Mary Karr: ‘a black belt sinner’ loved by God
The Spiritual Life with Fr. James Martin, S.J.
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Show Notes
“The Spiritual Life” host James Martin, S.J., talks to Mary Karr, author of New York Times best-selling memoirs The Liars' Club, Cherry, and Lit, as well as the Art of Memoir, and five poetry collections, most recently Tropic of Squalor.
Mary Karr shares:
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How her son and a humble parish priest impacted her conversion to the Catholic faith
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Her experience doing the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius and coming to know both the depths of her own sinfulness and the abiding love of God
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Her encounters of extraordinary grace at Mass, on the subway, and in ordinary life.
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