Tag: Sheen
How to Find Christmas Peace
How to find Christmas peace in a world of unrest? You cannot find peace on the outside but you can find peace on the inside, by letting God do to your soul what Mary let Him do to her body, namely, let Christ be formed in you. As she cooked meals in her Nazarene home,… Read More ›
Vatican theologians approve Fulton Sheen miracle
Catholic News Service: The possible miracle needed for the beatification of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen took another step toward papal recognition on June 17 when a panel of theologians met at the Vatican, the Archbishop Fulton Sheen Foundation has announced. As a normal part of the sainthood process, the theologians met to consider whether or not… Read More ›
The Ascension causes men’s minds and hearts to ascend
Had Christ remained on earth, sight would have taken the place of faith. In heaven, there will be no faith because His followers will see; there will be no hope, because they will possess; but there will be love for love endureth forever! His leave-taking of the earth combined the Cross and the Crown that… Read More ›
Complain!
God does not frown on your complaint. Did not His Mother in the Temple ask: “Son! Why hast thou done so to us?” And did not Christ on the Cross complain: “My God! Why hast Thou abandoned Me?” If the Son asked the Father, And the Mother the Son – “Why?” Why should not you?… Read More ›
The Cross had asked the questions; the Resurrection had answered them.
The supreme instance of all history that the voice of the people is not necessarily the voice of God, was the moment when a mob passed beneath a cross,flinging at the helpless figure there upon it the blistering sneer of the ages: “He trusted in God; let him now deliver him” (Matthew 27:43). Two… Read More ›
The Most Holy Rosary
Because the Immaculate Virgin was chosen to be the Mother of God, cooperating with him in the work of man’s salvation, she has a favor and power with her Son greater than any human or angelic creature … it is her greatest pleasure to grant help and comfort to those who seek her. The month of… Read More ›
My Uncle, (Venerable) Fulton Sheen
Joan Sheen Cunningham remembers life with her uncle, Archbishop Fulton Sheen, who was the face of the American Catholic Church for decades. Pope Benedict XVI declared Archbishop Fulton Sheen (1895-1979) “venerable” on June 28, and the Illinois-native could soon become the first male American-born saint. A few generations back he was the face of the… Read More ›
Look for the Church which the world hates
There are not over a hundred people in the United States who hate the Catholic Church. There are millions, however, who hate what they wrongly believe to be the Catholic Church—which is, of course, quite a different thing. These millions can hardly be blamed for hating Catholics because Catholics “adore statues;” because they “put the… Read More ›
Bishop Sheen wanted us all to be Saints
New York City, N.Y., Dec 11, 2009 / 04:53 am (CNA).- At the Mass marking the 30th Anniversary of Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s death, Archbishop of New York Timothy Dolan thanked God for the life of the “magnetic” television and radio personality. He said Sheen’s talent and wisdom were at the service of his key goal… Read More ›