritual Life” podcast…
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What does it mean to have a personal relationship with Jesus?
September 29, 2026 · 1 hr 2 minFr. James Martin, S.J., welcomes Susan Stabile, a spiritual director and retreat leader in the Ignatian tradition onto “The Spiritual Life” podcast. Susan was raised Catholic, but spent twenty years practicing Buddhism (and was ordained a…
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How do you face suffering with faith?
September 22, 2026 · 1 hr 10 minHow 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…
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How Jesuit spirituality changed Andrew Garfield’s life
September 15, 2026 · 59 minIt’s been over ten years since the award-winning actor Andrew Garfield trained as a Jesuit priest with Fr. James Martin, S.J. Well, more accurately, since he trained to play a Jesuit priest in Martin Scorsese's film Silence. And the…
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Music as a doorway to the divine with Matt Maher
September 8, 2026 · 59 min“The Spiritual Life with Fr. James Martin, S.J.” returns for its third season with what is sure to be a crowd favorite: a conversation with the legendary Catholic musician Matt Maher. A nine-time Grammy Award nominee, Maher has written…
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Greg Boyle, S.J. on compassion and kinship
June 30, 2026 · 1 hr 6 minFounder of Homeboy Industries and best-selling spiritual writer, Greg Boyle, S.J., joins James Martin S.J. on the season finale of “The Spiritual Life” podcast. They talk about who inspired Greg to join the Jesuits, where he goes for…
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Hasan Minhaj on Islam, comedy, and the spiritual life
June 23, 2026 · 56 minHasan Minhaj is “down to catch a blessing,” wherever that may be. The Emmy Award-winning comedian joins James Martin, S.J. on “The Spiritual Life” podcast to share his Muslim faith, how laughter helped to save his life, and his hopes for…
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David Brooks on finding faith later in life
June 16, 2026 · 58 minDavid Brooks is known as one of America’s leading public intellectuals, a longtime columnist for The New York Times and now a staff writer at The Atlantic. He joins James Martin, S.J., on “The Spiritual Life” podcast to share how he went…
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A spirituality of family life with Katie Prejean McGrady
June 9, 2026 · 54 minRadio host and author, Katie Prejean McGrady joins host James Martin, S.J., to talk about the religious revival sweeping across America, how youth ministers can share eternal truths without falling prey to black-and-white thinking, and a…
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Robert George on how to disagree and remain spiritually grounded
June 2, 2026 · 57 minThe American legal scholar and public intellectual, Professor Robert George, joins host James Martin, S.J., on “The Spiritual Life” podcast to talk about the practice of dialogue in the church and society, as well as his own rich faith…
About the show
What is prayer and how can we pray? How do I know if God is responding to my prayers? What does it mean to live a spiritual life? “The Spiritual Life with Fr. James Martin, S.J.,” focuses on how people experience God in their prayer and their daily lives. The show combines practical wisdom with deep reflections from spiritual masters and well-known seekers, all tracing the mystery of God’s activity in their own lives. You can visit the show's webpage at www.americamagazine.org/thespirituallife.