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    Victory Over Vice

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    World-renowned evangelist, Emmy Award winner and New York Times best-selling author Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen presents a collection of engaging sermons, encouraging the reader to understand that the seven deadly sins can be overcome.

    Throughout this series of talks, Archbishop Sheen will provide some valuable insights on how to overcome the various forms of sin and vice.

    Using the Seven Last Words spoken by Jesus from the Cross on Calvary as a backdrop, Sheen will address matters concerning various addictions and patterns of habitual sin. He will use his inimitable writing style, with immediacy, yet conveying joy and comfort in the subject matter.

    These meditations on the Seven Last Words correlated to the seven deadly sins make no pretence to absoluteness. The Words are not necessarily related to the seven deadly sins but they do make convenient points of illustrations.


    HELP IN OVERCOMING THE SIN OF ANGER
    "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do."

    HELP IN OVERCOMING THE SIN OF ENVY
    "This day thou shalt be with Me in Paradise."

    HELP IN OVERCOMING THE SIN OF LUST
    "Woman, behold thy son! (Son) Behold thy mother!"

    HELP IN OVERCOMING THE SIN OF PRIDE
    "My God! My God! Why hast Thou hast abandoned Me?"

    HELP IN OVERCOMING THE SIN OF GLUTTONY
    "I thirst."

    HELP IN OVERCOMING THE SIN OF SLOTH
    "It is finished."

    HELP IN OVERCOMING THE SIN OF COVETOUSNESS
    "Father, into Thy Hands, I commend My Spirit."


    This book has only one aim: to awaken a love for Our Lord and to give the reader an understanding of how the Seven Last Words can be used as a remedy to help one to overcome the seven deadly sins of anger, envy, lust, pride, gluttony, sloth, and covetousness. If it does that in but one soul, its publication has been justified.

    Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen was a man for all seasons. Over his lifetime, he spent himself for souls, transforming lives with the clear teaching of the truths of Christ and His Church through his books, his radio addresses, his lectures, his television series, and his many newspaper columns.

    The topics of this much-sought-after lecturer ranged from the social concerns of the day to matters of faith and morals. With an easy and personable manner, Sheen could strike up a conversation on just about any subject, making numerous friends as well as converts.

    During the 1930s and '40s, Fulton Sheen was the featured speaker on The Catholic Hour radio broadcast, and millions of listeners heard his radio addresses each week. His topics ranged from politics and the economy to philosophy and man's eternal pursuit of happiness.

    Possessing a burning zeal to dispel the myths about Our Lord and His Church, Sheen gave a series of powerful presentations on Christ's Passion and His seven last words from the Cross. As a Scripture scholar, Archbishop Sheen knew full well the power contained in preaching Christ crucified. With St. Paul, he could say, "For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified" (1 Cor. 2:2).

    During his last recorded Good Friday address in 1979, Archbishop Sheen spoke of having given this type of reflection on the subject of Christ's seven last words from the Cross "for the fifty-eighth consecutive time." Whether from the young priest in Peoria, Illinois, the university professor in Washington, D.C., or the bishop in New York, Sheen's messages were sure to make an indelible mark on his listeners.

    Given their importance and the impact they had on society, it seemed appropriate to reintroduce these reflections once again on overcoming the seven deadly sins.

     

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBishop Sheen Today
    Release dateJun 25, 2021
    ISBN9781990427336
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    Fulton J. Sheen

    The life and teachings of Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen anticipated and embodied the spirit of both the Second Vatican Council and the New Evangelization. A gifted orator and writer, he was a pioneer in the use of media for evangelization: His radio and television broadcasts reached an estimated 30 million weekly viewers. He also wrote more than 60 works on Christian living and theology, many of which are still in print. Born in 1895, Sheen grew up in Peoria, Illinois, and was ordained a priest for the diocese in 1919. He was ordained an auxiliary bishop in New York City in 1951. As the head of his mission agency, the Society for the Propagation of the Faith (1950–1966), and as Bishop of Rochester (1966-1969), Sheen helped create 9,000 clinics, 10,000 orphanages, and 1,200 schools; and his contributions educated 80,000 seminarians and 9,000 religious. Upon his death in 1979, Sheen was buried at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York. His cause for canonization was returned to his home diocese of Peoria in January 2011, and Sheen was proclaimed "Venerable" by Pope Benedict XVI on June 28, 2012. The first miracle attributed to his intercession was approved in March 2014, paving the way for his beatification.

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    Victory Over Vice - Fulton J. Sheen

    VICTORY OVER VICE

    The Seven Last Words

    And The Art of Overcoming

    the Seven Deadly Sins

    FULTON J. SHEEN

    Copyright © 2021 by Allan J. Smith

    Unless otherwise noted, Scripture quotations in the main text are taken from the Douay-Rheims edition of the Old and New Testaments, public domain.

    No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form, or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review.

    Bishop Sheen Today

    280 John Street

    Midland, Ontario, Canada

    L4R 2J5

    www.bishopsheentoday.com

    Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

    Names: Sheen, Fulton J. (Fulton John), 1895-1979, author.  | Smith, Allan J., editor.

    Sheen, Fulton J. (Fulton John), 1895-1979. Victory Over Vice. - Registered in the name of P.J. Kenedy & Sons, under Library of Congress catalog card number: A 128052, following publication April 13, 1939.

    Smith, Al (Allan J.) editor – The Cries of Jesus from the Cross: A Fulton Sheen Anthology. Manchester, New Hampshire: Sophia Institute Press, 2018, ISBN 9781622826209.

    Title: Victory Over Vice: The Seven Last Words and the Art of Overcoming the Seven Deadly Sins

    Fulton J. Sheen; compiled by Allan J. Smith.

    Description: Midland, Ontario: Bishop Sheen Today, 2021

    Includes bibliographical references.

    Identifiers: ISBN: 978-1-990427-32-9 (paperback)

    ISBN: 978-1-990427-33-6 (eBook)

    ISBN: 978-1-990427-73-2 (hardcover)

    Subjects:  Jesus Christ — The Seven Last Words — Seven Deadly Sins — Vice

    J.M.J.

    DEDICATED TO

    Mary Immaculate Mother of God

    IN TOKEN OF FILIAL

    GRATITUDE AND AFFECTION.

    IN HUMBLE PETITION WE PRAY

    FOR VICTORY OVER VICE

    Ad maiorem Dei gloriam

    inque hominum salutem

    Jesus calls all His children to the pulpit of the Cross, and every word He says to them is set down for the purpose of an eternal publication and undying consolation. 

    There was never a preacher like the dying Christ. 

    There was never a congregation like that which gathered about the pulpit of the Cross. 

    And there was never a sermon like the Seven Last Words.

    Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen

    THE SEVEN LAST WORDS OF CHRIST

    The First Word

    "Father, Forgive Them For They

    Know Not What They Do."

    The Second Word

    "This Day Thou Shalt Be

    With Me In Paradise."

    The Third Word

    "Woman, Behold Thy Son;

    Behold Thy Mother."

    The Fourth Word

    "My God!  My God!  

    Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?"

    The Fifth Word

    I Thirst.

    The Sixth Word

    It Is Finished.

    The Seventh Word

    "Father, Into Thy Hands

    I Commend My Spirit."

    CONTENTS

    PREFACE

    INTRODUCTION

    ANGER

    ENVY

    LUST

    PRIDE

    GLUTTONY

    SLOTH

    COVETOUSNESS

    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

    ABOUT THE AUTHOR

    PREFACE

    "I have learned more from the

    crucifix than from any book."

    St. Thomas Aquinas

    Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen was a man for all seasons. Over his lifetime, he spent himself for souls, transforming lives with the clear teaching of the truths of Christ and His Church through his books, his radio addresses, his lectures, his television series, and his many newspaper columns.

    The topics of this much-sought-after lecturer ranged from the social concerns of the day to matters of faith and morals. With an easy and personable manner, Sheen could strike up a conversation on just about any subject, making numerous friends as well as converts.

    During the 1930s and ’40s, Fulton Sheen was the featured speaker on The Catholic Hour radio broadcast, and millions of listeners heard his radio addresses each week. His topics ranged from politics and the economy to philosophy and man’s eternal pursuit of happiness.

    Along with his weekly radio program, Sheen wrote dozens of books and pamphlets. One can safely say that through his writings, thousands of people changed their perspectives about God and the Church. Sheen was quoted as saying, There are not one hundred people in the United States who hate the Catholic Church, but there are millions who hate what they wrongly perceive the Catholic Church to be.

    Possessing a burning zeal to dispel the myths about Our Lord and His Church, Sheen gave a series of powerful presentations on Christ’s Passion and His seven last words from the Cross. As a Scripture scholar, Archbishop Sheen knew full well the power contained in preaching Christ crucified. With St. Paul, he could say, For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified (1 Cor. 2:2).

    During his last recorded Good Friday address in 1979, Archbishop Sheen spoke of having given this type of reflection on the subject of Christ’s seven last words from the Cross for the fifty-eighth consecutive time. Whether from the young priest in Peoria, Illinois, the university professor in Washington, D.C., or the bishop in New York, Sheen’s messages were sure to make an indelible mark on his listeners.

    Given their importance and the impact they had on society, it seemed appropriate to bring back this collection of Sheen’s radio addresses that were later compiled into a book titled Victory over Vice (New York: P.J. Kenedy and Sons, 1939).

    On October 2, 1979, when visiting St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City, Pope John Paul II embraced Fulton Sheen and spoke into his ear a blessing and an affirmation. He said: You have written and spoken well of the Lord Jesus Christ. You are a loyal son of the Church. On the day Archbishop Sheen died (December 9, 1979), he was found in his private chapel before the Eucharist in the shadow of the cross. Archbishop Sheen was a man purified in the fires of love and by the wood of the Cross.

    It is hoped that, upon reading these reflections, the reader will concur with the heartfelt affirmation given by St. John Paul II and countless others of Sheen’s wisdom and fidelity. May these writings by Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen evoke in us a greater love and understanding of how the Seven Last Words can be used as a remedy to help one overcome the seven deadly sins of anger, envy, lust, pride, gluttony, sloth, and covetousness.

    INTRODUCTION

    These meditations on the Seven Last Words correlated to the seven deadly sins make no pretence to absoluteness.  The Words are not necessarily related to the seven deadly sins but they do make convenient points of illustrations.

    This book has only one aim: to awaken a love in the Passion of Our Lord and to give the reader encouragement in winning a victory over one, or many, of the seven deadly sins.  If it does that in but one soul, its publication has been justified.

    ANGER

    "Father, forgive them, for they

    know not what they do."

    The one passion in man that has deeper roots in his rational nature than any other is the passion of anger. Anger and reason are capable of great compatibility because anger is based upon reason, which weighs the injury done and the satisfaction to be demanded. We are never angry unless someone has injured us in some way — or we think he has.

    But not all anger is sinful, for there is such a thing as just anger. The most perfect expression of just anger we find in Our Blessed Lord's cleansing of the Temple. Passing through its shadowed doorways at the festival of the Pasch, He found greedy traders, victimizing at every turn the worshippers who needed lambs and doves for the temple sacrifices.

    Making a scourge of little cords He moved through their midst with a calm dignity and beautiful self-control even more compelling than the

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