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Fr. Michael Sliney, LC

What is love?

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Thy Kingdom Come!

Dear Friends, in Christ,

     “To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket – safe, dark, motionless, airless – it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable.” CS Lewis

    Love is risky and almost always involves being hurt, it means a lot of bending and compromising…but it is much better than locking yourself up in yourself.  Give your neediness to God….then you will find it easier to give your unconditional love to others.

God bless,

Fr. Michael Sliney, LC

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Sibling Rivalries

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Thy Kingdom Come!

Dear Friends in Christ,

”We must sometimes bear with little defects in others, as we have, against our will, to bear with natural defects in ourselves. If we wish to keep peace with our neighbor, we should never remind anyone of his natural defects.”  –Saint Philip Neri

       Siblings can be really tough on each other.   A boy once told me, “Fr. Michael, my charity with my sister is going great, I haven’t spoke with her in 1 week, so we have had no problems at all!”  I try to remind them that the home is truly a “training camp” of virtue and that Christ is their invisible brother who sees everything and blesses their efforts to live self control and kindness.  Parents, please give your children this example!!

God bless,

Fr. Michael Sliney, LC

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Divine tapestries

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God gently guiding…”Providence” controlled,
Linen or cotton…silk, silver or gold,
Terrific tapestries…slowly unfold.
 
Threads of joy, sorrow…color life’s fabric,
Unexpected loss of life…so tragic!
Flus, colds, broken bones…need to be there too,
Trust the divine weaver…no bugaboo!
 
God’s hidden love…is the silver lining,
Our true happiness…drives his designing,
Give him the needle and thread…start shining!

Not annoying

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Thy Kingdom Come!

Dear Friends, in Christ,

     “Everyone feels benevolent if nothing happens to be annoying him at the moment.” CS Lewis

    True virtue is tested when your feelings and emotions are not going your way, when things simply go wrong, and you feel the world is against you…this is the time to say, “Christ, I love you, and I will be a kind person, even now, when it hurts, with the hope of offering a little consolation to your Sacred Heart.”

God bless,

Fr. Michael Sliney, LC

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End abortions!

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Thy Kingdom Come!

Dear Friends in Christ,

     “Abortion destroys the image of God.  It is the most terrible plague in our society, the greatest killer of love and peace.  Those little children still unborn have been created for bigger things: to love and to be loved.”  St. Mother Teresa

    Let’s pray not only for an end to an abortion, but also for all women who have had abortions.  Their darkness, pain and emotional suffering often runs very deep…”Lord, please heal their broken hearts with the healing power of your merciful love!”

God bless,

Fr. Michael Sliney, LC

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