Searching for God

By Fulton J. Sheen The Catholic Hour radio program, hosted by Fulton J. Sheen from 1930 to 1950, was singular in purpose. As Patrick Joseph Cardinal Hayes articulated at its inaugural broadcast, it aimed to make known the Catholic faith: “to make better understood that faith as it really is—a light revealing the pathway to heaven; a strength and a power divine through Christ; pardoning our sins, consecrating our every-day duties and joys, bringing not only justice but gladness and peace to our searching and questioning hearts.” In these thirty-one addresses, Archbishop Sheen accomplishes that purpose, making it wonderfully clear that in God alone does mankind discover who he really is—the very image of the God who is Love. What else, then, is there for him to do but search out this God? Combining addresses originally published in the volumes You (1945) and The Modern Soul in Search of God (1948), Searching for God offers fraternal correction in the fullest sense: firmly refuting the falsehoods that frustrate and confuse the creature’s search for the Creator and resoundingly affirming the truth that God has made the human heart for himself and it is restless until it rests in Him.  God, whom to forsake is to perish, whom to search for is the same to love… God, in whom and by whom and through whom alone we can be made happy, it is to Thee, we address our prayer, we beseech Thee hear us. (Fulton J. Sheen)   Fulton J. Sheen (1895–1979) was one of the most renowned Catholic priests of the twentieth century. An eminent scholar, prolific author, and natural entertainer, Sheen provided insight into the truth and beauty of the Catholic faith for millions around the world through his scores of books and countless radio and television programs. His cause for canonization was opened in 2002, and in 2012 Pope Benedict XVI declared him “Venerable.” * * * Paperback: 272pp. ISBN: 978-1685954642