The West, post war, was weary of fighting and it was enjoying the greatest material boom ever in 1950. Ears weren't open to Sheen because the Prince of this world was in full swing seducing people into believing they could have everything they wanted at no cost. The great Muslim invasion had not yet begun; focus was on Jewish resettlement in Israel and the chasing of money however it could be made. Even today people refuse to accept the fact that Muslims think nothing of lying and cheating us dhimmis because it is in the Koran, which they take far more seriously than we do the Bible. By his life of self-renunciation and focus on our true purpose of existence, Sheen was able to see everything clearly, but no one wanted to heed his voice in this matter.
Pondering Tidbits of Truth is my simple and inadequate way of providing nuggets of spiritual wisdom for you to chew on from time to time. Peter Kreeft "There are only two persons you can never, ever escape, not for one moment, either in time or in eternity: God and yourself." (From How to Be Holy: First Steps in Becoming a Saint ) Father Charles Arminjon “In truth, if the earth and all it contains must one day disappear by fire, the goods of this world are no more to be esteemed than wood and straw. What point is there, then, in making them the object of our desires and cares? Why seek to build and leave marks of our genius and power where we have no permanent abode, and where the form of this world will be removed, like a tent that has no travelers to shelter? It may be said that it will be a thousand years before this frightening cata...
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"How different our Church and the world might be today had we listened to a tenth of what he shared"
So true. So sad. Wow.