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Venerable Fulton John Sheen is now referred to as "Venerable".
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All love on this earth involves choice. When, for example, a young man expresses his love to a young woman and asks her to become his wife, he is not just making an affirmation of love; he is also negating his love for anyone else. In that one act by...

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In this sublime hour, therefore, He calls all His children to the pulpit of the Cross, and every word He says to them is set down for the purpose of an eternal publication and an undying consolation.

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The principle of democracy is a recognition of the sovereign, inalienable rights of man as a gift from God, the Source of law.

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Communism is the final logic of the dehumanization of man.

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The danger today is in believing there are no sick people, there is only a sick society.

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Too many people get credit for being good, when they are only being passive. They are too often praised for being broadminded when they are so broadminded they can never make up their minds about anything.

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If you don't behave as you believe, you will end by believing as you behave.

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Go back to that night when Divine Light, in order to illumine the darkness of men, tabernacled Himself in the world He had made… The angels and a star caught up in the reflection of that Light, as a torch lighted by a torch, and passed it on to the...

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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 i...

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In every friendship hearts grow and entwine themselves together, so that the two hearts seem to make only one heart with only a common thought. That is why separation is so painful; it is not so much two hearts separating, but one being torn asunder.

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If the bringing of children into the world is today an economic burden, it is because the social system is inadequate; and not because God’s law is wrong. Therefore the State should remove the causes of that burden. The human must not be limited an...

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If you do not worship God, you worship something, and nine times out of ten it will be yourself. You have a duty to worship God, not because He will be imperfect and unhappy if you do not, but because you will be imperfect and unhappy.

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Counsel involving right and wrong should never be sought from a man who does not say his prayers.

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Why is it that any time we speak of temptation we always speak of temptation as something that inclines us to wrong. We have more temptations to become good than we do to become bad.

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Evil is thus a kind of parasite on goodness. If there were no good by which to measure things, evil could not exist. Men sometimes forget this, and say, there is so much evil in the world that there cannot be a God. They are forgetting that, if there...

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There are two ways of knowing how good God is: one is never to lose Him, and the other is to lose Him and then to find Him.

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Very harmful effects can follow accepting the philosophy which denies personal guilt or sin and thereby makes everyone nice. By denying sin, the nice people make a cure impossible. Sin is most serious, and the tragedy is deepened by the denial that w...

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Sometimes the only way the good Lord can get into some hearts is to break them.

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Our poor human heart is flawed: it is like a cake without the frosting: the first two acts of the theatre without the climax. Even its design is marred for a small piece is missing out of the side. That is why it remains so unsatisfied: it wants life...

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Unless there is a Good Friday in your life, there can be no Easter Sunday.

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Love itself starts with the desire for something good.

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Author Bio

  • NameFulton J. Sheen
  • DescriptionCatholic bishop and television presenter
  • BornMay 8, 1895
  • DiedDecember 9, 1979
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionTelevision Presenter; Priest; Theologian; Author; Radio Host
  • AwardsEmmy Award