Ego and God

A box that is filled with sand cannot be filled with gold; a soul that is bursting with its own ego can never be filled with God.

The Worlds First Love
Bishop Fulton Sheen

The one whom every man loves

She (Mary) is the one whom every man loves when he loves a woman- whether he knows it or not.  She is what every woman wants to be, when she looks at herself.

The Worlds First Love
Bishop Fulton Sheen

True Freedom

To be devoid of love is the essence of hell. 

Scripture tells us: "Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty".

The Worlds First Love
Bishop Fulton Sheen

Defenders of the Family

All pagan religions begin with the teaching of adults, but Christianity begins with the birth of a child. From that day to this, Christians have ever been the defenders of the family and the love of generation.

The Worlds First Love
Fulton Sheen

Fiat

There are mothers who yearn for children, but they have to wait on the processes subject to nature. In Mary alone, a child waited not on nature, but on her acceptance of the Divine Will.  All she had to say was fiat, and she conceived.

The Worlds First Love
Bishop Fulton Sheen

Fulton Sheen

My mom asked for some DVD's by Fulton Sheen for Mothers Day this past year. With that I was introduced to the amazing world of Bishop Sheen. First spoken in 1953 through a radio show now his words are written in many books. One of those books is 'Life is Worth Living'.

I have been reading it for a few days now and I really love it.

Some of the awesome quotes from the book:

" The most bored people in life are not the underprivileged but the overprivileged." Hmmmm.

"Man wants three things; life, knowledge and love".

"When are we most happy? When we do that for which we are made.... then there is thrill and romance to life" What is it that you were made to do? Does it make you happy?

"By meditating on how God humbled Himself to become a man and then died to save us, we become like little children in the spiritual sense, and the world becomes so big, so romantic, so full of mystery."

"When a child is given to his parents, a crown is made for that child in Heaven, and woe to the parents who raise a child without consciousness of that eternal crown!" Wow.... that is such an amazing statement!

In regard to Communism "The revolution must begin in man before it begins in society".

I just love the Bishops keen sense of humor and the agelessness of his comments. He captures the heart of man and explains how to grow closer to God through our humanness. He recognizes human weakness and shares how we are made strong in the Lord. He calls a spade a spade and doesn't dance around fact or fiction. He is aware of the rules of Mother Church and calls each one of us to respond with open hearts and arms.

More to come!

Bishop Sheen, pray for us!