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Hey there, sproutsouts. Today is Wednesday, June 16th, 2021. All week we are talking about Eucharistic adoration, and I have challenged myself to motivate each and every one of you

to make at least one holy hour this summer, to realize

what a gift, what a gift, what a gift it is, that Christ is always there waiting for us

in the simple disguise of a simple little piece of bread, but we know in fact that it is Jesus,

body, blood, soul, and divinity.

Now, we've already talked about the origins of Eucharistic adoration.

We heard from St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta that everything we do must grow out of a relationship with Jesus in the Eucharist. Today we are going to go to a great

American Catholic, venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen, who did not live that long ago.

And we're going to hear about how important a Holy Hour was to him and why he promoted it to

everyone that he met. So Archbishop Fulton Sheen, he was born in

Illinois. He taught at the Catholic University of America for many years. He had a radio show,

but then when television became a big deal, he also had a television show. In fact, he had a very popular

television show where it was just him standing in front of a chalkboard talking about the

virtuous life. But it was so popular that actually won an Emmy. Can you believe that? There is a

venerable Catholic who won an Emmy for a television show.

So he did some pretty incredible things.

He wrote incredible books that are still cited today,

and he really, really wanted everyone that he taught to reject vice, embrace virtue,

and follow Christ more perfectly.

But when people asked him how he found the strength to do this to live a moral life

himself, he always said his strength came from his holy hour.

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