Remember the TV show led by Bishop Futon Sheen some years ago? He would write on a chalkboard and when finished, an angel would clean the board? This book has many of the talks he gave on television. Enjoy! The Catholic Church is now looking forward to having him canonized! He is already named Venerable.
This book deals with these topics about the human experience: who God is, who we are, how we find fulfillment. His message was important to the people of his time, and is just as important today in
2014.
His first chapter is “Are you happy?” He gives several examples when the reader might have
thought he/she was happy, only to find that that happiness was short-lived. Was it Christmas morning when the toys had already become dull, when you started on a much- planned trip, when you attained a great amount of wealth, when you landed a perfect job and soon found that these sources of happiness soon faded?
Sheen clearly explains the difference pleasure and true happiness. He says that life can be filled with disappointments because perfect happiness is not here. “Begin with your own emptiness and seek Him who can fill it. But you must be aware of
your own loneliness and want and disappointment before you can even want God to fill it.”
Other
chapters are: what is God like, what are you like, how you got that way, who can remake you, is religion purely individual, how are you remade, judgment, purgatory, the hell there is, heaven, faith, hope, and charity. Bishop Sheen calls the readers to explore all these topics and then shows “the necessary role that the Church, the sacraments, and the theological virtues play in helping us attain our ultimate desire---everlasting
happiness.”
