Tag: Sheen
Where do you stand?
Like nothing else in all the world [the Crucifix seems to ask the questions: “Where do you stand?” “Which side do you propose to take from this moment on — My side, or the side of moneyed Judas, cowardly Pilate, crafty Annas, or lustful Herod?” We cannot escape an answer. If on that Cross were… Read More ›
St. Joseph
As Joseph had a mind to put Mary away secretly, the Gospel lifts the veil of the mystery to him: “But hardly had the thought come to his mind, when an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, and said, ‘Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take thy wife… Read More ›
Remains of Archbishop Fulton Sheen to be moved to Peoria
Archbishop Sheen’s Cause may now restart after being suspended for two years The remains of Archbishop Fulton Sheen are to be moved from St Patrick’s Cathedral in New York to the Illinois city of Peoria after a two-year dispute between the two dioceses. A New York judge ruled in favour of a lawsuit launched by… Read More ›
The Rosary Is Our Spiritual Weapon of Mass Destruction Against Satan
I just returned from leading a retreat in Los Alamos, New Mexico. It was organized by those belonging to TOOL, which stands for “Teams of Our Lady”. What an exceptional group of Catholics, who witnessed to me while I witnessed to them. Considering the location, you might say the retreat was radioactive! Now, if you… Read More ›
How to Improve Your Mind
Books are the most wonderful friends in the world. When you meet them and pick them up, they are always ready to give you a few ideas. When you put them down, they never get mad; when you take them up again, they seem to enrich you all the more. ― Venerable Fulton J. Sheen, Life Is… Read More ›
Fatima, Mary and the Muslims
. . .The Koran, which is the Bible of the Muslims, has many passages concerning the Blessed Virgin. First of all, the Koran believes in her Immaculate Conception and, also, in her Virgin Birth. The third chapter of the Koran places the history of Mary’s family in a genealogy which goes back through Abraham, Noah,… Read More ›
Bethlehem
The little town of Bethlehem is taken from two Hebrew words which mean “House of Bread.” He Who called Himself “the Living Bread descended from Heaven” was born in the “House of Bread” and was laid in the place of food, the manger. The first temptation Christ had in the beginning of His public life… Read More ›
A nation always gets the kind of politicians it deserves
“A nation always gets the kind of politicians it deserves. If a time ever comes when the religious Jews, Protestants and Catholics ever have to suffer under a totalitarian state, which would deny to them the right worship God according to the light of their conscience, it will be because for years they thought it… Read More ›
The Annunciation:The Freedom of Religion
. . . She was planned for a role in the drama of redemption by God, as a child is planned for a musical career by his physical parents, but it was not fulfilled until this moment. The Holy Trinity never possesses a creature without the consent of His will. When, therefore, Mary had heard how… Read More ›
