Heavenly Father, source of all holiness, You raise up within the Church in every age men and women who serve with heroic love and dedication. You have blessed Your Church through the life and ministry of Your faithful servant, Archbishop Fulton J Sheen. He has written and spoken well of Your Divine Son, Jesus Christ, and was a true instrument of the Holy Spirit in touching the hearts of countless people.
If it be according to Your Will, for the honor and glory of the Most Holy Trinity and for the salvation of souls, we ask You to move the Church to proclaim him a saint. We ask this prayer through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen
Oh dear, my mother loved this man and gave us a video of his shows! (Also my neighbor!)
Archbishop Sheen was a wonderful force for good in the Church here in America. He reached out to many, and I would imagine was probably responsible for numerous conversions and vocations. He was also a powerful counterbalance to the dissident forces of modernism in the Church here in America.
Words of wisdom from Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen:
“WHO IS GOING TO SAVE OUR CHURCH? NOT OUR BISHOPS, NOT OUR PRIESTS AND RELIGIOUS. IT IS UP TO THE PEOPLE. YOU HAVE THE MINDS, THE EYES, THE EARS TO SAVE THE CHURCH. YOUR MISSION IS TO SEE THAT YOUR PRIESTS ACT LIKE PRIESTS, YOUR BISHOPS, LIKE BISHOPS, AND YOUR RELIGIOUS ACT LIKE RELIGIOUS.”
“we ask You to move the Church to proclaim him a saint”
This is truly silly. He either was a saint when he died or he will never be one now, no matter who prays for him.
Are you sure he’s deserving of canonization? In 1967, he denounced the Vietnam War, undermining our effort to save the South Vietnamese, many of whom were Roman Catholics, from having to live under Communism.
this man did a tremendous amount of good...
That men like Sheen and Cardinal Newman are now considered “conservative” illustrates just how low Catholicism has fallen.
It's clear that Archbishop Sheen hated Communism.