Fulton J. Sheen
Fulton J. Sheen
Venerable Fulton John Sheenwas an American bishopof the Catholic Church known for his preaching and especially his work on television and radio. His cause for canonization as a saint was officially opened in 2002. In June 2012, Pope Benedict XVI officially recognized a decree from the Congregation for the Causes of Saints stating that he lived a life of "heroic virtues" – a major step towards beatification – so he is now referred to as "Venerable"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth8 May 1895
CountryUnited States of America
The power of the rosary is beyond description.
I wonder maybe if our Lord does not suffer more from our indifference, than He did from the crucifixion.
There are 200 million poor in the world who would gladly take the vow of poverty if they could eat, dress and have a home like I do
By the mere fact that we do not go forward, we go backward.
There is only one thin in the world that is really our own-and that is our will...Our will is ours for all eternity. That is why the most precious gift that one can give is another in his will.
The Rosary is the book of the blind.
The only time laughter is wicked is when it is turned against Him Who gave it.
The difference between the love of a man and the love of a woman is that a man will always give reasons for loving, but a woman gives no reasons for loving.
To tell a woman who is forty, "You look like sixteen," is boloney. The blarney way of saying it is "Tell me how old you are, I should like to know at what age women are the most beautiful.
Everything that is full of life loves change, for the characteristic of life is movement toward a new goal and urges toward new pleasures
Modern minds no longer object to the Church because of the way they think, but because of the way they live. They no longer have difficulties with the Creed, but with her Commandments. The heresy of our day is not the heresy of thought, but of action.
How could science be an enemy of religion when God commanded man to be a scientist the day He told him to rule the earth and subject it?
One becomes more interested in a job of work after the first impulse to drop it has been overcome.
Joy is the happiness of love - love aware of its own inner happiness. Pleasure comes from without, and joy comes from within, and it is, therefore, within reach of everyone in the world....