THE ART OF PREACHING
Do you ever wonder what makes an
effective preacher? As a young priest,
Fulton Sheen was given this advice: Always
keep current; know what the modern world
is thinking about; read its poetry, its history,
its literature; observe its architecture and
art; hear its music and its theatre; and then
plunge deeply into Saint Thomas Aquinas
and you will be able to purify it of errors.
A Dominican professor at the Angelicum
once remarked, “You see that priest over
there? He will be the next Fulton Sheen!”
He was pointing at a young Fathe ȁI