Humility and pride…
Humility is dependence on God as pride is independence of Him. The humble soul is always the thankful soul.
–Blessed Fulton Sheen (1895-1979)
If we die to self…
When we die to something, something comes alive within us. If we die to self, charity comes alive; if we die to pride, service comes alive; if we die to lust, reverence for personality comes alive; if we die to anger, love comes alive.
–Blessed Fulton Sheen (1895-1979)
Why bread and wine…
Why did Our Blessed Lord use bread and wine as the elements of this Memorial? First of all, because no two substances in nature better symbolize unity than bread and wine. As bread is made from a multiplicity of grains of wheat, and wine is made from a multiplicity of grapes, so the many who believe are one in Christ. Second, no two substances in nature have to suffer more to become what they are than bread and wine. Wheat has to pass through the rigors of winter, be ground beneath the Calvary of a mill, and then subjected to purging fire before it can become bread. Grapes in their turn must be subjected to the Gethsemane of a wine press and have their life crushed from them to become wine. Thus, do they symbolize the Passion and Sufferings of Christ, and the condition of Salvation, for Our Lord said unless we die to ourselves we cannot live in Him. A third reason is that there are no two substances in nature which have more traditionally nourished man [and woman] than bread and wine. In bringing these elements to the altar, men [and women] are equivalently bringing themselves. When bread and wine are taken or consumed, they are changed into [one’]s body and blood. But when [Jesus] took bread and wine, He changed them into Himself.”
― Fulton J. Sheen, Life of Christ
In receiving God…
Once you have surrendered yourself, you make yourself receptive. In receiving from God, you are perfected
–Blessed Fulton Sheen (1895-1979)
Waking up in the morning…
There are two ways of waking up in the morning. One is to say, “Good morning, God,” and the other is to say, “Good God, morning!”
–Blessed Fulton Sheen (1895-1979)
Repentance is God-loving…
There are two ways of knowing how good and loving God is. One is by never losing Him, through the preservation of innocence, and the other is by finding Him after one has lost Him. Repentance is not self-regarding, but God-regarding. It is not self-loathing, but God-loving.
–Blessed Fulton Sheen (1895-1979
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