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A special thanks to Jamie Dorros (DC) and Enrique Corredor (Lumen-Manhattan) for contributing to my latest LifeZette article.

http://www.lifezette.com/faithzette/rekindling-childlike-faith/

God bless,

Fr. Michael Sliney, LC

TKC!

A special thanks to Kristin Chmiel who contributed to my latest LifeZette article:  http://www.lifezette.com/momzette/empty-nesters-beware-you-high-risk-zone/

God bless,

Fr. Michael Sliney, LC

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Thy Kingdom Come!

Dear Friends in Christ,

“Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart.”

― C.S. Lewis

    It only happened once, but it was awful.  After arriving home from my High School soccer practice, my dad invited me out to dinner (I was the youngest, so my other siblings were in college or working).  I sat in the back seat and my dad asked me to jump up to the front…he told me that mom was not joining us.   When I asked why, he gave no answer.  Later, my stomach began to feel queazy and I had no desire to eat the big piece of steak that my dad had ordered for me…I just wanted to go home and figure out what was wrong.   As we arrived home, my dad walked by my mom and they did not make eye contact or say a word.  This really hurt!  I could not study or sleep…I was really worried.  This had never happened before and it seemed like the anchor of my life was being ripped away.  As I came down for breakfast the next morning, I heard my dad say, “Honey, I am really sorry for what I said to you…please forgive me.”  Then they hugged and kissed and everything was ok.  Thanks, mom and dad for making your marriage work…I learned so much along the way!!

God bless,

Fr. Michael Sliney, LC

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Thy Kingdom Come!

Dear Friends in Christ,

     “Do not look forward to what may happen tomorrow. The same Everlasting Father, who takes care of you today, will take care of you tomorrow, and every day. He will either shield you from suffering or give you unfailing strength to bear it. Be at peace, then, and put aside all anxious thoughts and imaginations!’ (St. Francis de Sales)

     College tuitions, health concerns, mortgages, the stock market, job security, kids…and the “worry” list can easily go on and become very personal for each one of you.  It might help to remember that your loving Father in heaven is aware of all of them and will help you through whatever storm or battle that lies ahead.  My dad had all of these issues very much on the forefront, but his kindness and warm sense of humor showed that he knew who was in charge.  Although he worked very hard, his confidence was in God, not totally in his human qualities or abilities to get it done.

Thy Kingdom Come!

Dear Friends in Christ,

     “Always treat ladies with the greatest respect.  Do this wherever you meet them.  Show them that you regard them not as equals, but as superiors.  Bestow upon them those little attentions at home and abroad which go so far toward making them happy.  Offer to carry their bundles along the street, to give them a seat in the crowded car, to speak to the conductor for them, and the like; they will appreciate your kindness, and vote you a splendid young man.  Do these things in an unselfish spirit, without looking for a reward.  Show the same attentions to young and old, married and single,…But aside from all this, reverence a woman for what she is in herself.”  (From Bill Bennett’s, “The Book of Man”, p. 411)