Voices
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Michael R. Simone, S.J., is contributing editor at America and pastor of Gesù Parish in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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When nourished with Christ’s own flesh and blood, the life within us can become an unstoppable force that undergoes no appreciable change even with our own death.
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The crowd confused the symbol with the reality
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The task of redemption is Christ’s, not ours. His grace will fulfill the work.
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The feeling Jesus experiences is similar to that of a mother responding to an infant’s hunger or to her child’s cry.
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We recognize unclean spirits today not through the illnesses they cause, but through the minds they enrapture.
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God never intended the world to be a place of anxiety
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We need to act on Jesus’ liberating word if we are to experience our freedom
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The kingdom contains as much mystery as a tiny seed, and its growth is as inexorable as kudzu.
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Those places that might seem to hold no promise may in fact contain the grace that can turn the hearts of many to Christ.
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Christ is stronger than our greatest fears and stronger than anything that holds us bound.