Michael Sliney

“Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.” William Shakespeare

“How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.” William Shakespeare

“I am not bound to please thee with my answer.” William Shakespeare

To acquire a plenary indulgence it is necessary also to fulfill the following three conditions: sacramental Confession, Eucharistic communion, and prayer for the intention of the Holy Father while being detached from sin.

“Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts.” Great Expectations, Charles Dickens