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Christian Hope

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“To Christians, the future does have a name, and its name is Hope. Feeling hopeful does not mean to be optimistically naïve and ignore the tragedy humanity is facing. Hope is the virtue of a heart that doesn’t lock itself into darkness, that doesn’t dwell on the past, does not simply get by in the present, but is able to see a tomorrow.”  Pope Francis

    No matter how dark and nasty the storm clouds are in your life, try to see the sun breaking through, offering hope for a better day ahead!

God bless,

Fr. Michael Sliney, LC

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Joy

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“Joy is one of the best safeguards against temptation. The devil is a carrier of dust and dirt; he uses every chance to throw what he has at us. A joyful heart knows how to protect herself from such dirt. Jesus can take full possession of our soul only if it surrenders itself joyfully.” –St. Teresa of Calcutta

     Simply embrace God’s plan with love and joy will come…try it!!

God bless,

Fr. Michael Sliney, LC

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Focus on Christ

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“Occupy your minds with good thoughts, or the enemy will fill them with bad ones. Unoccupied, they cannot be.” St. Thomas More

    As long as our focus stays on Christ and on his loving plan, all will be well.  Thoughts of discouragement, despair, negativity…cannot come from God and they need to be peacefully fought.

God bless,

Fr. Michael Sliney, LC

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Worrying too much

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“Drag your thoughts away from your troubles – by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it.” Mark Twain

     You can either focus on the storms or on the sunshine in your life…I find a spirit of gratitude and remembering all of my blessings to be so helpful during the more difficult days.

God bless,

Fr. Michael Sliney, LC

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Controlling anger

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“Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.” Mark Twain

   Anger is a rational response to an injustice…you cannot not “feel” it.  But the question is, how long does it take for your Christian response of compassion and eventually forgiveness to kick in?

God bless,

Fr. Michael Sliney, LC

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Real friendships

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“When we think of friends, and call their faces out of the shadows, and their voices out of the echoes that faint along the corridors of memory, and do it without knowing why save that we love to do it, we content ourselves that that friendship is a Reality, and not a Fancy–that it is builded upon a rock, and not upon the sands that dissolve away with the ebbing tides and carry their monuments with them.”  Mark Twain

     How many “real” friends do you have? Is Christ your BEST friend?

God bless,

Fr. Michael Sliney, LC

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