Fr. Michael Sliney, LC
“When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.” —Franklin D. Roosevelt
Sometimes, life just gets too tough and we simply cannot manage..in those moments, look up to Jesus and cry from the heart, “Lord, please help me!”
“Don’t let your happiness depend on something you may lose.” — C.S. Lewis
Christ is the one friend who will never leave us, both now and into eternity…make Him the center and the foundation of your life!
“Dwell in possibility.” —Emily Dickinson. With God, there is always hope, there is always light coming into the darkness….put on your spiritual sunglasses and allow the Holy Spirit to inspire you!
“Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.” — Oscar Wilde
Instead of focusing on all the negative, ask yourself and God the good that he wants to bring out of this for you personally.
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
—Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
St Teresa of Calcutta
“Jesus possesses my heart, and being in possession of Jesus I find that I can smile, even in the midst of so many tears. I feel, yes, I feel that I am happy even in the midst of so many sufferings.” St. Gemma Galgani
“Accepting oneself does not preclude an attempt to become better.” Flannery O’Connor
“I can, with one eye squinted, take it all as a blessing.” Flannery O’Connor. Sometimes our heaviest crosses can be our greatest blessings…if we see them with the eyes of Faith.
