Fr. Michael Sliney, LC
Are you simply “too busy” to stop?
To notice when someone needs a smile?
Accompany friends in their trials?
Converse face to face instead of dial?
Sacrifice; going the extra mile?
To compliment the other’s style?
To just “hang out” for a little while?
Building bridges to a remote isle?
Make space to observe hidden tear drops!
Please slow down your active, spinning top,
Listen…when Jesus wants you to stop!
Drawbridges connecting,
Jesus intersecting.
One side unsuspecting,
The other electing.
God’s Spirit directing,
Too many objecting,
Thick traffic’s collecting!
Say yes! Start affecting!
God bless,
Fr. Michael Sliney, LC
Running ragged…restlessness,
Busy bodies…breathlessness!
Stifling silent solitude?
Smothering solicitude?
Sullen, sad, sulky, subdued?
Jesus, just Jesus= Just joy!
Reset, renew, redeploy!
Thy Kingdom Come!
Dear Friends, in Christ,
“Do not doubt, do not hesitate, never despair of the mercy of God. Hope and have confidence in confession.” – St. Isidore of Seville
The other day, a woman told me that she struggled going to Confession because it was hard for her to confess her sins to another human being. Try to remember that the priest is merely an instrument through whom your sins are forgiven, as Christ himself told the Apostles; “Those whose sins you forgive are forgiven”, John 20:23. Allow God’s merciful love to touch you through this powerful Sacrament!