tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post5271915566321120489..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: Heretical miraclesRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-54700091359506200602018-02-21T15:56:58.978-05:002018-02-21T15:56:58.978-05:00The Catholic patron saint, Genesius of Rome, is th...The Catholic patron saint, Genesius of Rome, is the patron saint of actors, barristers and drunks (drunks have more than one patron saint because it's an extra difficult job, I guess). As an actor, barrister and occasional lover of libations, I appreciate the Catholic understanding of psychology here. Fulton Sheen, to my mind, was an actor with his dramatic gowns and accent; he was also a glutton for attention - a 'drunk'; he was also a deeply committed advocate for the Catholic Faith. <br />I just hope he and Genesius are in the presence of the Lord together.Prosperohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08787905335413927542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-15545363658230966702018-02-21T15:03:25.809-05:002018-02-21T15:03:25.809-05:00My memories of "Life Is Worth Living" da...My memories of "Life Is Worth Living" date mostly to the late 1950s. Watching it on stark black and white television, to my young eyes Fulton J. Sheen seemed a rather fearsome religious figure, though that image was softened somewhat by the gentle humor in his storytelling. He didn't influence me toward Catholicism even then, but I did appreciate his polemics against the threat of world communism--a raging political issue at the time.<br /><br />He was certainly a showman. I distinctly remember seeing him end several of his telecasts by lifting the lower area of his cape up high, and then dropping it with a dramatic flourish to make his final point which, even as a youngster, I could sense was a needless bit of theatrics. The theatrical impression was reinforced when I later saw his show in color and was startled to see that he was dressed mostly in all black with a flaming pink cape, cummerbund and zucchetto (a small beanie).<br /><br />Regarding his devotion to "Our Lady of Lourdes"in his autobiographical book "Treasure in Clay" Sheen devoted an entire chapter to Mary, “The Woman I Love.” He said:<br /><br />“When I was ordained, I took a resolution to offer the Holy Sacrifice of the Eucharist every Saturday to the Blessed Mother.… All this makes me very certain that when I go before the Judgment Seat of Christ, He will say to me in His Mercy: ‘I heard My Mother speak of you.' During my life I have made about thirty pilgrimages to the shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes and about ten to her shrine in Fatima” (Fulton J. Sheen, Treasure in Clay, p. 317).<br /><br />So as a true son of Rome Fulton Sheen's entire focus to secure salvation was essentially him counting on Mary to put in a good word for him before Christ, a strategy he was "very certain" would result in the desired effect.<br /><br />I wonder what he thinks of that idea now.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com