Life is Worth Living | Episode 79 | His Last Words | Fulton Sheen

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Published 2021-05-12
Fulton John Sheen, was born May 8, 1895 in Illinois and was ordained a priest of the diocese of Peoria in Peoria, IL on September 20, 1919. In 1930, after just eleven years of priesthood, Sheen began hosting a weekly Sunday night radio broadcast called The Catholic Hour. This broadcast captured many devoted listeners, reportedly drawing an audience of four million people every week for two decades. In 1951, Sheen was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdioceses of New York, the same year he started Life is Worth Living. Life is Worth Living ran until 1957. Bishop Sheen hosted another television series, The Fulton Sheen Program, running from 1961 to 1968 that closely modeled the Life is Worth Living series.

In 1979 Fulton J. Sheen received his greatest accolade when Pope John Paul II embraced him and said, "You have written and spoken well of the Lord Jesus. You are a loyal son of the Church." With that last acknowledgement, Fulton Sheen passed into eternal life just two months later on December 9, 1979.

Bishop Fulton Sheen was scheduled for beatification (the process of becoming a saint in the Catholic Church) on December 21, 2019, at the Cathedral of St. Mary in Peoria. On December 3, 2019, the Diocese of Peoria announced that the beatification of Sheen would be delayed.
All Comments (21)
  • @fernvalcourrodley4
    Bishop Sheen helped me return to the Church in 2017 through his Life is Worth Living program's I discovered in July 2015 on YouTube. Thank you Lord Jesus.
  • @deannarombach3325
    Bishop Sheen pray for us who are living in the world you knew would come.
  • @marylou3995
    Bishop Fulton Sheen. is who we desperately need today - I wish he was here and our Pope. A wonderful religious man...
  • @bryanmelton5538
    IM NOT CATHOLIC BUT I HAVE ALWAYS ENJOYED HEARING THIS BISHOP
  • @bocharles8742
    Truly, we need more men like him today in the Catholic Church.
  • @helennieuwenhuis1528
    My mom use to watch him, and although she was not Catholic she encouraged me to watch him too. I still do ~ ❤️🕊
  • @AngelCatBaby
    I love the way Archbishop Sheen talks about Jesus here, we sure need more people like him in our society in today’s churches and less ego minded pastors who think they are above God’s rules, or anyone else. RIP Sheen, may your faith in God enlighten those who hear your words on Jesus.
  • @careycraig4360
    Truly Bishop Fulton J. Sheen was a man touched by the Holy Spirit!!!
  • @josephclark4153
    The Bishop was a warrior for Christ and his divine church " show me your hands do you have scars from giving, show me your feet do have any wounds from doing good " we desperately need and miss you Bishop Sheen .
  • @franmasawi7366
    "Pain is Heaven's Loud Speaker..." Thank you Lord for Bishop Sheen.
  • @luima7571
    It was the Holy Spirit preached to us via Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen!
  • @prisolivier6561
    This video is timeless. Ven. Archbishop Fulton J.Sheen was one of the greatest preachers of all times.🙏
  • @gerimagala2839
    A Man of All Seasons! SHEEN! SHOULD BE A SAINT BY NOW!!! GET WITH IT CATHOLIC CHURCH!
  • @sophiewallace8662
    Offer every joy, breath, word and instant of pain to Our Lord Jesus!
  • @lindacyoung1789
    I am enjoying hearing this as my cousin who is Catholic loved him so she brought back his last words to me today