Fulton J. Sheen Quotes About Birth

Quotes about: Birth

• As a man must be born before he can begin to lead his physical life, so he must be born to lead a Divine Life. That birth occurs in the Sacrament of Baptism. To survive, he must be nourished by Divine Life; that is done in the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist.

  Fulton J. Sheen

  Men, Holy Eucharist, Baptism

• Not only were the Jews expecting the birth of a Great King, a Wise Man and a Saviour, but Plato and Socrates also spoke of the Logos and of the Universal Wise Man 'yet to come'. Confucius spoke of 'the Saint'; the Sibyls, of a 'Universal King'; the Greek dramatist, of a saviour and redeemer to unloose man from the 'primal eldest curse'. All these were on the Gentile side of the expectation. What separates Christ from all men is that first He was expected; even the Gentiles had a longing for a deliverer, or redeemer. This fact alone distinguishes Him from all other religious leaders.

  Fulton J. Sheen

  Wise, Religious, Kings

• It was to a virgin woman that the birth of the Son of God was announced. It was to a fallen woman that his resurrection was announced.

  Fulton J. Sheen

  Jesus, Son, Birth

  Fulton J. Sheen (2008). “Life of Christ”, p.590, Image

• The egocentric is always frustrated, simply because the condition of self-perfection is self-surrender. There must be a willingness to die to the lower part of self, before there can be a birth to the nobler.

  Fulton J. Sheen

  Self, Perfection, Frustrated

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