Virtue Quote: Ven. Fulton Sheen
"Joy can be felt in both prosperity and adversity." -Ven. Fulton Sheen
"Joy can be felt in both prosperity and adversity." -Ven. Fulton Sheen
"One of life’s greatest joys comes from loving those whom no one else loves." -Ven. Fulton Sheen
"Spiritual joy is a serenity of temper in the midst of the changes of life, such as a mountain has when a storm breaks over it." -Ven. Fulton Sheen
"Levity is an act; joy, a habit." -Ven. Fulton Sheen
Ven. Fulton Sheenÿexplains the core virtue of the Gospel. We are called to love, especially people who others do not love. Jesus describes this as loving our enemies. We should not limit our understanding of this to just adversaries that we are competing against or that threaten us. We need to love everyone, especially people [...]
"If a sense of guilt weighs down the soul no amount of pleasure on the outside can compensate for the loss of joy on the inside. As sorrow is attendant on sin, so joy is the companion of holiness." Source: Ven. Fulton Sheen, The Way to Happiness
"Spiritual joy is a serenity of temper in the midst of the changes of life, such as a mountain has when a storm breaks over it." Source:ÿ Ven. Fulton Sheen, The Way to Happiness
Levity is an act; joy, a habit. Source: ÿVen. Fulton Sheen, These are the Sacraments
"O God, and what joy ought not we men to conceive, what hopes and what affections, in knowing that in the midst of our land, in our churches, near our houses, the Holy of holies, the true God, dwells and lives in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar!" Source: St. Alphonsus Liguori, Visits [...]
"My dryness increased. Both Heaven and earth denied me consolation; yet, though surrounded by the waters of tribulation which I sought so ardently, I was the happiest person in the world." Source: St. Therese of Lisieux, The Story of a Soul, Saint Benedict Press, 2010.