Michael Sliney

Above all, don’t lie to yourself.

– Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.” St. Mother Teresa

“He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness. Live, then, and be happy, beloved children of my heart, and never forget, that until the day God will deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is contained in these two words, ‘Wait and Hope.'”
—Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

A “virgin” birth that Our Blessed Mother had to explain to Joseph, a difficult donkey ride from Nazareth to Bethlehem only to discover there was no room at the Inn, settling for a cave with a few animals and patiently waiting for the birth of Jesus…so much hidden pain, yet so much intense joy! Advent is all about waiting and hoping…