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“God leads every soul by a separate path.” St. John of the Cross
Focus on what God wants from you, this is what matters…God has different plans for everyone else.
God bless,
Fr. Michael Sliney, LC
Inspirational thoughts
Catholic Charities
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InspireYouVideo: Taking time to reflect
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3ogxhALDno
“Calcuttas are everywhere if only we have eyes to see. Find your Calcutta.” St. Mother Teresa
Please Google, “Catholic Charities” for your local Diocese, and you will find a plethora of opportunities to give back to your local community. No need to go to Haiti or Africa, there are plenty of serious needs in your own back yard!
God bless,
Fr. Michael Sliney, LC
Sounds of silence
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Please see my latest article in LifeZette on the need for silence: https://www.lifezette.com/faithzette/our-culture-cant-stand-sounds-silence/
Giving into temptation
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“A silly idea is current that good people do not know what temptation means. This is an obvious lie. Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is… A man who gives in to temptation after five minutes simply does not know what it would have been like an hour later. That is why bad people, in one sense, know very little about badness. They have lived a sheltered life by always giving in.”
― C.S. Lewis
God bless,
Fr. Michael Sliney, LC
Deep roots
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“Deep roots are not reached by the frost.” J.R.R. Tolkien
How deep is your love for Christ? Is there anything that you would not do out of love for him?
God bless,
Fr. Michael Sliney, LC
Guardian Angels- LifeZette
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Please see my latest LifeZette article on Guardian Angels: http://www.lifezette.com/faithzette/guardian-angel-saved-me-again-again/
Pride
Thy Kingdom Come!
Dear Friends in Christ,
“For pride is spiritual cancer: it eats up the very possibility of love, or contentment, or even common sense.” C.S. Lewis
Listen to others, respect others, and don’t impose your opinion as the only and best option. It is possible that the other person’s idea might actually be better and if not, charity is often more important than “winning” or proving you were right.
St. Therese
Thy Kingdom Come!
Dear Friends in Christ,
“There have been many saints who have gone before to guide us, but I like the ones who are simple, like St. Theresa of Lisieux, the Little Flower of Jesus. I chose her as my namesake because she did ordinary things with extraordinary love.” St. Mother Teresa
I have a picture of this holy card of St. Theresa on my desk. Simple innocence, purity, joy, true charity and surrender to God…what a gift for all of us!
God bless,
Fr. Michael Sliney, LC
Visiting Jesus
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“There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You certainly usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.” J.R.R. Tolkien
Anytime you walk into a Catholic Church, you are walking directly into the presence of Jesus Christ, body and soul, humanity and divinity. Regardless of how you feel or what you seem to experience, you will always walk out with grace, which will give you the wisdom to know what God wants and the strength to consistently go there.
God bless,
Fr. Michael Sliney, LC
It doesn’t end here!
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“End? No, it doesn’t end here. Death is just another path, one which we must all take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all change to silver glass… And then you see it… White shores, and beyond, a far green country, under a swift sunrise.” J.R.R. Tolkien
Every so often, I find it very therapeutic to stroll around a cemetery, reflecting on this all important fact of my immortality and the possibility of eternal life with God in heaven.
God bless,
Fr. Michael Sliney, LC