Michael Sliney

Thy Kingdom Come!

Dear Friends, in Christ,

     “To write well and speak well is mere vanity if one does not live well.” St. Bridget of Sweden

   Since I have had the privilege of being on television and radio programs, younger seminarians have asked me the secret to being a good public speaker.  My answer is: “Be holy, live your convictions, do it all for God’s glory, and this will naturally come out in your presentation.”  (I need to remind myself of this often!!)

God bless,

Fr. Michael Sliney, LC

Thy Kingdom Come!

Dear Friends, in Christ,

     “We must lay before him what is in us, not what ought to be in us.” C.S. Lewis

   Sometimes our prayer demands total sincerity and honesty with God concerning our weaknesses and deficiencies.  It is from this place of sincerity that God can answer our petition for help…

God bless,

Fr. Michael Sliney, LC

Thy Kingdom Come!

Dear Friends, in Christ,

     “But let me ask you: Do you listen to your grandparents? Do you open your hearts to the memories that your grandparents pass on? Grandparents are like the wisdom of the family, they are the wisdom of a people.” Pope Francis

     I learned so much from my Grandmother about love, life and the Catholic Faith.  She attended daily Mass, she had a deep love for Jesus, and her words on Thanksgiving day of my Sophomore year at Michigan State still ring in my ears.  My older brother Tom had just announced that he was getting engaged, and granny leaned over and said, “Michael, you will never make that announcement.  You will be a priest!” Thanks Granny, for being so close and for being so holy!

God bless,

Fr. Michael Sliney, LC

Thy Kingdom Come!

Dear Friends, in Christ,

     “Consult not your fears but your hopes and dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what is still possible for you to do.” Blessed John XXIII

    Even the best golf professionals miss short putts and occasionally they have really bad holes…but they leave it behind them and focus on their next shot.  There is always time to recover!

God bless,

Fr. Michael Sliney, LC