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Life is Worth Living

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Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen was perhaps the greatest orator of the twentieth century in the matters of morality and the like. His writings displayed a great inner creativity and understanding of the human mind. Archbishop Sheen never lowered himself to the heathen practices of finger-pointing, and profanity. Instead, he reinforced his beliefs with Biblical texts and comedic anecdotes of his own life. His ninety-one books and innumberable radio and televsion broadcasts allowed us a glance into his mind. The Pope John Pual II declared him "a devoted son of the Church." Very few reviews carry as much weight as that comment. I highly recommend this text to anyone of whom finds morality to be the highlight of life.

Although this book is nothing more than the scripts from a number of the most popular "Life is Worth Living" shows, it is an excellent read.

Bishop Sheen has a way of saying the most profound things with an easy-going, conversational style in most of his books, but especially so in this one--probably because he was talking to the television audience.

I haven't seen most of the episodes that are in this book, but I still enjoyed reading the chapters of even the few episodes that I had seen. It gave me a chance to capture the nuggets of wisdom sprinkled throughout the episodes.

Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen was perhaps the greatest orator of the 20th century in the matters of morality and the like. His writings displayed a great inner creativity and understanding of the human mind. Archbishop Sheen never lowered himself to the heathen practices of finger-pointing, and profanity. Instead, he reinforced his beliefs with Biblical texts and comedic anecdotes of his own life. His ninety-one books and innumberable radio and televsion broadcasts allowed us a glance into his mind. The Pope John Paul II declared him "a devoted son of the Church." Very few reviews carry as much weight as that comment. I highly recommend this text to anyone of whom finds morality to be the spice of life against the dull pallet of sin.

The ultimate self-improvement book. Ideally suited for reading in short runs. In our too-complex, Paris Hilton world, this book provides solid moral grounding today, just as it did in the 50s and 60s. Read, heed, and then fire your psychologist.

Archbishop Sheen has recently been distinguished by Pope Benedict XVI for canonization to Sainthood. The marketing "zing" that the product proclaims - "every Catholic household should own a copy" - is very accurate. Fulton Sheen was born in 1895 and went to God Our Father in 1979. Substitute the cold war examples of his day with current day visual images of oppression/violence that we still suffer here in the 21st century and the presentations still awe you today as they most probably did on radio, and television when the program was in its peak.
"Awe, you say?" Yes AWE. At this fact and this fact alone. Bishop Sheen orated the 24 disks from memory?!?!?! without reference to any notes!! When you hear him say that (disk 1) and listen attentively to what is said per disk/per topic of faith, one can only be left in awe in what was clearly a man blessed with the gifts of Wisdom, Knowledge, Understanding and Piety. The ways in which the articles of faith, and the teachings of the Church are presented are timeless and in total accord with the Will of God, the Tradition of the Church and the teachings of the Church Fathers.
The original media format change to compact disk is clear on 23 of 24 cd's. The final disk, the clarity is not as sound and crisp - most probably due to the fact that the talk seems to have been re-recorded from a different source - ie., from a live talk on a certain location as opposed to a studio. In any event....
To ANY Catholic_____ who desires to obtain a more full and deeper understanding of the Faith - to know what you believe and why you believe it________ (or protestant brother/sister in Christ who is near conversion or in the process thereof) I STRONGLY recommend this product. The value and wisdom one obtains... far surpasses the dollar amount of price.

I grew up watching Bishop Sheen on TV; with the release of these CDs; first released by St. Joseph's Communications, comes the most wonderful teachings by the best teacher. Each CD is digitally remastered from the original records made years ago. Bishop Sheen was a genius, and each and every Catholic should have this set, or the set made by St. Joseph's Communications, which is the same as the Casscom Media pictured here.
Either way you have either 24 CDs in a zippered case(Casscom Media) or an 18 CD set released by St. Joseph Comunications.
Obtain a copy for yourselves during Lent, and let the best teacher teach you what you should know about the Catholic Faith.

As a child I watched Bishop Sheen on tv with my family. It didn't mean so much to me at the time, except maybe for the humor, but as I've matured, it strikes a strong chord. I'm glad I stumbled upon the book. We've lost so much of the simple truth in life that it's a pleasure and a joy to get some back. If your faith matters to you, this book will be a valuable addition to your collection.

The item differs considerably from the product description. If you click on the product image you can peruse the contents of the paperback version of Ignatius Press' "Life Is Worth Living", which consists of transcripts of the TV show from the early 50's. However, the contents of the CDs are not from the "Life is Worth Living" show, rather I think they are catechetic instructions that Bishop Sheen recorded (without an audience) in the early 1960's. The narrative is by Sheen, not by Alexander Scourby, as described. Listening to Bishop Sheen rather that Alexander Scourby certainly isn't a disappointment, and the contents of the talks are exemplary, but the talks themselves are not from "Life Is Worth Living". In fact the talks on the CDs are available from other websites in mp3 format for free.

In the late 1970's/early 1980's Ministr-O-Media issued multiple volumes of the "Life Is Worth Living" soundtracks on cassette. If you're looking for a CD version of those broadcasts you won't find them with this product. Considering the hefty price tag, be warned.

LIFE IS WORTH LIVING BY BISHOP FULTON SHEEN IS A COLLECTION OF 24 SHORT
BUT DYNAMIC TALKS BY THIS UNIQUE SAINT OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH WHO PREACHED ON TV DURING THE SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES...BISHOP SHEEN HAS AN
EXTRAORDINARY ABILITY TO TAKE THE MOST DIFFICULT CONCEPTS AND SIMPLIFY
THOSE IDEAS INTO UNDERSTANDING AND HOPE.TOO BAD THIS IS NOT ON VIDEO AS IT WOULD BE EXCEPTIONAL FOR ANYONE TO WATCH..HOWEVER, QUIET LISTENING
WILL PRODUCE QUIET PEACE IN A TROUBLED WORLD.

I love Bishop Sheen and this book is an excellant compilation of his shows. I highly suggest this book for those who like Bishop Sheen.