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2c63a47 When a soul in sin, under the impetus of grace, turns to God, there is penance; but when a soul in sin refuses to change, God sends chastisement. This chastisement need not be external, and certainly it is never arbitrary; it comes as an inevitable result of breaking God's moral law. But the entrenched forces of the modern world are irrational, men nowadays do not always interpret disasters as the moral events they are. When calamity strike.. suffering Fulton J. Sheen
8c74860 To deny the necessity or value of metaphysics is to assert a metaphysical principle, just as to say a religion must be without dogmas is to assert a dogma. religion philosophy metaphysics Fulton J. Sheen
dfa7c75 The family tree of earthly ancestors was really not important; what was important was the family tree of the children of God He planted on Calvary. jesus the-cross Fulton J. Sheen
722aa34 If you know where you are, you do not know how fast you are moving, and if you know how fast you are moving, you do not know where you are. Fulton J. Sheen
bdf2344 Facts in our day are not the same as the facts in the time of Aristotle or Thomas Aquinas. But the principles by which these facts are interpreted have not changed, for common sense remains essentially the same throughout the ages. Fulton J. Sheen
659260b The soul cannot be seen in a biological laboratory, any more than pain can be seen on an operating table. Fulton J. Sheen
b7b67db A spirit of license makes a man refuse to commit himself to any standards. The right time is the way he sets his watch. The yardstick has the number of inches that he wills it to have. Liberty becomes license, and unbounded license leads to unbounded tyranny. When society reaches this stage, and there is no standard of right and wrong outside of the individual himself, then the individual is defenseless against the onslaught of cruder and m.. morality objective-truth standards Fulton J. Sheen
4461067 Even though Christ Himself would not deliver us from the power of the Totalitarian State, as He did not deliver Himself, we must see His purpose in it all. Maybe his children are being persecuted by the world in order that they might withdraw themselves from the world. Maybe His most violent enemies may be doing His work negatively, for it could be the mission of totalitarianism to preside over the liquidation of a modern world that became .. jesus morality the-cross totalitarianism god-s-will Fulton J. Sheen
ef19ef3 In the eleven months preceding the outbreak of World War II, 211 treaties of peace were signed. Were these treaties of peace written on paper, or were they written on the hearts of men? And we must ask ourselves as we hear of treaties being written today, whether the treaties of the UN are written with the full cognizance of the fact that those who sign them are responsible before God? politics treaties world-war-2 peace Fulton J. Sheen
042d70f The science of a religious man must be scientific; the religion of a scientific man must be religious. science Fulton J. Sheen
05721e0 the sadness it feels in attaining any happiness less than the infinite--all these constitute the mating call of God to the soul. Fulton J. Sheen
126cd43 As our Lord said, "Where your treasure is, there is your heart also." Hence the least love of God is worth more than the knowledge of all created things." Fulton J. Sheen
03c2c24 Those who do not yet love one another deeply have need of words; those who deeply love thrive on silences. Fulton J. Sheen
6f62b2a The Western post-Christian civilization has picked up the Christ without His Cross. But a Christ without a sacrifice that reconciles the world to God is a cheap, colorless, itinerant preacher who deserves to be popular for His great Sermon on the Mount, but also merits unpopularity for what He said about His Divinity on the one hand, and divorce, judgment, and hell on the other. This sentimental Christ is patched together with a thousand co.. jesus sermon-on-the-mount secular-humanism the-cross democracy Fulton J. Sheen
cc49f69 Say to yourself over and over again regardless of what happens: "God loves me!" And then add: "And I will try to love Him!" Fulton J. Sheen
c7e7489 God's side is determined not by geography, but by those who do His will. If Germans, English, Japanese, and Americans prayed right, they would all be praying for the same intention: Thy Will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. And what is that Will? The reign of Justice and Charity in the hearts of men. Through a prayerful contemplation of war we will see not soldiers of different nations in combat, but one great family, quarreling, fighti.. prayer the-church Fulton J. Sheen
728397d Very often we call something modern because we do not know what is ancient; many so-called "modern" ideas are really old errors with new labels." Fulton J. Sheen
0fc67cf Imagine a large circle and in the center of it rays of light that spread out to the circumference. The light in the center is God; each of us is a ray. The closer the rays are to the center, the closer the rays are to one another. The closer we live to God, the closer we are bound to our neighbor; the farther we are from God, the farther we are from one another. The more each ray departs from its center, the weaker it becomes; and the close.. Fulton J. Sheen
36f1176 Buddha wrote a code which he said would be useful to guide men in darkness, but he never claimed to be the Light of the world. Buddhism was born with a disgust for the world, when a prince's son deserted his wife and child, turning from the pleasures of existence to the problems of existence. Burnt by the fires of the world, and already weary with it, Buddha turned to ethics. buddhism ethics morals Fulton J. Sheen
587827a Modern prophets say that our economics have failed us. No! It is not our economics which have failed; it is man who has failed-man who has forgotten God. Hence no manner of economic or political readjustment can possibly save our civilization; we can be saved only by a renovation of the inner man, only by a purging of our hearts and souls; for only by seeking first the Kingdom of God and His Justice will all these other things be added unto.. politics kingdom-of-god Fulton J. Sheen
c6ad271 The more clearly a man understands anything, the more readily he can summarize it in a few words. Fulton J. Sheen
d65168e Learning comes from books; penetration of a mystery from suffering. Fulton J. Sheen
e8d4585 The more He loved those for whom He was the ransom, the more His anguish would increase, as it is the faults of friends rather than enemies which most disturb hearts! the-cross salvation redemption sin Fulton J. Sheen
645ae3f The basic reason why erotic experiences outside of marriage create psychological strain is because the void between spirit and flesh is more closely felt. Fulton J. Sheen
8fa1ff8 Scepticism is never certain of itself, being less a firm intellectual position than a pose to justify bad behavior. scepticism immorality sin Fulton J. Sheen
290a908 The assumption that numbers and mathematical or logical laws are mental is due to the even more widespread notion that only particular sensible entities exist in nature, and that relations abstractions, or universals cannot have any such objective existence - hence they are given a shadowy existence in the mind. Fulton J. Sheen
364a607 The good repent on knowing their sin; the evil become angry when discovered. Ignorance is not the cause of evil, as Plato held; neither is education the answer to the removal of evil. These men had an intellect as well as a will; knowledge as well as intention. Truth can be known and hated; Goodness can be known and crucified. The Hour was approaching, and for the moment the fear of the people deterred the Pharisees. Violence could not be t.. the-cross sin Fulton J. Sheen
8a7a286 Look at your heart! It tells the story of why you were made. It is not perfect in shape and contour, like a Valentine Heart. There seems to be a small piece missing out of the side of every human heart. That may be to symbolize a piece that was torn out of the Heart of Christ which embraced all humanity on the Cross. But I think the real meaning is that when God made your human heart, He found it so good and so lovable that He kept a small .. Fulton J. Sheen
bc61b00 Many a modern preacher is far less concerned with preaching Christ and Him crucified than he is with his popularity with his congregation. A want of intellectual backbone makes him straddle the ox of truth and the ass of nonsense. Bending the knee to the mob rather than God would probably make them scruple at ever playing the role of John the Baptist before a modern Herod. The acids of modernity are eating away the fossils of orthodoxy. modern-preaching orthodoxy Fulton J. Sheen
218e097 The Book of Numbers relates that when the people murmured rebelliously against God, they were punished with a plague of fiery serpents, so that many lost their lives. When they repented, Moses was told by God to make a brazen serpent and set it up for a sign, and all those bitten by the serpents who looked upon that sign would be healed. Our Blessed Lord was now declaring that He was to be lifted up, as the serpent had been lifted up. As th.. jesus the-cross old-testament salvation repentance Fulton J. Sheen
9f5879a It was not enough that the Son of God should come down from the heavens and appear as the Son of Man, for then He would have been only a great teacher and a great example, but not a Redeemer. It was more important for Him to fulfill the purpose of the coming, to redeem man from sin while in the likeness of human flesh. Teachers change men by their lives; Our Blessed Lord would change men by His death. The poison of hate, sensuality, and env.. the-cross salvation redemption sin Fulton J. Sheen
21b4b9e Each instinct and passion of man is amoral; it is only the abuse of these passions that makes them wrong. There is nothing wrong about hunger, but there is something wrong about gluttony; there is no sin in thirst, but there is a sin in drunkenness; there is nothing wrong with a man who seeks economic security, but there is something wrong with a man who is avaricious; there is nothing to be despised in knowledge, but there is something to .. sin Fulton J. Sheen
15828e2 The Gospels did not start the Church; the Church started the Gospels. The Church did not come out of the Gospels; the Gospels came out of the Church. Fulton J. Sheen
9974774 The day that man forgets that love is identical with sacrifice, he will ask how a God of love could demand mortification and self-denial. Fulton J. Sheen
3c0e7f9 Our Blessed Lord left the world without leaving any written message. His doctrine was Himself. Ideal and History were identified in Him. The truth that all other ethical teachers proclaimed, and the light that they gave to the world, was not IN them, but OUTSIDE them. Our Divine Lord, however, identified Divine Wisdom with Himself. It was the first time in history that it was ever done, and it has never been done since. jesus morality religion Fulton J. Sheen
b2085f0 Humanity cannot lift itself by its own bootstraps; there is no such thing as spontaneous generation; life does not come from crystals; poetry does not come from donkeys; international peace does not come from wars; social justice does not come from selfishness. With all our knowledge of chemistry we cannot make a human life in our laboratories because we lack the unifying, vivifying principal of a soul which comes only from God. Life is not.. science god soul Fulton J. Sheen
2aec881 She satisfies my ideal." Every person carries within his heart a blueprint of the one he loves; what appears to be "love at first sight" is often the fulfillment of a desire and the realization of a dream." Fulton J. Sheen
f7f1887 The deaf who deny they are deaf will never hear; the sinners who deny there is sin deny thereby the remedy of sin, and thus cut themselves off forever from Him Who came to redeem. the-cross salvation redemption sin Fulton J. Sheen
e603978 If, in his pride, he considers God as a challenge, he will deny Him; and if God becomes man and therefore makes Himself vulnerable, he will crucify Him. man jesus god the-cross pride power Fulton J. Sheen
be87220 He told them therefore that He was not a Teacher asking for a disciple who would parrot His sayings; He was a Saviour Who first disturbed a conscience and then purified it. But many would never get beyond hating the disturber. The Light is no boon, except to those who are men of good will; their lives may be evil, but at least they want to be good. His Presence, He said, was a threat to sensuality, avarice, and lust. When a man has lived in.. jesus immorality sin Fulton J. Sheen
5493000 He came to put a harlot above a Pharisee, a penitent robber above a High Priest, and a prodigal son above his exemplary brother. To all the phonies and fakers who would say that they could not join the Church because His Church was not holy enough, He would ask, 'How holy must the Church be before you will enter into it?' If the Church were as holy as they wanted it to be, they would never be allowed into it! In every other religion under t.. christianity jesus spirituality religion the-church sin Fulton J. Sheen
8b96e8f She existed in the Divine Mind as an Eternal Thought before there were any mothers. She is the Mother of mothers--she is the world's first love. Fulton J. Sheen
6d95090 To those who rejected Him, righteousness would one day appear as a terrible justice; to the sinful men who accepted Him and allied themselves to His life, righteousness would show itself as mercy. righteousness pharisees the-cross sin Fulton J. Sheen
a0c2338 The Church makes no man less free than he was before. But we chiefly value freedom in order to give it away; every man who loves surrenders his freedom, whether his passion be the love of a woman, the love of a cause, or the love of God. . . Hence: "Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. Everyone wants the things that only a love of God will bring to him, but most men today seek them in the wrong places. That is why no one comes to G.. goodness love godlessness Fulton J. Sheen
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