Mary Karr: ‘a black belt sinner’ loved by God

“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:

• How her son and a humble parish priest impacted her conversion to the Catholic faith

• 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

• Her encounters of extraordinary grace at Mass, on the subway, and in ordinary life.

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Link to Fr. Jim’s book, “The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life” 

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