'The True Meaning of Christmas' - Bishop Fulton Sheen

Bishop Fulton Sheen reflects on why Christmas can be difficult for some to fully accept. His advice is simple yet profound: “If you cannot start with the stable and the full recognition of that breakthrough, start by loving your fellow man.”

Love not for what someone can do for you, nor for any pleasure they bring, but simply love them as a fellow human being. Through this selfless love, you’ll come to see them as creatures of God. “The only unhappy people in this world are the selfish,” Sheen reminds us. By choosing to love truly and deeply, we open our hearts to understanding the real joy of Christmas.

A beautiful challenge to embrace love as the path to discovering the meaning of Christ’s birth. “Won’t you begin to love really and truly? Then you’ll have a Merry Christ Christmas.” 🙏

[seniitaiao]

Pray for Bishop Fulton Sheen to be a SAINT!!🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️💙

[mallshopper]

Wow! Bishop Sheen pray for us in Jesus name. Jan 2025

[tedfulsaas]

Thank you Lord for Bishop Fulton Sheen.
We adore you Lord and we bless you for by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world.

[georginatorres]

Merry Christmas venerable Fulton Sheen. Pray for us please 🙏🏼🥹🎄❤️

[worthwhilediscussion]

Amen. Christmas is so much fulfilling when you give.

[johnrogowtzow]

Dear bishop sheen pray for humanity please, pray for the powers that be, receive Grace from our Lord, to help instead of causing pain and destruction.change their hearts for love and peace and understanding, Amen 🙏❤❤,

[tonyale]

We don’t see or hear this in church or TV nowadays. I am trying very hard to pray and love my neighbor who likes to call authority on us when we get new things: car, shed, roof. I guess that is how they voice their happiness to me 😅. So i am trying to embrace their love by telling myself: thanks to them i will eventually have the best yard in the neighborhood.

[PLSTruth]

Oh, thank you for this post. Bishop Sheen is a blessing.

[jamesmeagher]

Bishop Fulton Sheen always warms my Soul listening to him!

[genbcab]

A Blessed Christmas to you all dear brethren at Catholic Voices and Prayers.
Yes indeed let us all love our neighbors.
🙏💗🥳🎄

[osmarmayoral]

Water, water everywhere & we’re all in the same boat !!!

[wendyharris]

Amen 🙏 thank you bishop Sheen for your wise words

[rafaeljonathanmonterrosoca]

Love to God and Love and Mercy for everyone

[MagdalenaIsaiah]

Merry Christmas in Heaven to one of the greatest Christian teachers to ever grace our struggling little planet, the magnificent Archbishop Sheen♥️🎄♥️✝️✝️✝️💙🙏💙

[kelkabot]

Full disclosure, in the past I found Bishop Fulton Sheen’s intense eyes, cape, and Vincent Price-like diction and intonation chilling. But if you really listen to the content of his speeches, you realize this is a godly man with deep and holy wisdom.

[judithshorthouse]

What a wonderful world it would be if we followed his words❤

[MrRayban_]

Don’t see how that’s a “true” meaning but certainly a nice message 😸

[davidsingh]

There are Two kinds of people who call themselves Christian,

Good Friday Christians who have Faith in God
&
Black Friday christians.