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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.


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My Life With The Saints James Martin SJ 9780867169539 Books Reviews

James Martin shows not only his humanity but the humanity of several beloved saints with whom he has become acquainted. His writing is witty and down to earth, bringing us into the lives of saints about whom we have all heard.

Drawing on his own life experiences, Fr. Martin also gives us brief biographies of each saint, from Terese of Lisieux to Mother Teresa to Dorothy Day.

This mini-biography/autobiography is a wonderful companion, showing us how our favorite saints are people just like us, helping to change the world for the better.
I feel a little bad giving it 3 stars but 4 seems too high. Curse you , 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.
Ok
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.
This book was so well written that I also ordered one, as a gift, for one of my sister.
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?
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.