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
Fulton J. Sheen quotes about
By the mere fact that we do not go forward, we go backward.
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.
I wonder maybe if our Lord does not suffer more from our indifference, than He did from the crucifixion.
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....
All love craves unity. As the highest peak of love in the human order is the unity of husband and wife in the flesh, so the highest unity in the Divine order is the unity of the soul and Christ in communion.
Everything that is full of life loves change, for the characteristic of life is movement toward a new goal and urges toward new pleasures
It was to a virgin woman that the birth of the Son of God was announced. It was to a fallen woman that his resurrection was announced.
The Rosary is the book of the blind.
The only time laughter is wicked is when it is turned against Him Who gave it.
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
The mark of man is initiative, but the mark of woman is cooperation. Man talks about freedom; woman about sympathy, love, sacrifice. Man cooperates with nature; woman cooperates with God. Man was called to till the earth, to "rule over the earth"; woman to be the bearer of a life that comes from God.
The power of the rosary is beyond description.
There is no word more "dangerous" than liberalism, because to oppose it is the new "unforgivable sin."
Pride is the king of vices...it is the first of the pallbearers of the soul...other vices destroy only their opposite virtues, as wantonness destroys chastity; greed destroys temperance; anger destroys gentleness; but pride destroys all virtues.