Daily Holy Hour and Archbishop Fulton J Sheen

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“Could You Not Watch One Hour with Me?”

WHY MAKE A HOLY HOUR? by Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen

Here are ten reasons.

1. It is time spent in the presence of Our Lord Himself. If faith is alive,  no further reason is needed….

2. In our busy lives, it takes considerable time to shake off the “noonday devils,” the worldly cares, that cling to our souls like dust….

3. Our Lord asked for it. “Had you no strength, then, to watch with me even for an hour?”….

4. The Holy Hour keeps a balance between the spiritual and the practical….

5. The Holy Hour will make us practice what we preach….

6. The Holy Hour helps us make reparation for the sins of the world and for our own sins. When the Sacred Heart appeared to St. Margaret Mary, it was His Heart, and not His head, that was crowned with thorns. It was Love that was hurt. Black Masses, sacrilegious communions, scandals, militant atheism—who will make up for them?….

7. It reduces our liability to temptation and weakness. Presenting ourselves before Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament is like putting a tubercular patient in good air and sunlight. The virus of our sins cannot long exist in the face of the Light of the world….

8. The Holy Hour is a personal prayer….

9. Meditation keeps us from seeking an external escape from our worries and miseries….

10. Finally, the Holy Hour is necessary for the Church…. To abide with Christ is spiritual fellowship, as He insisted on the solemn and sacred night of the Last Supper, the moment He chose to give us the Eucharist: “You have only to live on in me, and I will live on in you” (John 15:4). He wants us in His dwelling: “That you, too, may be where I am” (John 14:3).

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Here are ten reasons.

1. It is time spent in the presence of Our Lord Himself. If faith is alive, no further reason is needed.

2. In our busy lives, it takes considerable time to shake off the “noonday devils,” the worldly cares, that cling to our souls like dust. An hour with Our Lord follows the experience of the disciples on the road to Emmaus (Luke 24:13–35). We begin by walking with Our Lord, but our eyes are “held fast” so that we do not “recognize him.” Next, He converses with our soul, as we read the Scriptures. The third stage is one of sweet intimacy, as when “he sat down at table with them.” The fourth stage is the full dawning of the mystery of the Eucharist. Our eyes are “opened,” and we recognize Him. Finally, we reach the point where we do not want to leave. The hour seemed so short. As we arise, we ask: “Were not our hearts burning within us when he spoke to us on the road, and when he made the Scriptures plain to us?” (Luke 24:32).

3. Our Lord asked for it. “Had you no strength, then, to watch with me even for an hour?” (see Matt. 26:40). The word was addressed to Peter, but he is referred to as Simon. It is our Simon nature that needs the hour. If the hour seems hard, it is because “the spirit is willing enough, but the flesh is weak” (Mark 14:38).

4. The Holy Hour keeps a balance between the spiritual and the practical. Western philosophies tend to an activism in which God does nothing, and man everything; the Eastern philosophies tend to a quietism in which God does everything, and man nothing. The golden mean is in the words of St. Thomas: “action following rest,” Martha walking with Mary. The Holy Hour unites the contemplative to the active life of the person. Thanks to the hour with Our Lord, our meditations and resolutions pass from the conscious to the subconscious and then become motives of action. A new spirit begins to pervade our work. The change is effected by Our Lord, who fills our heart and works through our hands. A person can give only what he possesses. To give Christ to others, one must possess Him.

5. The Holy Hour will make us practice what we preach. “Here is an image,” he said, “of the kingdom of heaven: there was once a king, who held a marriage feast for his son and sent out his servants with a summons to all those whom he had invited to the wedding; but they would not come” (Matt. 22:2–3). It was written of Our Lord that He “began to do and to teach” (Acts 1:1). The person who practices the Holy Hour will find that when he teaches, the people will say of him as of the Lord: “All … were astonished at the gracious words which came from his mouth” (Luke 4:22).

6. The Holy Hour helps us make reparation for the sins of the world and for our own sins. When the Sacred Heart appeared to St. Margaret Mary, it was His Heart, and not His head, that was crowned with thorns. It was Love that was hurt. Black Masses, sacrilegious communions, scandals, militant atheism—who will make up for them? Who will be an Abraham for Sodom, a Mary for those who have no wine? The sins of the world are our sins as if we had committed them. If they caused Our Lord a bloody sweat, to the point that He upbraided His disciples for failing to stay with Him an hour, shall we with Cain ask: “Is it for me to watch over my brother?” (Gen. 4:9).

7. It reduces our liability to temptation and weakness. Presenting ourselves before Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament is like putting a tubercular patient in good air and sunlight. The virus of our sins cannot long exist in the face of the Light of the world. “Always I can keep the Lord within sight; always he is at my right hand, to make me stand firm” (Ps. 15:8). Our sinful impulses are prevented from arising through the barrier erected each day by the Holy Hour. Our will becomes disposed to goodness with little conscious effort on our part. Satan, the roaring lion, was not permitted to put forth his hand to touch righteous Job until he received permission (Job 1:12). Certainly, then, will the Lord withhold serious fall from him who watches (1 Cor. 10:13). With full confidence in his Eucharistic Lord, the person will have a spiritual resiliency. He will bounce back quickly after a falling: “Fall I, it is but to rise again, sit I in darkness, the Lord will be my light. The Lord’s displeasure I must bear, I that have sinned against him, till at last, he admits my plea, and grants redress” (Micah 7:8–9). The Lord will be favorable even to the weakest of us, if He finds us at His feet in adoration, disposing ourselves to receive divine favors. No sooner had Saul of Tarsus, the persecutor, humbled himself before his Maker than God sent a special messenger to his relief, telling him that “even now he is at his prayers” (Acts 9:11). Even the person who has fallen can expect reassurance if he watches and prays. “They shall increase, that hitherto had dwindled, be exalted, that once were brought low” (Jer. 30:19).

8. The Holy Hour is a personal prayer. The person who limits himself strictly to his official obligation is like the union man who downs tools the moment the whistle blows. Love begins when duty finishes. It is a giving of the cloak when the coat is taken. It is walking the extra mile. “Answer shall come ere cry for help is uttered; prayer find audience while it is yet on their lips” (Isa. 65:24). Of course, we do not have to make a Holy Hour—and that is just the point. Love is never compelled, except in hell. There love has to submit to justice. To be forced to love would be a kind of hell. No man who loves a woman is obligated to give her an engagement ring, and no person who loves the Sacred Heart ever has to give an engagement Hour. “Would you, too, go away?” (John 6:68) is weak love; “Art thou sleeping?” (Mark 14:37) is irresponsible love; “He had great possessions” (Matt. 19:22; Mark 10:22) is selfish love. But does the person who loves His Lord have time for other activities before he performs acts of love “above and beyond the call of duty”? Does the patient love the physician who charges for every call, or does he begin to love when the physician says: “I just dropped by to see how you were”?

9. Meditation keeps us from seeking an external escape from our worries and miseries. When difficulties arise, when nerves are made taut by false accusations, there is always a danger that we may look outwards, as the Israelites did, for release… From the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, word was given you: “Come back and keep still, and all shall be well with you; in quietness and in confidence lies your strength. But you would have none of it; To horse! you cried, We must flee! and flee you shall; We must ride swiftly, you said, but swifter still ride your pursuers” (Isa. 30:15–16). No outward escape, neither pleasure, drink, friends, or keeping busy, is an answer. The soul cannot “fly upon a horse”; he must take “wings” to a place where his “life is hidden away … with Christ in God” (Col. 3:3).

10. Finally, the Holy Hour is necessary for the Church. No one can read the Old Testament without becoming conscious of the presence of God in history. How often did God use other nations to punish Israel for her sins! He made Assyria the “rod that executes my vengeance” (Isa. 10:5). The history of the world since the Incarnation is the Way of the Cross. The rise of nations and their fall remain related to the kingdom of God. We cannot understand the mystery of God’s government, for it is the “sealed book” of Revelation. John wept when he saw it (Rev. 5:4). He could not understand why this moment of prosperity and that hour of adversity. The sole requirement is the venture of faith, and the reward is the depths of intimacy for those who cultivate His friendship. To abide with Christ is spiritual fellowship, as He insisted on the solemn and sacred night of the Last Supper, the moment He chose to give us the Eucharist: “You have only to live on in me, and I will live on in you” (John 15:4). He wants us in His dwelling: “That you, too, may be where I am” (John 14:3).

Source: “The Holy Hour Prayer Book: Could You Not Watch One Hour With Me” By Fulton J. Sheen, shared with permission of the publisher, Al. J. Smith of www.bishopsheentoday.com

 

ARCHBISHOP FULTON SHEEN, HIS HOLY HOUR AND “LITTLE LI”

 

A few months before his death, Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen was interviewed on national television. One of the questions was:  “Bishop Sheen, you have inspired millions of people all over the world.  Who inspired you to make a Holy Hour every day?

Bishop Sheen responded that it was not a Pope, a cardinal, another bishop, or even a priest or a nun. It was a little Chinese girl of eleven years of age.

He explained that when the Communists took over China, they imprisoned a priest in his own rectory near the Church.  After they locked him up in his own house, the priest was horrified to look out of his window and see the Communists proceed into the Church, where they went into the sanctuary and broke into the tabernacle.

In an act of hateful desecration, they took the ciborium and threw it on the floor with all of the Sacred Hosts spilling out. The priest knew exactly how many Hosts were in the ciborium:  thirty-two. When the Communists left, they either did not notice, or didn’t pay any attention to a small girl praying in the back of the Church who saw everything that had happened.

That night the little girl came back. Slipping past the guard at the priest’s house, she went inside the Church. There she made a holy hour of prayer, an act of love to make up for the act of hatred. After her holy hour she went into the sanctuary, knelt down, bent over and with her tongue received Jesus in Holy Communion.  The little girl continued to come back each night to make her holy hour and receive Jesus in Holy Communion on her tongue.

On the thirty-second night, after she had consumed the last and thirty-second host, she accidentally made a noise and woke the guard who was sleeping. He ran after her, caught her, and beat her to death with the butt of his rifle. This act of heroic martyrdom was witnessed by the priest as he watched grief-stricken from his bedroom window.

When Bishop Sheen heard the story he was so inspired that he promised God he would make a holy hour of prayer before Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament everyday of his life.  If this frail, little child could give testimony and witness to the world concerning the real and wonderful Presence of her Savior in the Blessed Sacrament, then the Bishop was absolutely bound by all that was right and true, to do the same. His sole desire from then on was to bring the world to the burning Heart of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. The little girl martyr of the Eucharist, “Little Li, showed the Bishop what true courage and zeal really are; how faith can overcome all fear, and how true love for Jesus in the Eucharist must transcend life itself.

What is hidden in the Sacred Host is the glory of His love. The sun in the sky is symbolic of the Son of God in the Blessed Sacrament. This is why most monstrances are in the form of a sunburst. As the sun is the natural source of all energy, the Blessed Sacrament is the supernatural source of all grace and love. The Blessed Sacrament is JESUS, the Light of the world.

An excerpt from Treasures in Clay – The Autobiography of Fulton J. Sheen:

“I resolved also to spend a continuous Holy Hour every day in the presence of Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament…The Holy Hour. Is it difficult?

Sometimes it seemed to be hard; it might mean having to forego a special engagement, or rise an hour earlier, but on the whole it has never been a burden, only a joy….

The purpose of the Holy Hour is to encourage a deep personal encounter with Christ. The holy and glorious God is constantly inviting us to come to Him, to hold converse with Him, to ask for such things as we need and to experience what a blessing there is in fellowship with Him…

l have found that it takes some time to catch fire in prayer. This has been one of the advantages of the daily hour. It is not so brief as to prevent the soul from collecting itself and shaking off the multitudinous distractions of the world.

Sitting before the Presence is like a body exposing itself before the sun to absorb its rays. Silence in the Hour is a tete-a-tete with the Lord.

In those moments one does not so much pour out written prayers, but listening takes its place. We do not say: ‘Listen, Lord, for Thy servant speaks’, but ‘Speak, Lord, for Thy servant heareth.’”

The Holy Hour

“Neither theological knowledge nor social action alone is enough to keep us in love with Christ unless both are proceeded by a personal encounter with Him. Theological insights are gained not only from between two covers of a book, but from two bent knees before an altar. The Holy Hour becomes like an oxygen tank to revive the breath of the Holy Spirit in the midst of the foul and fetid atmosphere of the world.”

– Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen

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HOW TO MAKE A HOLY HOUR (FOR LAITY)

By Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen

“Let nothing hinder thee from praying always; and be not afraid to be justified even to death for the rewards of God continue forever. Before prayer prepare thy soul; and be not as a man that tempt God” (Sir. 18:22–23, Douay-Rheims).

Prayer is the lifting of our soul to God unto the end of perfectly corresponding to His holy will. Our Divine Lord, describing His mission, said: “For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me .. . the Father, that I should lose nothing of what he has given me, but that I should raise it up on the last day” (see John 6:38–39). “My food is to do the will of him who sent me, to accomplish his work” (see John 4:34). To correspond to the divine will, we must, first of all, know it, and secondly, have the grace and strength to correspond with it, once it is known. But to attain these two gifts of light for our minds and power for our wills, we must live on terms of intimate friendship with God.

This is done through prayer. A prayerful life is, therefore, one lived in conformity with the holy will of God as a prayerless life is a life of self will and selfishness. There is an element of prayer common to Jews, Protestants, and Catholics—namely, belief in God. More than half of the prayers, for example, which a priest says in his Divine Office, are taken from the Old Testament. In relation to all three—that is, Jews, Protestants, and Catholics—a Holy Hour will, therefore, be understood as one hour a day spent in meditating on God and our eternal salvation. This Holy Hour can be made anywhere.

For Catholics, however, the Holy Hour has a very special significance. It means a continuous and unbroken hour spent in the presence of Our Divine Lord in the Eucharist…. In the case of priests and religious, it is suggested that they make this Holy Hour in addition to their usual recitation of the Divine Office and Holy Mass. This Holy Hour will be spent in prayer and meditation. A distinction is here made between the two, with the emphasis on the latter. By prayer, we here understand the recitation of formal prayers, generally composed by a person different from him who prays. “Could You Not Watch One Hour with Me?”

The psalms represent one of the highest forms of vocal prayer and are common to Jews, Protestants, and Catholics. Other vocal prayers include the Our Father, the Hail Mary, the Creed, the Confiteor, Acts of Faith, Hope, and Charity, and thousands of other prayers found in
religious books. There are three kinds of attention in vocal prayer: (1) to the words, lest we say them wrong; (2) to their sense and meaning; and (3) to God and the intention for which we pray. The last kind of attention is essential to vocal prayer. But the principal purpose of these Holy Hour meditations is the cultivation of mental prayer, or meditation. Very few souls ever meditate; they are either frightened by the word or else were never taught its existence. In the human order, a person in love is always conscious of the one loved, lives in the presence of the other, resolves to do the will of the other, and regards as his greatest jealousy being outdone in the least advantage of self-giving. Apply this to a soul in love with God, and you have the rudiments of meditation. Meditation is, therefore, a kind of communing of spirit with spirit,
with God as its object. Without attempting to set down the formal aspects of meditation, but to make it as intelligible as possible to beginners, the technique of meditation is as follows:

  1. We speak to God. We begin by putting ourselves in the presence of God. For those who make the Holy Hour before the Blessed Sacrament, there must be a consciousness of our presence before the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Naturally, there are varying degrees of intimacy with persons. In a theater, there are hundreds present but little or no intimacy between them. The intimacy deepens to the degree that we establish conversation with one or more of them, and according as this conversation springs from a common interest. So
    it is with God. Prayer, then, is not a mere asking for things, but an aiming at a transformation; that is, a becoming “conformed to the image of his Son” (Rom. 8:29, KJV). We pray not to dispose God to give us something, but to dispose ourselves to receive something from Him: the fullness of divine life.
  2. God speaks to us. Activity is not only on the human side but also on the divine. A conversation is an exchange, not a monologue. As the soul wills to draw near God, God wills to draw near the soul. It would be wrong to monopolize a conversation with friends; it is more wrong to do so in our relations with God. We must not do all the talking; we must also be good listeners. “Speak, Lord, for thy servant heareth” (1 Kings [1 Sam.] 3:9, KJV). The soul now experiences the truth of the words “Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you” (see James 4:8). All during the meditation, it will conceive devout affections of adoration, petition, sacrifice, and reparation to God, but particularly at the close of the meditation. These affections or colloquies are to be offered preferably in our own words, for every soul must love God in its own way, and God loves each soul in a particular manner. In the beginning, the soul attracted to Jesus by some impulse of grace, comes to Him, filled with natural thoughts and aspirations, and very ignorant of the supernatural. It understands neither God nor itself. It has a few intimate relations with the Divinity outside of itself and within itself, but it begins to converse with Jesus. If it persists in the frequentation of His company, the Lord gradually takes an ever-increasing share in the conversation and begins to enlighten the soul. In its contemplation of the mysteries of faith, He aids it to penetrate beneath the words and facts and symbols, hitherto known but superficially, and to grasp the inner sense of the supernatural truths contained in these facts or words or symbols. The Scriptures are gradually opened to the soul. The well-known texts begin to acquire a new and deeper meaning. Familiar expressions convey a knowledge, which the soul wonders never to have before discovered in them. All this new light is directed towards giving a fuller and more perfect comprehension of the mysteries of our faith, which are the mysteries of the life of Jesus.

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Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s request: “I am asking you, every single day of your life without any exception, to make a continuous hour of adoration in the Presence of Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament…”

“Because we live in a demonic age, the time has come to take seriously this Holy Hour. It is the only thing our Blessed Lord ever asked us to do, ever asked directly of His disciples: ‘Can you not stay awake one hour with me?'”

“Who should make it [a Holy Hour of Eucharistic Adoration]? Bishops, for an apathetic world, so that during that Holy Hour the Blessed Lord will speak to them, as He spoke to Paul at Corinth. ‘Be courageous, be not silent, speak out, I am with you.'”

Ven. Fulton J. Sheen continues, speaking of who should make a Holy Hour: “Priests. Make the Holy Hour. It may be a sacramental sign of our victimhood. Would you have power in the pulpit? Would you be able to console the sick? Would you be able to make converts? Then spend the Hour with our Lord. When you mount the pulpit you will shoot forth sparks, and the people will love you.”

“Sisters, you wonderful women, who bear a visible sign of your union with Christ, make the Holy Hour—and understand how much the children in schools are yearning for you to come back. Married couples, make the Holy Hour, to make up for an abortion every thirty seconds. Prove that the Lord is the Lord of life and not of death.”

“All you who are engaged in social work, treating humanity in any form, make the Holy Hour. Believe me, when you begin to see the invisible Christ behind that visible sign of Bread, you will soon begin to see in the poor and the naked the invisible Christ whom they represent. That is the vision that makes Mother Teresa one of the leaders of the world in the love of the poor.”

“And you young people, young men and young women, do not believe that the joy of life consists in a titillation of the flesh, but see that love is sacrificial; and when you make a Holy Hour, then you will begin to understand that the real rock is Peter, and the gates of hell shall not prevail.”

“Everyone, make the Holy Hour, and you will discover as you leave the divine Presence that if you move among people in the world, they will say of you as the maid said of Peter, ‘You have been with Christ.’ And then at the end of a lifetime spent in adoration of the Lord, and in love of the Blessed Mother, of the Blessed Sacrament, when you come before the Lord do you know what He will say to you? He will say, ‘I heard my Mother speak of you.'”

“The secret (to my preaching) is that I have never in fifty-five years missed spending an hour [daily] in the presence of our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. That’s where the power comes from. That’s where sermons are born.”

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25.  Life Is Worth Living – Lesson In Economics
Lesson In Economics
26.  Life Is Worth Living – Macbeth
Macbeth
27.  Life Is Worth Living – Meet A Perfect Stranger-Yourself
Meet A Perfect Stranger – Yourself
28.  Life Is Worth Living – Misplaced Infinite
Misplaced Infinite
29.  Life Is Worth Living – Morticians of God
Morticians of God
30.  Life Is Worth Living – My Four Writers
My Four Writers
31.  Life Is Worth Living – Nice People-Awful People
Life is Worth Living – Nice People – Awful People
32.  Life Is Worth Living – Pax Sovietica
Pax Sovietica
33.  Life Is Worth Living – Psychology of the Rat Race
Psychology of the Rat Race
34.  Life Is Worth Living – Reparation
Reparation
35.  Life Is Worth Living -Sexual Degeneration
Sexual Degeneration
36.  Life Is Worth Living – Should Parents Obey Their Children
Should Parents Obey Their Children
37.  Life Is Worth Living – Social Problems
Social Problems
38.  Life Is Worth Living – Something Higher
Something Higher
39.  Life Is Worth Living – Suffering
Suffering
40.  Life Is Worth Living – Tensions in Marriage
Tensions in Marriage
41.  Life Is Worth Living – The 30th Parallel
The 30th Parallel
42.  Life Is Worth Living – The Glory of the Soldier
The Glory of the Soldier
43.  Life Is Worth Living – The Greatest Trial In History
The Greatest Trial In History
44.  Life Is Worth Living – The Infinity Of Littleness
The Infinity Of Littleness
45.  Life Is Worth Living – The Meaning of Love, The Meaning of Christmas
The Meaning of Love, The Meaning of Christmas
46.  Life Is Worth Living – The Need to Think and Reason
The Need to Think and Reason
47.  Life Is Worth Living – The Philosophy Of Communism
The Philosophy Of Communism
48.  Life Is Worth Living – The Pre-Christian World
The Pre-Christian World
49.  Life Is Worth Living – The Psychology Of The Irish
The Psychology Of The Irish
50.  Life Is Worth Living – The Role of Communism and the Role of America
The Role of Communism and the Role of America
51.  Life Is Worth Living – The Story of Fatima
The Story of Fatima
52.  Life Is Worth Living – The United Nations
The United Nations
53.  Life Is Worth Living – The Value of Incompatibility
The Value of Incompatibility
54.  Life Is Worth Living – The World In Which We Live
The World In Which We Live
55.  Life Is Worth Living – Three Degrees Of Intimacy
Three Degrees Of Intimacy
56.  Life Is Worth Living – Three Times In A Nation’s History
Three Times In A Nation’s History
57.  Life Is Worth Living – To Spank or Not To Spank
To Spank or Not To Spank
58.  Life Is Worth Living – War As Judgement Of God
War As Judgement Of God
59.  Life Is Worth Living – What Did I Do To Deserve This
What Did I Do To Deserve This
60.  Life Is Worth Living – What Holds Us Together
What Holds Us Together
61.  Life Is Worth Living – Who Am I – The Stranger Within
Who Am I, The Stranger Within
62.  Life Is Worth Living – Why Work Is So Boring
Why Work Is So Boring
63.  Life Is Worth Living – Woman At The Well
Woman At The Well
64.  Life Is Worth Living – Women as Objects not Persons
Women as Objects, not Persons
65.  Life Is Worth Living – Women Who Do Not Fail
Women Who Do Not Fail

Love, Marriage and Children

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1.  Christian Marriage – An Overview
Christian Marriage – An Overview
2.  Christian Marriage – As A Sacrament
Christian Marriage – As A Sacrament
3.  Christian Marriage – Sex Is A Mystery
Christian Marriage – Sex Is A Mystery
4.  Christian Marriage – Birth Prevention
Christian Marriage – Birth Prevention
5.  Christian Marriage – Marriage Problems
Christian Marriage – Marriage Problems
6.  Marriage – For Better or Worse
Marriage – For Better or Worse
7.  Marriage – The Importance of Personal Prayer
Marriage – The Importance of Personal Prayer
8.  Marriage – The Value of Incompatibility
Marriage – The Value of Incompatibility
9.  Marriage – Tensions in Marriage
Marriage – Tensions in Marriage
10.  Marriage – How Men and Women Love Differently
Marriage – How Men and Women Love Differently
11.  Marriage – Husband and Wife as Symbol of Christ and His Church
Marriage – Husband and Wife as Symbol of Christ and His Church
12.  Marriage – How Husband and Wife are Sacrament and Sacrifice
Marriage – How Husband and Wife are Sacrament and Sacrifice
13.  Love – Human Love
Love – Human Love
14.  Love – Three Kinds Of Love
Love – Three Kinds Of Love
15.  Love – What Love Is
Love – What Love Is
16.  Love – Three Words For Love
Love – Three Words For Love
17.  Love – Women as Objects, not Persons
Love – Women as Objects, not Persons
18.  Children – Burden or Joy
Children – Burdens or Joy
19.  Children – Character Building
Children – Character Building
20.  Children – Should Parents Obey Their Children
Children – Should Parents Obey Their Children
21.  Children – To Spank or Not To Spank
Children – To Spank or Not To Spank
22.  Children – Juvenile Delinquency
Children – Juvenile Delinquency
23.  Children – Love and Sex – Talk to Young People
Children – Love and Sex – Talk to Young People
24.  Motherhood – How Mothers Are Made
Motherhood – How Mothers Are Made============================================

Meditations on the Passion of Christ

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01 – Passion Week – Palm Sunday, Desecration of the Temple
Passion Week – Palm Sunday, Desecration of the Temple
02 – Passion Week – Last Supper and The Agony
Passion Week – Last Supper and the Agony
03 – Passion Week – Christ Before the Courts
Passion Week – Christ Before the Courts
04 – Passion Week – Death March to Jerusalem, Mary Magdalene and Judas
Passion Week – Death March To Jerusalem, Mary Magdalene and Judas
05 – Last Words – 1st Word, Am I Sick or a Sinner?
7 Last Words – 1st Word, Am I Sick or a Sinner
06 – Last Words – 2nd Word, How Do I Take Pain?
7 Last Words – 2nd Word, How Do I Take Pain
07 – Last Words – 3rd Word, Do I Need the Feminine in Religion?
7 Last Words – 3rd Word, Do I Need the Feminime in Religion
08 – Last Words – 4th Word, Did Christ think of Atheists?
7 Last Words – 4th Word, Did Christ Think of Atheists
09 – Last Words – 5th Word, Do I Need a Love Beyond Love?
7 Last Words – 5th Word, Do I Need a Love Beyond Love
10 – Last Words – 6th Word, Should I Come Down From The Cross?
7 Last Words – 6th Word, Should I Come Down from the Cross
11 – Last Words – 7th Word, Do I Have Any Scars?
7 Last Words – 7th Word, Do I Have Any Scars
12 – Good Friday Talk 1977 – Part 1
Good Friday 1977 – Part 1
13 – Good Friday Talk 1977 – Part 2
Good Friday 1977 – Part 2
14 – Good Friday Talk 1978
Good Friday 1978
15 – The Continuing Passion
The Continuing Passion of Christ
16 – The Crucifixion and the Meaning of the Resurrection
The Crucifixion and the Meaning of the Resurrection===========================================

Prayer, Suffering and The Spiritual Life

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1. Fools for Christ’s Sake
Fools for Christ’s Sake
2.  Foundation of Sanctity
Foundation of Sanctity
3.  How God Has Reconciled Us To Himself
How God Has Reconciled Us To Himself
4.  How to Improve our Spiritual Life
How To Improve Our Spiritual Life
5.  Human Love
Human Love
6.  Kenosis 1
Kenosis 1
7.  Kenosis 2
Kenosis 2
8.  Love and Sex – Talk to Young People
Love and Sex – Talk to Young People
9.  Old Pots
Old Pots
10.  Our Cross
Our Cross
11.  Our Father
Our Father
12.  Personal Prayer
Personal Prayer
13.  Pots of Earthware
Pots of Earthware
14.  Prayer and Meditation
Prayer and Meditation
15.  Skolops – Thorns In The Flesh
Skolops – Thorns In The Flesh
16.  The Choice – Our Father
The Choice – Our Father
17.  The Continuing Incarnation
The Continuing Incarnation
18.  The Continuing Passion of Christ
The Continuing Passion of Christ
19.  The Continuing Resurrection
The Continuing Resurrection
20.  The Continuous Holy   Hour
The Continuous Holy Hour
21.  The Crucifixion and the Meaning of the Resurrection
The Crucifixion and the Meaning of the   Resurrection
22.  The Daily Holy Hour
The Daily Holy Hour
23.  The Holy Hour
The Holy Hour
24.  The Meaning of Suffering
The Meaning of Suffering
25.  The Resurrection
The Resurrection
26.  The Rosary
The Rosary
27.  Three Kinds of Love
Three Kinds Of Love
28.  Three Words for Love
Three Words For Love
29.  Treasures and Pots
Treasures and Pots
30.  Trusting in God
Trusting In God
31.  Understanding the Trials of This World
Understanding the Trials of This World
32.  Wasted Lives – Their Necessity
Wasted Lives-Their Necessity
33.  Wasting Your Life
Wasting Your Life
34.  What Has Happened to Our Spiritual Lives
What Has Happened To Our Spiritual Lives
35.  What Love Is
What Love Is
36.  The Choice
The Choice

The Spirituality of St. Terese of Lisieux

The Spirituality of St. Therese – Talk 1 – Our Call to Holiness
Our Call to Holiness
The Spirituality of St. Therese – Talk 2 – The Path to Holiness and God
The Path to Holiness and God
The Spirituality of St. Therese – Talk 3 – Love’s Delay
Love’s Delays
 The Spirituality of St. Therese – Talk 4 – The Mystery of Death
The Mystery of Death
The Spirituality of St. Therese – Talk 5 – Mystery of Suffering
Mystery of Suffering
The Spirituality of St. Therese – Talk 6 – Her Little Way
Her Little Way
The Spirituality of St. Therese – Talk 7 – Gift of Self to God
Gift of Self to God
The Spirituality of St. Therese – Talk 8 – The Diabolic
The Diabolic
The Spirituality of St. Therese – Talk 9 – Imitation of Christ
Imitation of Christ
The Spirituality of St. Therese – Talk 10 – Virtue of Humility
Virtue of Humility
The Spirituality of St. Therese – Talk 11 – The Precious Blood
The Precious Blood

Various Subjects

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1.  Action and Contemplation
Action and Contemplation
2.  Activism and Intense Spirituality
Activism and Intense Spirituality
3.  Authority and Infallibility
Authority and Infallibility
4.  Betrayal and Forgiveness
Betrayal and Forgiveness
5.  Christ the King
Christ the King
6.  Christ Center of the World
Christ Center of the World
7.  Christian Humor
Christian Humor
8.  Christ – Priest and Victim
Christ – Priest and Victim
9.  Confession Talk To Children
Confession Talk To Children
10.  Culture of Death – The Approach of Midnight
Culture of Death – The Approach of Midnight
11.  Do We Need Confession
Do We Need Confession
12.  Freedom and License
Freedom and License
13.  Judas
Judas
14.  Mary and The Mass
Mary and The Mass
15.  Our Holy Mother The Church
Our Holy Mother The Church
16.  Parables of the Lost
Parables of the Lost
17.  Psychotic and Neurotic Spirituality
Psychotic and Neurotic Spirituality
18.  Satan and Evil
Satan and Evil
19.  Simon Peter
Simon Peter
20.  Sin and Guilt
Sin and Guilt
21.  Sin Is In The Blood
Sin Is In The Blood
22.  The Best of the Humor of Archbishop Sheen
The Best of the Humor of Archbishop Sheen
23.  The Church
The Church
24.  The Demonic Today
The Demonic Today
25.  The Fall and Conversion of Peter
The Fall and Conversion of Peter
26.  The Forgiveness of Sin
The Forgiveness of Sin
27.  The Holy Ghost
The Holy Ghost
28.  The Holy Spirit – Our Unifying Principle
The Holy Spirit – Our Unifying Principle
29.  The Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit
30.  The Meaning of the Mass
The Meaning of the Mass
31.  The Nemesis of Mediocrity
The Nemesis of Mediocrity
32.  The Problem with the Church Today
The Problem with the Church Today
33.  The Truth About Sin
The Truth About Sin
34.  The Woman I Love
The Woman I Love
35.  The Woman I Love 2
The Woman I Love 2
36.  The Woman In Sin
The Woman In Sin
37.  Theology of the Holy Spirit
Theology Of The Holy Spirit
38.  To American Soilders – The Centurions of Rome
To American Soldiers – The Centurions of Rome
39.  Tribute to Pope Paul IV
Tribute To Pope Paul IV

What a Priest Should Be

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 1. Men Called By God
Talk 1 – Dublin Retreat
 2. What it Means To Be A Priest
Talk 2- Dublin Retreat
 3. Imitating Christ’s Obedience
Talk 3 – Dublin Retreat
 4. Undoing The Devil’s Work
Talk 4 – Dublin Retreat
 5. Being Ambassadors In Society
Talk 5 – Dublin Retreat
 6. Watching One Hour With Him
Talk 6 – Dublin Retreat
 7. Meditating On The Crucifixion
Talk 7 – Dublin Retreat
 8. The Suffering Mother Of The Church
Talk 8 – Dublin Retreat
 9. Offering The Sacrifice Of The Mass
Part 9 – Dublin Retreat
 10. Carrying The Trinity in Our Lives
Talk 10 – Dublin Retreat
 11. Casting The Shadow Of Christ
Talk 11 – Dublin Retreat
 12. Counselling And Preaching The Gospel
Talk 12- Dublin Retreat
 13. Loving Our Mother The Church
Talk 13 – Dublin Retreat
 14. Receiving The Gift Of Celibacy
Talk 14 – Dublin Retreat
 15. Driving Out Devils
Talk 15 – Dublin Retreat
 16. Piercing The Two Hearts
Talk 16 – Dublin Retreat
17. Priests and Why God Chose You
Priests and Why God Chose You
18. Understanding What It Means To Be A Priest
Understanding What It Means To Be A Priest
19. Priests and Serving Society
Priests and Serving Society
20. Priests The Holy Hour and Fighting Evil
Priests The Holy Hour and Fighting Evil
21. The Priest and Christ’s Words from the Cross – Part 1
The Priest and Christ’s Words from the   Cross – Part 1
22. The Priest and Christ’s Words from the Cross – Part 2
The Priest and Christ’s Words from the   Cross – Part 2
23. Priests and Preparing for Holy Mass
Priests and Preparing for Holy Mass
24. The True Power of God in the Life of a Priest
The True Power of God in the Life of a   Priest
25. Priests and Reflecting Christ in Society
Priests and Reflecting Christ In Society
26. Priests – Counseling and Preaching
Priests – Counseling and Preaching
27. Priests and Our Holy Mother The Church
Priests and Our Holy Mother The Church
28. Becoming the Priest We Are Called to Be
Becoming the Priest We Are Called to Be
29. First the Spiritual Then Take Action
First the Spiritual Then Take Action
30. The Priest The Holy Hour and the Heart of Christ
The Priest The Holy Hour and the Heart of   Christ
31. Acting In Persona Christi
Acting In Persona Christi
32. Ambassadors of Christ
Ambassadors of Christ
33. Becoming a Different Man
Becoming a Different Man
34. Changes in Spirituality
Changes in Spirituality
35. Eucharist – Christ Present For Us
Eucharist – Christ Present For Us
36. Christ – Priest and Victim
Christ – Priest and Victim
37. Getting to the People
Getting to the People
38. My Role in Reconciliation
My Role In Reconciliation
39. Preaching
Preaching
40. Priest Victim In The Mass
Priest Victim In The Mass
41. Representative Character of the Priest
Representative Character of the Priest
42. Restoring the Vineyard
Restoring the Vineyard
43. The Church Today
The Church Today
44. The Daily Holy Hour
The Daily Holy Hour
45. The Enduring Freshness of the Wounds of Christ
The Enduring Freshness of the Wounds of   Christ
46. The Lord Asks For One Hour
30 The Lord Asks For One Hour
47. Triple Transference
Triple Transference