“One word or a pleasing smile is often enough to raise up a saddened and wounded soul.” St. Therese of Lisieux
Forming your conscience
Please see my latest Lifezette piece on forming your conscience: https://www.lifezette.com/2018/11/why-the-gift-of-conscience-is-a-guiding-light/
God bless,
Fr. Michael Sliney, LC
Closeness to Christ
“If you want to get warm you must stand near the fire: if you want to be wet you must get into the water. If you want joy, power, peace, eternal life, you must get close to, or even into, the thing that has them.” G.K. Chesterton
Get close to Christ’s Sacred Heart, that burning fire of love…and you will feel the change from within!
God bless,
Fr. Michael Sliney, LC
Ask-a-Priest: Why spiritual direction?
All Soul’s Day
Healthy dialogue
“The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.” C.S. Lewis
Do you try to understand the other’s person’s perspective or do you mentally shut down and simply endure their verbiage, until you can make your point?
God bless,
Fr. Michael Sliney, LC
Ask-a-Priest: How to avoid daily sin?
Annual appeal…please help!!
Thy Kingdom Come!
Dear Friends in Christ,
It has been a real pleasure to serve all of you through my daily videos, reflections and LifeZette articles. Your supportive comments and emails are very encouraging, and I am glad that this simple service has been useful to you and your families.
Once again, I would like to make my annual request for help. I know that many of you have already been extremely generous in showing your financial support both in DC and NY, so for those who have already given, thank you!! With 14 priests, seminarians, and mission corps young men currently living in our house in DC and 10 priests living in our house in NY, we have a combined annual budget of over $300,000 and hope to send an additional $30,000 to our seminary in Cheshire, Ct. to support their needs as well. All donations will be divided between NY and DC. Please consider being an ANGEL FOR A DAY, whose support will be felt all year by many, by using the link below to make a tax deductible donation*:
https://secure.acceptiva.com/?cst=dd1bc1
Any support that you can give would be deeply appreciated, and I am, as always, very grateful for your generosity. Be assured of my prayers for you and your families!
Seraphim: $5000 (or more!)
Cherubim: $2500
Archangel: $1000
Celestial Choir: $500
Guardian Angel: $250
St. Michael: $100
St. Gabriel: $10 or more
*(We are a 501 c-3 organization so all donations are fully tax deductible).
Or feel free to mail your donation to the following address:
“LC Pastoral Services”
10211 Norton Road
Potomac, Md. 20854
Attn. Fr. Michael Sliney, LC
All Saints Day
“And the more I considered Christianity, the more I found that while it had established a rule and order, the chief aim of of that order was to give room for good things to run wild.” C.S. Lewis
The main focus of all the Saints was not so much to avoid sin, as to evangelize others through their lives of extreme virtue and self-giving!
God bless,
Fr. Michael Sliney, LC