Author Archives: Father Michael Sliney, LC

“And he said to them, ‘Why are you so frightened, you who have so little faith?’ Then he stood up and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.” My mom told me that she went … Continue reading →

“For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother (and be joined to his wife), and the two shall become one flesh. So they are no longer two but one flesh.” Mk 10: 7,8 Besides the obvious need … Continue reading →

“Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Here is a true Israelite. There is no duplicity in him.” Coming from the Midwest, this phrase from Christ deeply resonates with me. I constantly heard expressions like these growing … Continue reading →

“Take the log out of your own eye first, and then you will see clearly enough to take the splinter out of your brother’s eye.” Mt 6: 5 As a caddy for 9 years, I saw the best and worst … Continue reading →

“Jesus said to the paralytic, ‘Take comfort, my child, your sins are forgiven.”  Mt 9: 2       We take such good care of our body, but what is the condition of our soul?  Jesus focused on curing the paralytic’s … Continue reading →

“Anyone who does not take his cross and follow in my footsteps is not worthy of me.”  Mt 10: 38      The other day, I was asked to help a parish priest with his penance service.  When I arrived, … Continue reading →

“My food is to do the will of the one who sent me, and to complete his work.”  (Jn 4: 34)     During one of my Theology classes in Rome, the professor drew a simple triangle on the blackboard.  The … Continue reading →

“Be careful not to parade your uprightness in public to attract attention; otherwise you will lose all reward from your Father in heaven.”  Mt 6: 1      A successful businessman recently asked his friends at work how many of their … Continue reading →

“Father, forgive them, they do not know what they are doing.” Lk 23: 34 How often have you been cut off in traffic? How often has a driver who is texting, swerved into your lane? How often do you have … Continue reading →

“Then he said to his disciples, ‘The harvest is rich but the laborers are few, so ask the Lord of the harvest to send our laborers to his harvest.”  Mt 9: 37     Our annual Christmas mission trip to El … Continue reading →