The True Meaning of Christmas by Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen

 

Title:  The True Meaning of Christmas

Author:  Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen

Narrated by:  Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen and Matthew Arnold

Publisher: Casscom Media

Length: Approximately 47 minutes

Source: Purchased from Amazon.com

 

Do you listen to or read any religious material during the holiday season?  I feel like with all the decorations, great food, and fun, sometimes it is easy to forget the reason for the season.  I listened to The True Meaning of Christmas on Christmas day and enjoyed it.

Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen hosted a radio program from 1930 to 1950 and then a television program in the 1950s and 1960s as he also moved up the ranks of the Catholic church.  I have listened to an 18 CD collection of his talks called Life is Worth Living, which is the name of one of his television programs.  I have since purchased the same talks digitally and like to listen to them.  I find Archbishop Fulton Sheen to be a very gifted and inspirational speaker.

In the True Meaning of Christmas, Matthew Arnold reads out the biblical passages on the birth of Christ which are followed by a related discussion by Archbishop Fulton Sheen.  He talked about the foretelling of Christ’s birth, the historical significance, and the deeper meaning of his birth.  It very much put me in the Christmas spirit.  I didn’t really like the music that they overlayed on the talks and would have rather just listened to the talks without the music.

Overall, the reading of the Christmas story from the Bible accompanied by the discussions on the significance by Archbishop Fulton Sheen were wonderful.