Passion Meditations on “Christ’s Seven Last Words” by Fulton John Sheen presented in “The Catholic Hour” Radio Cover Image

Tematy rozważań pasyjnych „Siedmiu ostatnich słów Jezusa” Fultona Johna Sheena w audycjach radiowych „The Catholic Hour”
Passion Meditations on “Christ’s Seven Last Words” by Fulton John Sheen presented in “The Catholic Hour” Radio

Author(s): Dawid Surmiak
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion, Pastoral Theology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Papieskiego Jana Pawła II w Krakowie
Keywords: Fulton J. Sheen; Seven Last Words of Jesus; Passionate Sermons; Lent; Radio

Summary/Abstract: A specific context for the preaching about the cross of Christ are the sermons based on the Christ’s Seven Last Words. On many occasions, Fulton J. Sheen undertook a similar mission in his radio addresses broadcasted for over twenty years in the radio program “The Catholic Hour”. This famous preacher, not only meditated, interpreted and preached on the words of Christ, but he also deliberated on the life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, explained different parts of the Holy Mass and the meaning of the particular words of the “Our Father”. He deliberated on the virtues and the capital sins, put some new light on the blessings of Jesus, and often directed his thought-provoking meditative reflections to those listeners, who turned away from God. The article presents Sheen’s teaching that it is based on the explanation of God’s truths, an individual’s search for meaning, with emphasis on morals.

  • Issue Year: 24/2020
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 189-206
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish