Quo Vadis America

Bishop Sheen tells a story of patriotism and investigates the two types of revolution, yesterday and today.  He explains why everyday in America should be Than...

Love is a Many Splendored Thing

Immortal poems about the splendor and power of love.  Also, the thrilling story of Francis Thompson, the 19th century poet who said that love is a “many sple...

Superman and Christmas

Bishop Sheen presents a unique comparison between fantasy and truth.  Why a breakthrough in history by the birth of a child makes every day a time for sharing ...

War Against Affluence

Bishop Sheen speaks about the war against affluence and the excessive love of money.

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Stop World, I Want to Get On

In a clear-eyed view of today’s fast-paced world, Bishop Sheen explains how our daily lives can become more meaningful to us, and to the people around us.  O...

Love is a Garden

Bishop Sheen tells us how our love for each other needs to grow as a garden, and like the flowers, our love must retain beauty and freshness.  

He Always Tunes Me Out

People “tune out” when rapport is destroyed.  The Bishop discusses how to keep people “tuned in” with empathy and being interested in them as people. ...

Hope for a Wounded World

There is hope for our world according to Bishop Sheen.  Although wounded and divided, these wounds are not fatal.  Hope is found in Scripture, those passages ...

False Compassion

Bishop Sheen contemplates the puzzling question of why society has the need to condone the behavior of criminals, prostitutes, juvenile delinquents and women ha...

Ages of Man

Man progresses through various stages of life as he grows from infant to old age.  Many philosophers and writers have given these stages different names, but t...

Are We More Neurotic Today

It certainly seems that way.  But a good, healthy philosophy of life will keep us on track…. and even help us overcome fears, worries and compulsive habits.�...

Amorization of Humanity

Archbishop Fulton John Sheen explains how to make humanity more loveable and points to the three stages of love.

The Invisible Gardener

The late Archbishop Fulton J Sheen speaks of the undercurrent of mysticism in the world.

Is Poverty or Property the Problem

The late Archbishop Fulton J Sheen points out that the greatest poverty is always in the areas where there is the greatest wealth.

Psychology of the Rat Race

Life isn’t just for rat-race drudgery and cheap thrills.  How to get more satisfaction out of life by understanding one’s place in the larger picture. 

Intimacies of Love

The expression of love through hearing, vision and touch….and how we can relate these three intimacies to all aspects of our spiritual growth are covered in t...

Temptation

Smoking, obesity, alcoholism, sexual obsessions…. whatever the problem, find amazing strength to understand and overcome them.  The Bishop tells you how to c...

The Touch of Your Hand

The Bishop explains that there are three degrees of communication: speech, vision and touch.  Touch is one of the most important as it enables us to “connect...

Ladies and Gentlemen

Bishop Sheen shows what it means to be a true lady and a real gentleman.

The Identity Crisis

Sheen shows how to use Christ to find true identity.

Good Friday

In this fascinating and inspiring video, Bishop Sheen discusses the feeling of the three types of “human hearts” involved in the crucifixion.  There were t...

The Sex Revolution

Archbishop Fulton Sheen shows why removing the marital act from its proper context doesn't liberate it but enslaves it.

An Alcoholic is Not a Pig

Bishop Fulton Sheen looks at the three main components of alcoholism: biological, psychological, and spiritual focusing mainly on the spiritual.

A Tale of Two Cities

Archbishop Sheen says there are only two cities: The city of the haves and the city of have not.

Preparing a Talk

The Bishop gives advice on how to prepare a talk, based on his experience.  He tells us the keys to a good presentation are to be natural, and above all be pre...

Psychology of the Rat Race Color

Life isn't just for rat-race drudgery and cheap thrills. How to get more satisfaction out of life by understanding one's place in the larger picture.

The New Taboo

Archbishop Sheen analyses why the subject of death has become taboo.

Guilt

Archbishop Sheen says that at a time when man has more and more material conditions for happiness, he's multiplying wars.

The Cost to Kill a Man in War

Archbishop Sheen discusses war and the impact of death to mankind.

Treasures of the Subconscious

Archbishop Sheen explains Freud and his theory.

The New Exodus

Archbishop Sheen comments that new things are not happening in the world.

The Eucharist

The most intimate presence of God is in the Holy Eucharist.

Happiness is a Rainbow

Archbishop Sheen explains that tears are like prisms composed of drops of water that creates rainbows when light strikes them. This rainbow is the key to our ha...

What Is Man?

Archbishop Sheen discusses human nature in general.

Divine Sense of Humor

Archbishop Sheen says Our Lord saved his smile for heaven.

Is Alcoholism Just a Disease

Sheen explores whether alcoholism is merely a disease or something more complex. He examines the stages of alcoholism, from suggestion and action to habit and c...

We Are In Two Wars

Archbishop Sheen comments that there is a war going on outside our country as well as inside our country.

Short Trip and Long Pull

Archbishop Sheen tells us that we have very good instincts and if the good ones are repressed, they come out in curious ways.

A Cure for Selfishness

Bishop Sheen shows how to overcome the problem of selfishness.

There's Hope

Bishop Sheen discusses why an age full of pessimism still has much to hope.

The 30th Parallel

Bishop Fulton Sheen discusses the problem of the 30th parallel, a line of latitude above which there is great wealth and below which there is great poverty.

The Death of God

Archbishop Sheen takes on the `God is dead' movement, showing why some believe the `great I Am' is dead.

Caring

In this message, Bishop Sheen discusses what steps are necessary to really care about another person.  We must feel our own weakness, poverty or ignorance befo...

Have you Been Tempted More Lately

Bishop Sheen explains that temptation is a normal part of life.  It is a conflict between the mind and the body.  He suggests how we can overcome temptation, ...

Loneliness

Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen discusses loneliness.

Faith, Hope, and Love

A compilation of excerpts from Life is Worth Living, dealing with the themes faith, hope, and charity.

Men Who Go Down to the Sea in Ships

Bishop Sheen shows how the apostles could do nothing without Jesus.

Of Course There is Incompatibility

Bishop Sheen illuminates the dynamic nature of love by showing how it thrives on sacrifice.

The Clown is Right

We like clowns because they are pictures of what we are.  When we laugh at them, we are laughing at ourselves.  Life is a combination of work and play, the tr...

His Last Words

On Good Friday, 1979, a television crew visited St. Agnes Church in New York to tape a new piece.  They were so enthralled by the speaker, Bishop Fulton J. She...

Seasons of Our Lives

A compilation of excerpts from Life is Worth Living, dealing with themes related to the four seasons.

The Stranger Within

Meet a Perfect Stranger - Yourself

Bishop Sheen helps us understand better who we are, and what strangers we are to ourselves. 

What Holds Us Together

Bishop Sheen shows how modern society lost the unifying vision that held the Middle Ages together.

The Call of the Desert

Archbishop Fulton J Sheen discusses Charles De Foucault, a Catholic priest and hermit who lived among the Tuareg people in the Sahara in Algeria.

Abraham Lincoln

Bishop Sheen shows how Abraham Lincoln was able to achieve greatness.

Go, Go, Come, Come

Archbishop Sheen explains that the world has two types of people, those who go to serve and those who retreat to prepare. Later, he shows how the concept relate...

Gloom, Laughter and Humor

Archbishop Sheen comments that man has become preoccupied with gloom and has lost the ability to laugh at himself.

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