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lilypadrees
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EWTN airs “Life Is Worth Living” on Saturdays at 6pm Eastern, 5pm Central and on Sundays at 5:30am Eastern, 4:30am Central.
It also airs on TCC Fridays at 9am and Saturdays at 10am.
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It also airs on TCC Fridays at 9am and Saturdays at 10am.
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rca8497
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Sheen is truly timeless…to say the least, especially in light of recent complications on this front: santo subito!
I find this clip particularly moving…you do not expect the crescendo conclusion he presents (but that’s so often the case with his programs, right?): youtube.com/watch?v=XA6aIhHzXkw. This clip is from 1956; he’s discussing comparisons of world religions.
Imagine if he were alive now? Wow.
I have a Fulton Sheen app on my iPhone, take a look for it - it has hours of his sermons. Great app. Many of them are from the 70s, and it’s amazing to hear his continued passion amid the rapidly changing times in which he found himself living during his last decade. Clearly, and understandably, abortion’s legalization weighs on him every time he mentions it; likewise, little asides about people dressing as if “going to the beach!” when receiving our Blessed Lord in the Blessed Sacrament, or funny jokes about a nun’s revised habit. I keenly sensed that despite his enthusiasm at the Council, he was bewildered by its implementation in his final years.
I am currently reading a new book that is a transcription of albums he made in his apartment in 1965: Your Life is Worth Living. Just astounding the way he can make simpiicity and conviction converge. I have often wished I were a religious ed teacher just to see whether today’s youth would find his messages as enveloping as many did in past years (and we still do). I believe they would.
I find this clip particularly moving…you do not expect the crescendo conclusion he presents (but that’s so often the case with his programs, right?): youtube.com/watch?v=XA6aIhHzXkw. This clip is from 1956; he’s discussing comparisons of world religions.
Imagine if he were alive now? Wow.
I have a Fulton Sheen app on my iPhone, take a look for it - it has hours of his sermons. Great app. Many of them are from the 70s, and it’s amazing to hear his continued passion amid the rapidly changing times in which he found himself living during his last decade. Clearly, and understandably, abortion’s legalization weighs on him every time he mentions it; likewise, little asides about people dressing as if “going to the beach!” when receiving our Blessed Lord in the Blessed Sacrament, or funny jokes about a nun’s revised habit. I keenly sensed that despite his enthusiasm at the Council, he was bewildered by its implementation in his final years.
I am currently reading a new book that is a transcription of albums he made in his apartment in 1965: Your Life is Worth Living. Just astounding the way he can make simpiicity and conviction converge. I have often wished I were a religious ed teacher just to see whether today’s youth would find his messages as enveloping as many did in past years (and we still do). I believe they would.
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PJM
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=treadhead;4865223]If there was one individual that has had the most significant impact upon me – truly bringing me back to the Catholic faith, it was Fulton Sheen. I’d heard his name mentioned many times on EWTN, but never really knew anything about him. I was a kid when he was alive and never had the opportunity to really appreciate him (or the Church for that matter).
I listened to quite a few of his sermons on TV and online and when I heard him speak, it was more than the talk you get from modern day televangelists. I heard the voice of Christ. The Holy Spirit was indeed present in his words.
Copied below is a funny excerpt from his autobiography-- which I believe captures the good nature of Bishop Sheen:
“In the early days when I was on national radio, a man came into St Patrick’s Cathedral one Monday morning and, not recognising me, said: “Father, I want to go to Confession. I commute from Westchester every day. I had three friends with me - all Protestants. I became very angry and spoke most disparagingly and bitterly of that young priest that is on radio, Dr Fulton Sheen. I just cannot stand him. He drives me crazy. I am afraid that I probably scandalised those men by the way I talked about a priest. So, will you hear my confession?” I said: “My good man, I don’t think you committed a serious sin. There are moments in my life when I share exactly the same opinion about Dr Sheen that you do. Go to Communion and reserve your confession for another day.” He left very happily, saying: 'It certainly is wonderful to meet a nice priest’” (p. 298).
To make a long story short, I believe it was him – or the Lord speaking through him–that evangelized me, bringing me back to the faith that I had not so long ago, forsaken.
Next to the Bible MY favorite Catholic Author is Bishop Sheen.Who has had the greatest spiritual impact upon you?
His book: “The Life of Christ” is a book that I attempt to reread every year. GET it if you can and read it.
God Bless you,
Patrick
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