Summer Top Ten Recently I was asked to give a talk at Walking with Purpose on “Living Summer Well”. I was delighted to speak on this theme as, over the years, I have noticed how easy it is to let the unique opportunities that summer provides slip by, and before I know it, am right
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This Pentecost, remember the gift of divine providence — and the need to be open to it My breakfast in New York City that morning started a little later than usual, so I finished at 9:40 a.m. I made a quick left on 57th Street, a right onto Lexington Avenue — and as I was
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Happy and holy older family members engage with our kids as few others ever do in life When I was growing up in Michigan, my grandmother would often stop by on weekends to visit our family of six. At some point, her twinkly blue eyes would connect with mine and she would say, “Michael, would
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‘We need friends who inspire us to a higher level of holiness and lead us on the path to heaven’ “As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another” (Proverbs 27:17). Kenya’s David Rudisha holds the world record for the 800 meter race, which he ran in 1 minute, 40.91 seconds, in August 9, 2012.
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Fr Michael Sliney thinks it is really important in marriage to recognize that love demands sacrifice…
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Catholic priests are able to see the mercy of God in the final hours — and the effectiveness of His grace “I have tried to live my life with dignity, and I think that I have done a good job, Fr. Michael,” a very ill man once said to me. “Now, I am going to
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There are few things in life that can be so basic and yet make such big impact on your life. A family budget is one of those things. A simple family budget can not only improve your family finances, it can improve your marriage and family life as well. A budget is a framework that
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I recently had a couple call me in tears. They had been married for 2 years, were living away from their families and had just found out they were expecting their second child. While they were so excited to have a family they felt like they would never be able to make their
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A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of visiting a woman at Mount Sinai hospital. Her 19-year-old daughter had spent her life battling a series of life-threatening illnesses. She had never been able to speak and in just a few hours, she was about to be taken off life support. In addition to
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It’s time to get real — we can’t all be stunningly beautiful, handsome, successful, and ebullient all of the time A dad in New York City recently mentioned that his daughter came up to him, insisting that he “like” her latest Instagram post on her feed. He later found out she had also begged her
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