Words of wisdom
Be courteous to all but intimate with few; and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. George Washington
Vow of obedience
St. John Paul II
“We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.” – St. Teresa of Avila
His mother, only brother and father died before he was 21, he lost several friends during WWII and worked in a rock mine, studying clandestinely for the priesthood, he faced down communism as a Bishop and Pope, suffered cancer and parkinson’s, and this list could go on and on…and yes, he loved Christ with an intense and real passion!
Vow of obedience
Dealing with others
“The worldly man treats certain people kindly because he ‘likes’ them: the Christian, trying to treat every one kindly, finds him liking more and more people as he goes on – including people he could not even have imagined himself liking at the beginning.” G.K. Chesterton
Vow of Poverty
Perfectly…imperfect
“This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.” -St. Augustine
“Humility is truth.” (St. Teresa of Avila). We all have our qualities and virtues as well as our imperfections….to define ourselves exclusively by either one is not healthy! God bless,Fr. Michael Sliney, LC
Religious life
Continually get back up!
“We need not despair even in our worst, for our failures are forgiven. The only fatal thing is to sit down content with anything less than perfection.” G.K Chesterton
God’s biggest concern is not how often we fail or fall, but how quickly we get back up!
