God has things to tell us which will enlighten us — we must wait for Him to speak. No one would rush into a physicians office, rattle off all the symptoms, and dash away without waiting for a diagnosis. It is every bit as stupid to ring God’s bell and then run away. The Lord hears us more readily than we suspect; it is our listening to Him that needs to be improved.
–Fulton Sheen (1895-1979)
Help someone in distress and you lighten your own burden; the very joy of alleviating the sorrow of another is the lessening of one’s own.
–Blessed Fulton Sheen (1895-1979)
The worst thing in the world is not sin; it is the denial of sin by a false conscience – for that attitude makes forgiveness impossible. The unforgivable sin is the denial of sin.
–Fulton Sheen (1895-1979)
Criticism of others is thus an oblique form of self-commendation. We think we make the picture hang straight on our wall by telling our neighbors that all his pictures are crooked.
–Blessed Fulton Sheen (1895-1979)
Believe the incredible and you can do the impossible.
–Fulton Sheen (1895-1979)
Souls generally do not fall away from Christ because of the Creed; they first have difficulty with the Commandments.
–Blessed Fulton Sheen (1895-1979)
