Father Michael Blog

“Life itself is a haphazard, untidy, messy affair.”  Dorothy Day
   Count your blessings, and don’t allow the daily crosses to bring you down…embrace them as golden opportunities from God to grow!

“Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.” ―William Wordsworth
    A spoken word from the heart penetrates so deeply and so beautifully…tell your spouse and your children how much you love them, sincerely and often!

“Fall seven times, stand up eight.”
– Japanese Proverb

“Believe that He loves you. He wants to help you Himself in the struggles which you must undergo. Believe in His Love, in His exceeding love.” St. Elizabeth of the Trinity

“When we are no longer able to change a situation- we are challenged to change ourselves.” Viktor Frankl

“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” Henry David Thoureau

    No matter how dark or difficult the situation, I encourage all of you to put on your glasses of faith and look for that glimmer of hope!  The cross will be there, but so will Jesus, guiding us into the light….

Holy Week Is Here: What Christians and All Faithful Need to Know

With my 6 year term in New York as the Lumen chaplain coming to an end, I will be moving back full time to Washington, DC on June 1st to continue my role as the Lumen chaplain for the DC chapter. I will certainly miss my priestly community and the wonderful Regnum Christi and Lumen family here in the Tri-state, but I know my “family” is still the same, I’m just moving to a different location. The streets of NYC will no longer be my “background” but my daily videos and inspirational notes (and occasional poems and LifeZette articles) will continue. Thank you for your prayers and support during this past year of transition!
God bless, Fr. Michael Sliney, LC