The Seven Last Words - Fulton J. Sheen
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description: \n The Seven Last Words by Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen is an exploration and explanation of the seven statements made by Christ upon the Cross. Unlike the detailed instructions offered a few years earlier in the Sermon on the Mount, these last few utterances of Christ were brief. But within them, Archbishop Sheen finds wisdom and truth. \n Christ's Seven Last Words come from each of the four gospels of Mark, Matthew, John, and Luke. The first, second, and final words appear in Luke. The third, fifth, and sixth appear in John. And the fourth appears in both Matthew and Mark. Archbishop Sheen calls these Last Words a sermon. And indeed, they had everything necessary to create one: ...a pulpit [the cross], an audience [the Pharisees, temple priests, and Roman soldiers], and a truth [the Words of Christ]. \n This sermon on Calvary was unlike any other. It was not long-winded or full of fiery prose. But within these short Last Words, Christ again showed us His Mercy and His Love. As Archbishop Sheen says, There was never a sermon like the Seven Last Words. \n Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen was born in tiny El Paso, Illinois, in 1895. At just eight years old, while serving as an altar boy in Peoria, he dropped and broke a wine cruet on the floor. Bishop John L. Spalding took the boy aside and predicted that he would one day study at the famous Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium, and that someday you will be just as I am. \n Archbishop Sheen did go on to study in Leuven, as well as at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., and the Pontificium Collegium Internationale Angelicum in Rome. He taught theology and philosophy for many years at Catholic University, and he served as director for the missionary organization Society of the Propagation of Faith. \n He was best known for his radio and television programs. Archbishop Sheen spoke on the Sunday radio show The Catholic Hour throughout the 1930s and 1940s. He followed this program with the wildly popular L…
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