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Alter ChristusNumber 9 - July 2021Alter Christus“As an alter Christus (another Christ) the priest is in Christ, for Christ and withChrist. Because he belongs to Christ, the priest is radically at the service of all people:he is the minister of their salvation” (Pope Benedict XVI)Monthly bulletin dedicated to all the Priests of Papua New Guinea and Solomon IslandsThis Month’s Reading:Archbishop Fulton J. SheenDear Father,Among all the books written by FultonJ. Sheen, Treasure in Clay is probablyone of the best. The book is Sheen’sautobiography and was completedshortly before his death in 1979. Forthis month’s bulletin, I selected a chaptercalled "The Hour That Makes My Day",in which the good Archbishop tellsus the secret of his perseverance andwisdom: the daily hour of adoration ofthe Blessed Sacrament.Our own experience tells us that manytimes it is very difficult for us to find"one free hour" to spend with Jesus inthe tabernacle. There are so many thingsto do in our parishes, that it’s very easyto find excuses and leave Jesus alone.Instead, according to Fulton J. Sheen,the hour of adoration is the source fromwhich everything else flows, and ourpriesthood and parishes will flourish andbe blessed with abundant graces if wegive Jesus the time He deserves.When Jesus called his disciples, theGospel says that he asked them "to bewith him." And that is what EucharisticAdoration means: to be with Jesus. Howcan we preach about Jesus, if we don’tspend time with Him and consequentlydon’t know Him? Books and theologicaltreatises are not enough to obtain a deepknowledge of Jesus. Fulton J. Sheen says:"The purpose of the Holy Hour is to1
July 2021encourage deep personal encounter withChrist." We must, as Jesus asked, "bewith him." To spend one hour in front ofthe tabernacle is not a waste of time, butthe very opposite! We become like theapostles in Gethsemane, and we fulfillOur Lord’s desire: "Could you not watchone hour with Me?"It is not by chance that great saints likePadre Pio, Mother Teresa, John Paul IIand Fulton Sheen used to pray one hourin front of the tabernacle every single day.If they could do it, should we not try?God bless you!Fr. Tomás Ravaioli, IVELCI DirectorAuthor: Archbishop Fulton J. SheenFulton John Sheen (May 8, 1895 - December 9, 1979) was an American bishop (laterarchbishop) of the Catholic Church known for his preaching and especially his work ontelevision and radio. Ordained a priest of the Diocese of Peoria in 1919, Sheen quicklybecame a renowned theologian. He went on to teach theology and philosophy at theCatholic University of America as well as acting as a parish priest before being appointedAuxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of New York in 1951. He held this position until 1966,when he was made the Bishop of Rochester. He resigned in 1969 as his 75th birthdayapproached, and was made the Archbishop of the titular see of Newport, Wales.For 20 years as Father Sheen, laterMonsignor, he hosted the night-timeradio program The Catholic Hour on NBC(1930–1950) before moving to televisionand presenting Life Is Worth Living (1952–1957). Sheen's final presenting role wason the syndicated The Fulton SheenProgram (1961–1968) with a format verysimilar to that of the earlier Life is WorthLiving show.The cause for his canonization wasofficially opened in 2002. In June 2012,Pope Benedict XVI officially recognizeda decree stating that he lived a life of"heroic virtues" – a major step towardsbeatification – and he is now referredto as "Venerable." On July 5, 2019,Pope Francis approved a miracle thatoccurred through the intercession ofArchbishop Sheen, clearing the way forhis beatification.2
Alter ChristusThe Hour that Makes My DayBy Archbishop Fulton J. SheenOn the day of my Ordination, I madetwo resolutions:Briefly, here are some reasons why Ihave kept up this practice, and why Ihave encouraged it in others:1. I would offer the Holy Eucharistevery Saturday in honor of the BlessedMother to solicit her protection on mypriesthood. The Epistle to the Hebrewsbids the priest offer sacrifices not onlyfor others, but also for himself, since hissins are greater because of the dignity ofthe office.2. I resolved also to spend a continuousHoly Hour every day in the presence ofour Lord in the Blessed Sacrament.First, the Holy Hour is not a devotion;it is a sharing in the work of redemption.Our Blessed Lord used the words“hour” and “day” in two totally differentconnotations in the Gospel of John.“Day” belongs to God; the “hour”belongs to evil. Seven times in the Gospelof John, the word “hour” is used, and ineach instance it refers to the demonic,and to the moments when Christ is nolonger in the Father’s Hands, but inthe hands of men. In the Garden, ourLord contrasted two “hours” - one wasthe evil hour “this is your hour” - withwhich Judas could turn out the lights ofthe world. In contrast, our Lord asked:“Could you not watch one hour with Me?”.In other words, he asked for an hour ofreparation to combat the hour of evil; anhour of victimal union with the Cross toovercome the anti-love of sin.In the course of my priesthood Ihave kept both of these resolutions.The Holy Hour had its origin in apractice I developed a year before Iwas ordained. The big chapel in St.Paul’s Seminary would be locked bysix o’clock; there were still privatechapels available for private devotionsand evening prayers. This particularevening during recreation, I walkedup and down outside the closed majorchapel for almost an hour. The thoughtstruck me - why not make a HolyHour of adoration in the presence ofthe Blessed Sacrament? The next dayI began, and the practice is now wellover sixty years old.Secondly, the only time Our Lordasked the Apostles for anything was thenight he went into his agony. Then hedid not ask all of them, perhaps becausehe knew he could not count on theirfidelity. But at least he expected three3
July 2021to be faithful to him: Peter, James andJohn. As often in the history of theChurch since that time, evil was awake,but the disciples were asleep. That iswhy there came out of His anguishedand lonely Heart the sigh: “Could younot watch one hour with me?” Not for anhour of activity did He plead, but for anhour of companionship.engagement, or rise an hour earlier, buton the whole it has never been a burden,only a joy. I do not mean to say that allthe Holy Hours have been edifying, asfor example, the one in the church of St.Roch in Paris. I entered the church aboutthree o’clock in the afternoon, knowingthat I had to catch a train for Lourdestwo hours later. There are only aboutten days a year in which I can sleep inThe third reason I keep up the the daytime; this was one. I knelt downHoly Hour is to grow more and more and said a prayer of adoration, and theninto his likeness. As Paul puts it: “We sat up to meditate and immediatelyare transfigured into his likeness, from went to sleep. I woke up exactly at thesplendor to splendor.” Weend of one hour. I said tobecome like that which wethe Good Lord: “Have IThe Holy Hourgaze upon. Looking into amade a Holy Hour?” Ihelpstogrowsunset, the face takes onthought his angel said:more and more “Well, that’s the waya golden glow. Lookingat the Eucharistic Lordinto his likeness. the Apostles made theirfor an hour transformsWe become like first Holy Hour in thethe heart in a mysteriousGarden, but don’t do itthat whichway as the face of Mosesagain.”was transformed after hisOne difficult Holy Hourwe gaze uponcompanionship with GodI remember occurredon the mountain. Something happens to when I took a train from Jerusalem tous similar to that which happened to the Cairo. The train left at four o’clock in thedisciples at Emmaus. On Easter Sunday morning; that meant very early rising.afternoon when the Lord met them, he On another occasion in Chicago, I askedasked why they were so gloomy. After permission from a pastor to go into hisspending some time in his presence, and church to make a Holy Hour about sevenhearing again the secret of spirituality - o’clock one evening, for the church was“The Son of Man must suffer to enter into locked. He then forgot that he had let mehis Glory” - their time with him ended in, and I was there for about two hoursand their “hearts were on fire.”trying to find a way of escape. FinallyI jumped out of a small window andThe Holy Hour. Is it difficult?landed in the coal bin. This frightened thehousekeeper, who finally came to my aid.Sometimes it seemed to be hard; it At the beginning of my priesthood Imight mean having to forgo a social would make the Holy Hour during the4
Alter Christusday or the evening. As the years mountedand I became busier, I made the Hourearly in the morning, generally beforeHoly Mass. Priests, like everybody else,are divided into two classes: roosters andowls. Some work better in the morning,others at night. An Anglican bishopwho was chided by a companion for hisshort night prayers explained: “I keepprayed up.”us in love with Christ unless both arepreceded by a personal encounter withhim. When Moses saw the burning bushin the desert, it did not feed on any fuel.The flame, unfed by anything visible,continued to exist without destroyingthe wood. So personal dedication toChrist does not deform any of ournatural gifts, disposition, or character; itjust renews without killing. As the woodbecomes fire and the fire endures, so webecome Christ and Christ endures.I have found that it takes some time tocatch fire in prayer. This has been one ofthe advantages of the daily Hour. It isnot so brief as to prevent the soul fromcollecting itself and shaking off themultitudinous distractions of the world.Sitting before the Presence is like a bodyexposing itself before the sun to absorbits rays. Silence in the Hour is a tête-átête with the Lord. In those moments,The Purpose of the Holy HourThe purpose of the Holy Hour is toencourage deep personal encounter withChrist. The holy and glorious God isconstantly inviting us to come to Him, tohold converse with Him, to ask for suchthings as we need and to experience whata blessing there is in fellowship with Him.When we are first ordained it is easy to giveself entirely to Christ, for the Lord fills usthen with sweetness, just as a mother givescandy to her baby to encourage her childto take the first step. This exhilaration,however, does not last long; we quicklylearn the cost of discipleship, which meansleaving nets and boats and countingtables. The honeymoon soon ends, and sodoes our self-importance at first hearingthe stirring title of “Father.”Sensitive love or human love declineswith time, but divine love does not. Thefirst is concerned with the body whichbecomes less and less responsive tostimulation, but in the order of grace,the responsiveness of the divine to tiny,human acts of love intensifies.Neither theological knowledge norsocial action alone is enough to keep5
July 2021one does not so much pour out writtenprayers, but listening takes its place.We do not say: “Listen, Lord, for Thyservant speaks,” but “Speak, Lord, forThy servant heareth.”I have often sought some way toexplain the fact that we priests are toknow Christ, rather than know aboutChrist. Many translations of the Bibleuse the word “know” to indicate theunity of two-in-one flesh. For example:“Solomon knew her not,” which meantthat he had no carnal relations with her.The Blessed Mother said to the Angel atthe Annunciation: “I know not man.”St. Paul urges husbands to possess theirwives in knowledge. The word “know”here indicates two-in-one flesh. Thecloseness of that identity is drawn fromthe closeness of the mind with any objectit knows. No knife could ever separatemy mind from the idea it has of anapple. The ecstatic union of a husbandand wife described as “knowing” is to bethe foundation of that love by which wepriests love Christ.Intimacy is openness which keeps backno secret and which reveals the heartopen to Christ. Too often friends arejust “two ships that pass in the night.”Carnal love, despite its seeming intimacy,often can become an exchange of twoegotisms. The ego is projected onto theother person and what is loved is not theother person, but the pleasure the otherperson gives. I have noticed throughoutmy life that whenever I shrank from thedemands that the encounter made onme, I would become busier and moreconcerned with activities. This gave mean excuse for saying: “I don’t have time,”as a husband can become so absorbed inbusiness as to forget the love of his wife.How Helpful the Holy Hour isIt is impossible for me to explain howhelpful the Holy Hour has been inpreserving my vocation. Scripture givesconsiderable evidence to prove that apriest begins to fail his priesthood whenhe fails in his love of the Eucharist.Too often it is assumed that Judas fellbecause he loved money. Avarice is veryrarely the beginning of the lapse and thefall of the ambassador. The history ofthe Church proves there are many withmoney who stayed in it. The beginningof the fall of Judas and the end of Judasboth revolved around the Eucharist. Thefirst mention that Our Lord knew whoit was who would betray him is at theend of the sixth chapter of John, whichis the announcement of the Eucharist.The fall of Judas came the night OurLord gave the Eucharist, the night ofthe Last Supper.The Eucharist is so essential to ourone-ness with Christ that as soon asOur Lord announced It in the Gospel,It began to be the test of the fidelity ofHis followers. First, He lost the masses,for it was too hard a saying and theyno longer followed Him. Secondly, Helost some of His disciples: “They walkedwith Him no more.” Third, it splitHis apostolic band, for Judas is hereannounced as the betrayer.So the Holy Hour, quite apart fromall its positive spiritual benefits, kept6
Alter Christusmy feet from wandering too far. Being I have received from priests and laitytethered to a tabernacle, one’s rope for telling me how they have taken up thefinding other pastures is not so long. practice of the Holy Hour. Every retreatThat dim tabernacle lamp, however for priests that I ever gave had this aspale and faint, had some mysterious a practical resolution. Too often retreatsluminosity to darken the brightness of are like health conferences. There is“bright lights.” The Holy Hour became a general agreement on the need forlike an oxygen tank to revive the breath health, but there is lacking a specificof the Holy Spirit in the midst of the recommendation on how to be healthy.foul and fetid atmosphereThe Holy Hour becameof the world. Even whena challenge to priestsThe holy andit seemed so unprofitableon the retreat, andglorious God isand lacking in spiritualthen when the tapesintimacy, I still had the constantly inviting of my retreats becamesensation of being at least us to come to Him, available to the laity, itlike a dog at the master’swas edifying to read ofto hold converse those who respondeddoor, ready in case hewith Him, to askcalled me.to grace by watchingThe Hour, too, becamefor such things as an hour daily beforea magister and teacher,the Lord. A monsignorwe need and tofor although before wewho, because of aexperiencewhatalove anyone we mustweakness for alcoholhave a knowledge of that blessing there is in andconsequentperson,nevertheless, fellowship with Him scandal, was told toafter we know, it is loveleave his parish wentthat increases knowledge.into another dioceseTheological insights are gained not only on a trial basis, where he made myfrom the two covers of a treatise, but retreat. Responding to the grace of thefrom two knees on a priedieu before a Lord, he gave up alcohol, was restoredtabernacle.to effectiveness in his priesthood, madeFinally, making a Holy Hour every the Holy Hour every day and died inday constituted for me one area of life in the Presence of the Blessed Sacrament.which I could preach what I practiced. I As an indication of the very wide effectvery seldom in my life preached fasting of the Holy Hour, I once received a letterin a rigorous kind of way, for I always from a priest in England who told me infound fasting extremely difficult; but his own language: “I left the priesthoodI could ask others to make the Hour, and fell into a state of degradation.”because I had made it.A priest friend invited him to hear aSometimes I wished that I had kept a tape on the Holy Hour from a retreatrecord of the thousands of letters that I had given. Responsive to grace, he7
July 2021was restored again to the priesthoodand entrusted with the care of a parish.Divine Mercy wrought a change in him,and I received this letter:We had our annual Solemn Expositionof the Blessed Sacrament last week. Iencouraged enough people to comeand watch all day and every day, so thatwe would not have to take the BlessedSacrament down because of a lack ofa number of people to watch. On thefinal evening, I organized a processionwith the First Communicants strewingrose petals in front of the Lord. Themen of the parish formed a Guard ofHonor. The result was staggering: therewere over 250 people present for thatfinal procession and Holy Hour. I amconvinced that our people are searchingfor many of the old devotions whichmany of the parishes have done awaywith, and this is very often becausewe priests cannot be bothered puttingourselves out. Next year I hope thatour Solemn Exposition will be evenbetter attended because now the wordis getting around. These last coupleof weeks I have started a Bible studygroup; this is to encourage our peopleto read the Word of God. I start withreading of Scripture which we meditateon that evening; we then have a shortExposition of the Blessed Sacramentand meditation on the text until thetime of the Benediction.I have also started going around theparish and saying a Mass in one housein every street each week, and inviting allpeople in that particular street to comeand take part. The response has been quitegood, especially since I am only starting.I do not wish to become an activist priest,so I rise early and make my Holy Hour.I still have my own personal problems tocontend with, but I have taken couragefrom your words: “you will have to fightmany battles, but do not worry becausein the end you will win the war beforethe Blessed Sacrament.”Many of the laity who have read mybooks and heard my tapes are alsomaking the Holy Hour.A state trooper wrote that he had mytapes attached to his motorcycle andwould listen to them as he was cruisingthe highways: “Imagine,” he wrote, “thebewilderment of a speeder being stoppedby me while from the tape recorder wascoming one of your sermons about theEucharist.” He found it difficult at firstto find a church that was open duringthe day at a time he could make hisHour. Later on, he found a pastor whowas not only willing to open the church,but willing to make the Hour with him.Most remarkable of all was the effectthe preaching of the Holy Hour had onnon-Catholic ministers. I preached threeretreats to Protestant ministers - on twooccasions to over three hundred in SouthCarolina and Florida, and on anotheroccasion to a smaller group at PrincetonUniversity. I asked them to make acontinuous Holy Hour of prayer in orderto combat the forces of evil in the world,because that is what our Lord askedfor the night of His Agony. I addressedthem: “You are not blessed with thesame Divine Presence in your churchesthat I believe we possess. But you do8
Alter Christushave another presence that we do also,and that is the Scripture. At the VaticanCouncil we had a solemn procession ofthe Scriptures into the Council everymorning as a form of the Presence ofGod. You could make the Hour beforethe Scriptures.” Many came to me laterto inquire about the Eucharist, someeven asked to join with me in a HolyHour before the Eucharist.I know thousands of priests who havenot had the practice of making frequentvisits to the Blessed Sacrament, but I amabsolutely sure that, in the sight of God,they are a thousand times more worthythan I. In any case, this is the story ofthe means I chose in my priesthood tobe able to keep step with my brotherpriests in the service of the Lord.But why make a Holy Hour? Hereare ten reasons.2. Shake Noonday Devils: In ourbusy lives, it takes considerable timeto shake off the “noonday devils,” theworldly cares, that cling to our souls likedust. An hour with Our Lord followsthe experience of the disciples on theroad to Emmaus (Luke 24:13–35). Webegin by walking with Our Lord, butour eyes are “held fast” so that we donot “recognize him.” Next, He converseswith our soul, as we read the Scriptures.The third stage is one of sweet intimacy,as when “he sat down at table with them.”The fourth stage is the full dawning ofthe mystery of the Eucharist. Our eyesare “opened,” and we recognize Him.Finally, we reach the point where we donot want to leave. The hour seemed soshort. As we arise, we ask: “Were not ourhearts burning within us when he spoketo us on the road, and when he made theScriptures plain to us?” (Luke 24:32).1. Time Well Spent: It is time spentin the presence of Our Lord Himself.If faith is alive, no further reason isneeded.3. Jesus Asked: Our Lord asked for it.“Had you no strength, then, to watch withme even for an hour?” (see Matt. 26:40).The word was addressed to Peter, but he9
July 2021is referred to as Simon. It is our Simonnature that needs the hour. If the hourseems hard, it is because “the spirit iswilling enough, but the flesh is weak”(Mark 14:38).sum mons to all those whom he had invitedto the wedding; but they would not come”(Matt. 22:2–3).It was written of Our Lord that He“began to do and to teach” (Acts 1:1).The person who practices the Holy4. Balance Spiritual & Practical: The Hour will find that when he teaches, theHoly Hour keeps a balance between people will say of him as of the Lord:the spiritual and the“All were astonished atpractical.Western Our Lord asked for the gracious words whichphilosophies tend to ancame from his mouth”theHolyHour.activism in which God(Luke 4:22).“Had you nodoes nothing, and maneverything; the Eastern6. Helps Us Makestrength, then, tophilosophies tend to watch with me even Reparations: The Holya quietism in whichHour helps us makefor an hour?”God does everything,reparation for the sinsand man nothing. Theof the world and forgolden mean is in the words of St. our own sins. When the Sacred HeartThomas: “action following rest,” Martha appeared to St. Margaret Mary, it waswalking with Mary. The Holy Hour His Heart, and not His head, that wasunites the contemplative to the active crowned with thorns. It was Love thatlife of the person.was hurt. Black Masses, sacrilegiousThanks to the hour with Our Lord, our communions, scandals, militant atheismmeditations and resolutions pass from — who will make up for them? Whothe conscious to the subconscious and will be an Abra ham for Sodom, a Marythen become motives of action. A new for those who have no wine? The sinsspirit begins to pervade our work. The of the world are our sins as if we hadchange is ef fected by Our Lord, who committed them. If they caused Ourfills our heart and works through our Lord a bloody sweat, to the point thathands. A person can give only what he He upbraided His disciples for failingpossesses. To give Christ to others, one to stay with Him an hour, shall we withmust possess Him.Cain ask: “Is it for me to watch over mybrother?” (Gen. 4:9).5. We’ll Practice What We Preach:The Holy Hour will make us practice 7. Reduces Liability to Temptation: Itwhat we preach. “Here is an image,” he reduces our liability to temptation andsaid, “of the kingdom of heaven: there was weakness. Presenting our selves beforeonce a king, who held a marriage feast for Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament ishis son and sent out his servants with a like putting a tu bercular patient in good10
Alter Christusair and sunlight. The virus of our sins 8. Our Holy Hour is Our Personalcannot long exist in the face of the Light Prayer: The Holy Hour is a personalof the world. “Always I can keep the Lord prayer. The person who limits himselfwithin sight; always he is at my right hand, strictly to his official obligation is liketo make me stand firm” (Ps. 15:8).the union man who downs tools theOur sinful impulses are prevented from moment the whistle blows. Love beginsarising through the barrier erected each when duty finishes. It is a giving of theday by the Holy Hour. Our will becomes cloak when the coat is taken. It is walkingdisposed to good ness with little conscious the extra mile. “Answer shall come ere cryeffort on our part. Satan,for help is uttered; prayerthe roaring lion, was The Holy Hour helps find audience while itnot permitted to put us make reparation is yet on their lips” (Isa.forth his hand to touch65:24).for the sins of therighteous Job until heOf course, we do notworldandforourreceived permission (Jobhave to make a Holy1:12). Certainly, then,Hour — and that is justown sinswill the Lord withholdthe point. Love is neverserious fall from him who watches (1 compelled, except in hell. There love hasCor. 10:13). With full confidence in his to submit to justice. To be forced to loveEucharistic Lord, the person will have a would be a kind of hell. No man whospiritual resiliency. He will bounce back loves a woman is obligated to give herquickly after a falling: “Fall I, it is but to an engagement ring, and no person whorise again, sit I in darkness, the Lord will loves the Sacred Heart ever has to givebe my light. The Lord’s displeasure I must an engagement Hour.bear, I that have sinned against him, till at “Would you, too, go away?” (John 6:68)last, he admits my plea, and grants redress” is weak love; “Art thou sleeping?” (Mark(Micah 7:8–9).14:37) is irresponsible love; “He hadThe Lord will be favorable even to the great possessions” (Matt. 19:22; Markweakest of us, if He finds us at His feet 10:22) is selfish love. But does the personin adoration, disposing ourselves to who loves His Lord have time for otherreceive divine favors. No sooner had activities before he performs acts of loveSaul of Tarsus, the persecutor, humbled “above and beyond the call of duty”?himself before his Maker than God sent Does the patient love the physician whoa special messenger to his relief, telling charges for every call, or does he beginhim that “even now he is at his prayers” to love when the physician says: “I just(Acts 9:11). Even the person who has dropped by to see how you were”?fallen can expect reassurance if hewatches and prays. “They shall increase, 9. Keeps Us From Seeking Anthat hitherto had dwindled, be exalted, Escape: Meditation keeps us fromthat once were brought low” (Jer. 30:19). seeking an external escape from our11
July 2021worries and miseries. When difficultiesarise, when nerves are made taut by falseaccusations, there is always a danger thatwe may look outwards, as the Israelitesdid, for release.From the Lord God, the Holy One ofIsrael, word was given you: “Come backand keep still, and all shall be well withyou; in quietness and in confidence liesyour strength. But you would have none ofit; To horse! you cried, We must flee! andflee you shall; We must ride swiftly, yousaid, but swifter still ride your pursuers”(Isa. 30:15–16).No outward escape, neither pleasure,drink, friends, or keeping busy, is ananswer. The soul cannot “fly upon ahorse”; he must take “wings” to a placewhere his “life is hidden away with Christin God” (Col. 3:3).of the presence of God in history. Howoften did God use other nations to punishIsrael for her sins! He made Assyria the“rod that executes my vengeance” (Isa.10:5). The history of the world sincethe Incarnation is the Way of the Cross.The rise of nations and their fall remainrelated to the kingdom of God. Wecannot understand the mystery of God’sgovernment, for it is the “sealed book”of Revelation. John wept when he sawit (Rev. 5:4). He could not understandwhy this moment of prosperity and thathour of adversity.The sole requirement is the ventureof faith, and the reward is the depthsof intimacy for those who cultivateHis friendship. To abide with Christ isspiritual fellowship, as He insisted onthe solemn and sacred night of the LastSupper, the moment He chose to give usthe Eucharist: “You have only to live on inme, and I will live on in you” (John 15:4).He wants us in His dwelling: “That you,too, may be where I am” (John 14:3).10. The Holy Hour is Necessary:Finally, the Holy Hour is necessary forthe Church. No one can read the OldTestament without becoming consciousLiturgical Catechetical InstituteGorokaIf you want a PDF of this monthly bulletin, just let us know!Send us an e-mail to: lci.pngsi.director@gmail.comOr a Whatsapp message to: 675 7345647912
and presenting Life Is Worth Living (1952– 1957). Sheen's final presenting role was on the syndicated The Fulton Sheen Program (1961–1968) with a format very similar to that of the earlier Life is Worth Living show. The cause for his canonization was officially opened in 20
