Author Archives: Father Michael Sliney, LC

“If you really want to love, learn how to forgive.”  (Blessed Mother Teresa) I rarely speak of the devil, but this bad guy does exists.  His main goal is to pull you away from Christ in prayer and to create … Continue reading →

“Mary’s greatness consists in the fact that she wants to magnify God, not herself.” (Pope Benedict XVI, God is Love, n. 4) Today is the Feast Day of the Blessed Mother’s birthday. Happy Birthday, Mary!! From Mary’s many virtues, one … Continue reading →

“I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance….yet I hold this against you.” (Rev 2: 2, 4) If you really love someone, you should not be afraid to challenge them, but noting the positive as well. Perhaps a … Continue reading →

“Friendship with the teacher guarantees profound peace and serenity to the soul even in the darkest moments and in the most arduous trials. When faith meets with dark nights, in which the presence of God is no longer ‘felt’ or … Continue reading →

A child needs loving attention.  This means that we must give children some of our time, the time of our life…To have time and to give time- this is for us a very concrete way to learn to give oneself, … Continue reading →

“True love ‘increasingly seeks the happiness of the other, is concerned more and more with the beloved, bestows itself and wants to ‘be there for’ the other’ (Deus Caritas Est, no. 7) and therefore will always grow in faithfulness, indissolubility … Continue reading →

Good evening. I briefly interrupt my vacations to ask all of you to pray for my mom on her 85th birthday, which is tomorrow. Thanks be to God, she is in good health and has a strong Faith, and this … Continue reading →

“Always be ready to give an account of the hope that is in you.”  (1 Peter 3:15) Last Thursday on my metro ride downtown, a young man in his 20’s with a backpack approached me and began by saying, “I … Continue reading →

“What will be the crown of those who, humble within and humiliated without, have imitated the humility of our Savior in all its fullness!” — St. Bernadette The highlight of my Cub Scout years was the annual Rocket Derby.  The … Continue reading →

“In the Apostolic Exhortation Familiaris Consortio, the Servant of God John Paul II wrote that “the sacrament of marriage makes Christian couples and parents witnesses of Christ “to the end of the earth’, missionaries, in the true and proper sense, of … Continue reading →