Recollection in God

“In order to hear the voice of God, one has to have silence in one’s soul and to keep silence; not a gloomy silence but an interior silence; that is to say, recollection in God.” — St. Faustina Kowalska

God whispers, he does not shout. One of my spiritual directors helped me a lot with my prayer life when he asked if I was “listening” to Christ in my prayer. I was thinking, reflecting, and analyzing Scripture, but I was not listening to Christ. Leave the world and all of your concerns behind when you pray, find a quiet place, and open up your heart and mind for God to speak to you…the world can wait!

 

About Father Michael Sliney, LC

Father Michael Sliney was ordained a priest in Rome on December 24, 1998. He studied mechanical engineering at Michigan State University for two years before entering the Legion. As a seminarian he earned a bachelors in philosophy from the University of St. Thomas Aquinas and degrees in philosophy and theology from the Pontifical Regina Apostolorum College in Rome. He works with youth groups in the Washington D.C. area.
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