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“We become what we love and who we love shapes what we become.” St. Clare of Assisi
Make time to discover Christ in Scripture and in his real presence in the Eucharist…you can’t love him if you don’t know him!
God bless,
Fr. Michael Sliney, LC
Inspirational thoughts
Are you in this boat with Jesus?
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“The Holy Spirit is our wind, and hope is our sail.” Pope Francis
Are you in THIS boat with Jesus?
God bless,
Fr. Michael Sliney, LC
Joy
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“Joy is one of the best safeguards against temptation. The devil is a carrier of dust and dirt; he uses every chance to throw what he has at us. A joyful heart knows how to protect herself from such dirt. Jesus can take full possession of our soul only if it surrenders itself joyfully.” –St. Teresa of Calcutta
Simply embrace God’s plan with love and joy will come…try it!!
God bless,
Fr. Michael Sliney, LC
Focus on Christ
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“Occupy your minds with good thoughts, or the enemy will fill them with bad ones. Unoccupied, they cannot be.” St. Thomas More
As long as our focus stays on Christ and on his loving plan, all will be well. Thoughts of discouragement, despair, negativity…cannot come from God and they need to be peacefully fought.
God bless,
Fr. Michael Sliney, LC
Intimacy
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“A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other.” Charles Dickens
God bless,
Fr. Michael Sliney, LC
Jesus is in the boat
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“There’s nothing more calming in difficult moments that knowing there’s some one fighting with you.” St. Mother Teresa
God bless,
Fr. Michael Sliney, LC
Worrying too much
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“Drag your thoughts away from your troubles – by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it.” Mark Twain
You can either focus on the storms or on the sunshine in your life…I find a spirit of gratitude and remembering all of my blessings to be so helpful during the more difficult days.
God bless,
Fr. Michael Sliney, LC
Controlling anger
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“Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.” Mark Twain
Anger is a rational response to an injustice…you cannot not “feel” it. But the question is, how long does it take for your Christian response of compassion and eventually forgiveness to kick in?
God bless,
Fr. Michael Sliney, LC
Real friendships
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“When we think of friends, and call their faces out of the shadows, and their voices out of the echoes that faint along the corridors of memory, and do it without knowing why save that we love to do it, we content ourselves that that friendship is a Reality, and not a Fancy–that it is builded upon a rock, and not upon the sands that dissolve away with the ebbing tides and carry their monuments with them.” Mark Twain
How many “real” friends do you have? Is Christ your BEST friend?
God bless,
Fr. Michael Sliney, LC
The need for Grace
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“Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.” Charles Dickens
With the help of God’s grace through regular prayer and the Sacraments, love and kindness tend to flow easier in one’s life.
God bless,
Fr. Michael Sliney, LC