Michael Sliney

Thy Kingdom Come!

Dear Friends, in Christ,

     “And they need Jesus’ help to walk beside one another in trust, to accept one another each day, and daily to forgive one another. And this is important! To know how to forgive one another in families because we all make mistakes, all of us! Sometimes we do things which are not good and which harm others. It is important to have the courage to ask for forgiveness when we are at fault in the family.” Pope Francis

     As my older brother Tom was teaching me how to play golf, I brought back the club without realizing that he was behind me, and cut open his lip with the face of the club.  When he returned home with 7 stitches, he came up to me with a smile and said, “Don’t worry, Mike.  I know you didn’t mean to do it, and besides, having a scar will make me look tougher.”

God bless,

Fr. Michael Sliney, LC

TKC!

I was asked to give my perspective on the election in this recent Lifezette article

http://www.lifezette.com/momzette/average-americans-score-presidential-debate/

God bless,

Fr. Michael Sliney, LC

Thy Kingdom Come!

Dear Friends, in Christ,

    “Do not have any anxiety about the future. Leave everything in God’s hands for he will take care of you.”  St. John the Baptist de La Salle

    Leave it all in God’s hands.  Everything!

God bless,

Fr. Michael Sliney, LC

Thy Kingdom Come!

Dear Friends, in Christ,

     “The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the devil.” CS Lewis

    I find a lot of men and women really start asking the tough questions as they enter their mid forties.  This can be a time of awakening and strong spiritual growth or a time of retreating back into the pleasures and vices of their early days…we know how each story ends.

God bless,

Fr. Michael Sliney, LC

Thy Kingdom Come!

Dear Friends, in Christ,

     “The way Jesus shows you is not easy. Rather, it is like a path winding up a mountain. Do not lose heart! The steeper the road, the faster it rises towards ever wider horizons.” St. John Paul II

    The higher you climb, the better the view.  Do not lose heart!

God bless,

Fr. Michael Sliney, LC

Thy Kingdom Come!

Dear Friends, in Christ,

     “Virtue-even attempted virtue-brings light; indulgence brings fog.”  CS Lewis

    Most people do not ask if you “won” your marathon race…they start with, “did you finish” and then perhaps ask your time.  God wants us to at least “put on our running shoes” and try to be virtuous each day…the results are less important than getting back up again and again and again.

God bless,

Fr. Michael Sliney, LC