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Fr. Michael Sliney, LC

Michael Sliney

Mother’s mystical mind

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Mother’s mystical mind,

Remarkably refined,

Amazingly aligned,

Delightfully designed,

Usually unfeigned,

Quagmires?  Quarantined!!

“Situations”?  Streamlined!!

Simply…one of a kind!!!

Special experience

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Thy Kingdom Come!

Dear Friends in Christ,

“If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.”  CS Lewis

    During one of my home visits, I asked my mom if she ever had an experience of God in prayer.  She said, “Yes, Michael.  Once I was praying in the chapel in front of the tabernacle and I felt a warm peace and joy come into my heart.  It is hard for me to explain but it was like being in heaven.  I have never been happier and this was a moment that I will never forget…”

Priestly celibacy

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Thy Kingdom Come!

Dear Friends in Christ,

     “People in the world think that the vow of chastity makes us inhuman, makes us become like stones, without feelings.  Each one of us can tell them it is not true.  It is the vow of chastity that gives us freedom to love everybody instead of simply becoming a mother to three of four children.  A married woman can love but one man; we can love the whole world in God.”  Blessed Mother Teresa

    Several years ago, I was interviewed by ABC news on the issues of priestly celibacy, and I was glad to have been given this opportunity to defend this beautiful religious vow.  I couldn’t agree more with Blessed Mother Teresa’s statement above.  It certainly is a sacrifice to be celibate, but it also allows us to love more people in an “undivided”, pure and holy way.  My heart belongs to Christ, and “in Christ, I am to love the whole world in God.”