Inspirational thoughts

“I wanted to tell her that being loved is a talent too, that it takes as much guts and as much work as loving; that some people, for whatever reason, never learn the knack”  Tana French

Dear Friends, in Christ,

Next Monday, Fr. Daniel Pajerski and I will be running the Boston Marathon together.  I will be offering up this run for more priestly vocations and we would like to ask you to support us by donating to Our Lady of Bethesda Retreat Center: https://olb.churchcenter.com/giving/to/fr-daniel-s-2024-boston-marathon-run

Link with Fr. Daniel and I on a training run together:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BqZQzudHW8&t=21s

*My email service will continue next Wednesday, April 17th.  Thank you in advance for your support!

God bless you,
Fr. Michael Sliney, LC

“Endeavor not to cause others to suffer and you yourself try to endure the little annoyances which are unavoidable in the necessary relations with others.” Mother Theodore Guerin (1798-1856)

“Prayer immediately turns us into something greater than ourselves.”
— Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan

“…with the burning desire that the message of God’s merciful love proclaimed by St. Faustina may be made known to all the peoples of the earth and fill their hearts with hope. May this message radiate from this place to our beloved homeland and throughout the world… In the mercy of God the world will find peace and mankind will find happiness.” St. John Paul II

“For in giving themselves to others each day, women fulfill their deepest vocation.  Perhaps more than men, women acknowledge the person, because they see persons with their hearts.  They see them independently  of various ideological or political systems.  They see others in their greatness and limitations; they try to go out to them and help them.”  St. John Paul II

“I can’t stand it to think my life is going so fast and I’m not really living it.” ― Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises

“Forgiveness condones nothing, but it does cast off the chains of anger, judgment, resentment, denial, and pain that choke growth.” Michele Harper’s The Beauty in Breaking

“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places.” — Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms