Harvesting The Fruits of Contemplation

(Photo credit: Fulton Sheen.com ) Thank you once again, Allison Gingras at  Reconciled To You  and Elizabeth Riordan at  Theology Is A Verb   for hosting Worth Revisiting each week. It is a privilege to share our work with you and your followers . Here is my contribution. That More of Our Priests Would Heed This Fine Shepherd's Voice (Originally published on April 16, 2012) I have frequently expressed my fondness and admiration for Servant of God Fulton J. Sheen. Not surprisingly, I appreciated the article Father John Baptist Ku, O.P. wrote about this preacher which he entitled Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen: Master Preacher, Master of the Airwaves . You will too. Let me share the following excerpt from Father's article. In doing so, I ask everyone reading this entry today to pray that all of our priests will follow the good Archbishop's example and advice - knowing in my heart that if they did so their priesthood, ou...

I have frequently expressed my fondness and admiration for Servant of God Fulton J. Sheen. Not surprisingly, I apppreciated the article Father Kevin Gabriel Gillen, O.P. posted on the website for the Dominican Province of St. Joseph, entitled Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen: Master Preacher, Master of the Airwaves . You will too. Let me share the following excerpt from Father's article. In doing so, I ask everyone reading this entry today to pray that all of our priests will follow the good Archbishop's example and advice - knowing in my heart that if they did so their priesthood, our Church and our world would be so much different than they presently are: What exerted the greatest influence in the life of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen and has become his trademark is the Holy Hour. Sheen entitles one of the chapters in his autobiography, “The Hour That Makes My Day.” On the day of his ordination, Sheen resolved to spend one hour in the presence of the Bles...