Every display of love that we receive should transfix us with awe and inspire a response of the deepest generosity.
Michael Simone, S.J.
Michael R. Simone, S.J., is contributing editor at America and pastor of Gesù Parish in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Whom Do You Serve?
These other sovereigns can confer social status but not community, power but not trust, wealth but not fulfillment, pleasure but not joy.
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Truth to Power
Today’s parable challenges anyone today with a position of leadership in the church.
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Clothing Ourselves in Love
The Gospel passage this week finds Jesus still in the Temple, warning the chief priests and elders that their time is running out.
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Where Is God at Work?
Matthew recognized God at work when John drew in sinners and Jesus attracted Gentiles.
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The Rewards of the Harvest
‘You too go into my vineyard, and I will give you what is just.’ (Mt 20:4)
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Forgive and Be Forgiven
We who trust in God’s grace will discover no limits to our own mercy.
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The Power of the Church at Work
God is at work enabling the church to reconcile the estranged, to restore ties of affection among people and to pray for the realization of God’s dreams.
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Authentic Vision
A friend of mine received a set of virtual reality goggles last Christmas and invited me over to try them out. I was not expecting much. When I first tried VR a few years ago, I found the technology clunky and expensive, and the images were about as “real” as scenes from my 1999 version […]
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Take Lord, Receive
When we try to control our life story, we actually lose our freedom.