Fr. Michael Sliney, LC
TKC!
“Be who you are and be that well.” St. Francis de Sales
There is a risk in thinking; “This is the way, I am, so deal with it.” But we need to ask Christ, “Please help me see who you want me to be, and give me the graces I need to go there!”
God bless,
Fr. Michael Sliney, LC
TKC!
“Do not look forward to what might happen tomorrow; the same Everlasting Father Who cares for you today will take care of you tomorrow and every day. Either He will shield you from suffering or He will give you unfailing strength to bear it. Be at peace, then, and put aside all anxious thoughts and imaginations.” -St. Francis de Sales
God bless,
Fr. Michael Sliney, LC
TKC!
If you really want to love Jesus, first learn to suffer, because suffering teaches you to love. –St. Gemma Galgani
Selfless people who love Jesus, may suffer but they suffer with a smile and definitely radiate enthusiasm…even the word enthusiasm means “In God”
God bless,
Fr. Michael Sliney, LC
TKC!
“Suffering borne in the will quietly and patiently is a continual, very powerful prayer before God.” -St. Jane Frances de Chantal
The smile coming from a tired and broken heart can often be the most radiant and beautiful smile…this has been my experience with some of the souls that I have directed over the years.
God bless,
Fr. Michael Sliney, LC
TKC!
“When we have to reply to anyone who has insulted us, we should be careful to do it always with gentleness. A soft answer extinguishes the fire of wrath.” -St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori
Kindness, kindness, always kindness…no matter who the person or what the circumstances. Allow Jesus to love that person through you!
God bless,
Fr. Michael Sliney, LC
TKC!
“Hypocrisy in anything whatever may deceive the cleverest and most penetrating man, but the least wide-awake of children recognizes it, and is revolted by it, however ingeniously it may be disguised.” Leo Tolstoy
God bless,
Fr. Michael Sliney, LC
TKC!
“Joy can be real only if people look on their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness.” Leo Tolstoy
Happiness is fleeting and tends to be more on the surface…joy/peace is deeper and more lasting, the fruit of a life of prayer, hard fought virtue, and a selfless disposition.
God bless,
Fr. Michael Sliney, LC
TKC!
“If, then, I were asked for the most important advice I could give, that which I considered to be the most useful to the men of our century, I should simply say: in the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.” – Leo Tolstoy
Noticing a beautiful sunrise or sunset, looking up at the stars at night….so important to take stock of the beauty and majesty of God’s creative work and to remind ourselves of His existence.
God bless,
Fr. Michael Sliney, LC
TKC!
Please see my latest LifeZette article on tomorrow’s feast of the Epiphany: https://www.lifezette.com/faithzette/three-reasons-epiphany-matters-christians/
God bless,
Fr. Michael Sliney, LC
TKC!
“Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow- that is patience.” Leo Tolstoy
Beautiful gardens do not just “appear” on the scene. Beautiful souls are the fruit of a lot of patient endurance in virtue with constant prayer watering the garden…hard, slow and steady, all out of love for God!
God bless,
Fr. Michael Sliney, LC