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Michael R. Simone, S.J., is contributing editor at America and associate pastor of Old St. Patrick's Church in Chicago, Illinois.
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We who trust in God’s grace will discover no limits to our own mercy.
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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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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 of the game Halo.
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When we try to control our life story, we actually lose our freedom.
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In the spiritual life, insight is the result of faith, not its cause.
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The Canaanite woman’s stubborn prayer is a genuine example of the faith of Israel.
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Matthew took an account that affirmed Jesus’ divinity and crafted it into a lesson on the power of faith.
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The story of the transfiguration is a story about faith and the insights faith confers.
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God’s kingdom is worth the wait, worth the labor and worth the sacrifice.
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Jesus knew the same risks we would face, and still taught us to “grow together.”