Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen (1895–1979) was a pioneering American Roman Catholic prelate, theologian, and Emmy Award-winning television personality who was officially beatified by the Catholic Church on September 24, 2026. Declared "Blessed" by Pope Leo XIV during a historic Mass attended by 50,000 Catholics at The Dome in St. Louis, Missouri, he is the first-ever American-born bishop to achieve this milestone on the path to sainthood.
Here are some of his best quotes to inspire you and your friends!
1. "Sometimes the only way the good Lord can get into some hearts is to break them."
2. "Believe the incredible and you can do the impossible."
3. "The greatest love story of all time is contained in a tiny white Host."
4. "Love is the key to the mystery. Love by its very nature is not selfish, but generous. It seeks not its own, but the good of others. The measure of love is not the pleasure it gives-that is the way the world judges it-but the joy and peace it can purchase for others."
4. "Love is the key to the mystery. Love by its very nature is not selfish, but generous. It seeks not its own, but the good of others. The measure of love is not the pleasure it gives-that is the way the world judges it-but the joy and peace it can purchase for others."
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5. "Let those who think that the Church pays too much attention to Mary give heed to the fact that Our Blessed Lord Himself gave ten times as much of His life to her as He gave to His Apostles."
6. "Help someone in distress and you lighten your own burden; the very joy of alleviating the sorrow of another is the lessening of one's own."
7. "The secret (to my preaching) is that I have never in fifty-five years missed spending an hour in the presence of our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. That's where the power comes from. That's where sermons are born. That's where every good thought is conceived."
8. "The Rosary is the best therapy for these distraught, unhappy, fearful, and frustrated souls, precisely because it involves the simultaneous use of three powers: the physical, the vocal, and the spiritual, and in that order."
5. "Let those who think that the Church pays too much attention to Mary give heed to the fact that Our Blessed Lord Himself gave ten times as much of His life to her as He gave to His Apostles."
6. "Help someone in distress and you lighten your own burden; the very joy of alleviating the sorrow of another is the lessening of one's own."
7. "The secret (to my preaching) is that I have never in fifty-five years missed spending an hour in the presence of our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. That's where the power comes from. That's where sermons are born. That's where every good thought is conceived."
8. "The Rosary is the best therapy for these distraught, unhappy, fearful, and frustrated souls, precisely because it involves the simultaneous use of three powers: the physical, the vocal, and the spiritual, and in that order."
9. "It is not particularly difficult to find thousands who will spend two or three hours a day in exercising, but if you ask them to bend their knees to God in five minutes of prayer they protest that it is too long."
10. "A smile across the aisle of a bus in the morning could save a suicide later in the day."
BONUS: "The power of the rosary is beyond description."
For Americans: “I am worried about America! I am not so much worried about its politics and economics, important though they be: I am worried about its soul. After all, politics and economics are determined by the sense of values which underlies them.” Bl. Fulton J. Sheen
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