Stay away from these people in crowded places \\ Fulton J. Sheen

Fulton John Sheen, was born May 8, 1895 in Illinois and was ordained a priest of the diocese of Peoria in Peoria, IL on September 20, 1919. In 1930, after just eleven years of priesthood, Sheen began hosting a weekly Sunday night radio broadcast called The Catholic Hour. This broadcast captured many devoted listeners, reportedly drawing an audience of four million people every week for two decades. In 1951, Sheen was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdioceses of New York, the same year he started Life is Worth Living. Life is Worth Living ran until 1957. Bishop Sheen hosted another television series, The Fulton Sheen Program, running from 1961 to 1968 that closely modeled the Life is Worth Living series.
In 1979 Fulton J. Sheen received his greatest accolade when Pope John Paul II embraced him and said, "You have written and spoken well of the Lord Jesus. You are a loyal son of the Church." With that last acknowledgement, Fulton Sheen passed into eternal life just two months later on December 9, 1979.
Bishop Fulton Sheen was scheduled for beatification (the process of becoming a saint in the Catholic Church) on December 21, 2019, at the Cathedral of St. Mary in Peoria. On December 3, 2019, the Diocese of Peoria announced that the beatification of Sheen would be delayed.

[@JuliaNeubauer]

Love him. He’s so right: public prayers are NOT prayers to God-they are prayers to an audience. (Ditto for grace at the dinner table.)

[@mathewcarr9837]

Most certainly not always true, especially saying grace

[@JuliaNeubauer]

@@mathewcarr9837 You are absolutely right about dinner-table grace in your day to day privacy. It’s public dinner-table grace when there is an audience, etc. where I agree with Fr. Sheen. We clearly don’t eat the same-or even at the dinner table, in our rushed lives. I surely do not. If I did, I would not be struggling with overeating. Thank you for prompting me to clarify my comment. Blessings.

[@mph1ish]

You don't pray before a meal?

[@JuliaNeubauer]

@@mph1ish I pray all day long-when a merciful God convicted me of my deceitful/wicked heart (Jeremiah 17:9), HE circumcised my heart ( Deuteronomy 30:6), gifted me HIS faith (Ephesians 2:8-10) and repentance, then prostrated my soul at the feet of HIS son where Christ Jesus recognized the WORK of the Father in me. My constant Lord’s Prayer reminds me all my wake-up hours to thank HIM for everything including my food-wherever I am when I eat, or not.

[@happy777abc]

Been praying in groups for decades. So much healing and strength in those prayers. Changed my life.

[@tonycampanelli4938]

when i see bishop sheen . i feel very fortunate because me and my family would sit around and listen to him . we wher very proud of being catholic . it was a great time . and i remember i this . the family that prays together stays together . we would go to church every sunday . that was 75 years ago. i want to saint patrick's military academy and learned all about disciplind . 1956 . we need bishop sheen today i believe the world coming close to the end . if you believe in god you should not fear .because the end will come vary swift . just pray for them for they not know what they do .

[@AlongCamePauline]

Very beautiful and wise words !

[@rosannerossi6376]

I hope you gave lots of grandchildren to continue the Faith. ⚜️

[@fratzogmopars]

Who thinks up these titles? Clickbait, this channel marked and to be avoided by me. Love Bishop Sheen’s talks by the way and Ill watch them on another channel with more descriptive titles.

[@dianefitzwilliam]

more clickbait - nothing at all to do with avoiding crowded places

[@tonycampanelli4938]

with all the problems of the world today . in time i think of all the men that died give ther lives for this country . in all of the wsrs . wives and mothers waiting for thir husband or son to came home . when i see the problems of today i wonder was all those lives in vain they believe they gave their lives for their country .