Fr. Michael Sliney, LC
“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
We all suffer…the question is, do you embrace it out of love for Jesus with a spirit of trust and Faith? And do you lean into Christ with “daily” prayer to gain the necessary graces for this to happen?
“Obedience, fasting, and prayer are laughed at, yet only through them lies the way to real true freedom. I cut off my superfluous and unnecessary desires, I subdue my proud and wanton will and chastise it with obedience, and with God’s help I attain freedom of spirit and with it spiritual joy.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
Obedience to God’s plan, fasting your pride, vanity and laziness, and dedicating serious time to prayer= deep joy and peace. God notices and blesses this effort to imitate his son!
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
There is no better ideal, no greater desire…than following in the footsteps of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ!
“You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
“There’s nothing more calming in difficult moments that knowing there’s some one fighting with you.” St. Mother Teresa
“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.” Ernest Hemingway
“Compassion is the chief law of human existence.” Fyodor Dostoevsky
“As love grows in you, beauty grows, too. For love is the beauty of the soul.” St. Augustine
It seems that as they saints grow in age, they also glow a little brighter in beauty!
“Great are the joys in marriage, as there is the lifting of progressive veils, until one is brought into the blazing lights of the Presence of God.” Venerable Fulton Sheen
