Short videos discussing the Wisdom of Fulton Sheen
With the crib seen as a tabernacle and the child as a kind of host, then the home becomes a living temple of God. The sacristan of that sanctuary is the mother, who never permits the tabernacle lamp of faith to go out.
The life of a bishop should be more perfect than the life of a hermit. The reason he gave was that the holiness which the monk preserves in the desert must be preserved by the bishop in the midst of the evil of the world
Our Lord was born not just of her flesh but also by her consent.
We are living in perilous times when the hearts and souls of men are sorely tried. Never before has the future been so utterly unpredictable; we are not so much in a period of transition with belief in progress to push us on, rather we seem to be entering they realm of the unknown, joylessly, disillusioned, and without hope. The whole world seems to be in a state of spiritual widowhood, possessed of the harrowing devastation of one who set out on life’s course joyously in intimate comradeship with another, and then is bereft of that companion forever.
Since evil is nothing positive, there can be no principle of evil. It has no meaning expect in reference to something good.
Many a modern preacher is far less concerned with preaching Christ and Him crucified than he is with his popularity with his congregation.
It is not the sanctuary that is in danger; it is civilization. It is not infallibility that may go down; it is personal rights. It is not the Eucharist that may pass away; it is freedom of conscience. It is not divine justice that may evaporate; it is the courts of human justice. It is not that God may be driven from His throne; it is that men may lose the meaning of home. For peace on earth will come only to those who give glory to God! It is not the Church that is in danger, it is the world!
What is discovered may be abused, but that does not mean the discovery was evil.
There has been no single influence which has done more to prevent man from finding God and rebuilding his character, has done more to lower the moral tone of society than the denial of personal guilt. This repudiation of man’s personal responsibility for his action is falsely justified in two ways: by assuming that man is only an animal and by giving a sense of guilt the tag “morbid.”
O Emmanuel, our King and Giver of Law:
come to save us, Lord our God!
The very freedom which the sinner supposedly exercises in his self-indulgence is only another proof that he is ruled by the tyrant.
O King of all nations and keystone of the Church:
come and save man, whom you formed from the dust!
The nice people rarely come to God; they take their moral tone from the society in which they live. Like the Pharisee in front of the temple, they believe themselves to be very respectable citizens. Elegance is their test of virtue; to them, the moral is the aesthetic, the evil is the ugly. Every move they make is dictated, not by a love of goodness, but by the influence of their age. Their intellects are cultivated–in knowledge of current events; they read only the bestsellers, but their hearts are undisciplined. They say that they would go to the church if the Church were only better–but they never tell you how much better the Church must be before they will join it. They sometimes condemn the gross sins of society, such as murder; they are not tempted to this because they fear the opprobrium which comes to them who commit them. By avoiding the sins which society condemns, they escape the reproach, they consider themselves good par excellence.
O Radiant Dawn,
splendor of eternal light, sun of justice:
come and shine on those who dwell in darkness and in the
shadow of death.