Bishop Fulton Sheen on False Compassion(Part II)

[MrChancedoherty]

oops it won't let me share the link. but look up bishop fulton sheen remix if you're interested

[calihartley2010]

The good bishop is right. Just look at the Catholic church today. It is full of these hippy liberals who want to further their false compassion agenda. They have deviated the chruch's teachings from saving souls to making it a social justice organization. Bishop Sheen must be rolling in his grave. It is because of these liberals that the church and the western world is in decline. No wonder people leave the church and never come back. It is because of these liberals Bishop Sheen was referring to

[calihartley2010]

@jbmadvids4401 And for good reason. He knew that they would ruin the morals of this world. He was right. They are the ones that push the false compassion agenda for terrorists, ghetto blacks and illegal immigrants. As a result the US and the western world has become a welfare state. It was stupid of people to let hippies rule and to give them the time of day. That is why the western wold is heading towards its doom. Read the book Slouching Towards Gomorrah by Robert Bork. It is enlightening.

[sageoflakes]

probably 1 of the wisest people, I've ever seen. God bliss you Bishop Sheen.

[shitmunga]

forum sentencing - the best of both worlds. address the sin and the need

[djs259]

the beatniks?

[6MemoryOfForever9]

hi! does he have any special video about homosexuality? thank you!

[SacredFractals]

Does that mean that Jesus was falsley compassionate to the woman who committed adultery and was about to be stoned ..... We are all human .....we will always fall no matter how hard we try to be perfect like our Father in heaven. If we fail to have compassion for those who make mistakes, we fail to have compassion for ourselves when we make mistakes. Our Father has compassion for us ....Jesus has compassion for us .....we need to have compassion for ourselves and each other

[estrickersc]

@SacredFractals That is a very valid question. Was Jesus falsely compassionate? Absolutely not. You are correct, we all have sin on our souls. The essential difference is this: Jesus forgave the adulterer when she humbled herself and firmly resolved to love & follow Jesus. We are all called to "forgive those that trespass against us". Bishop Sheen is referring to moral relativism, whose follower believes "if it feels right to you, then it's the right thing to do." Crime without consequence.

[barfcoswill]

@SacredFractals: I think Jesus granted forgiveness, not a license to sin. Sheen argues that false compassion permits crime by ignoring or explaining-away its sin. Jesus expected repentance.

[ToryAnarchist]

Wow, I don't think I've ever seen the late bishop irate O.O

[pedrohqb]

Good statics: in Brazil, every two seconds.

[SilenceIKissYou]

wow ... 45 years later, and these words are still so true!

[huntthehunt]

Actually, I would say be careful with the motto "love the sinner, hate the sin"-- simply because it is a motto. The phrase is not scriptural, and nowhere does Christ utter such a condensed, bumper-sticker saying.

We are to love the person, not the 'sinner.' The sinner qua sinner would have to be hated along with the sin; since a 'sinner' is defined precisely and solely by the choice to sin. We love a person by hating him insofar as he is a sinner.

[StealthGoblin1]

Christ nowhere instructs his followers to hate the sinner. Christ himself prayed for his enemies as they crucified him. He says he who hates his brother is a murderer. Hate is not the attitude we are to have towards other humans, be they our brethren or our earthly enemies.

This does not mean we are to overlook the sins of another. Love includes the use of discipline and reproof when necessary.

[divanola]

wow!

[Jitpring]

O Sheen's words here are music to my ears!

[GusMahler8]

2:10...so important! False compassion ignores the sins and wrong way of living that people engage in; it blinds the "compassionate" person from actually being motivated to help the sinner amend their ways. So true! And this way of thinking is so rooted in our society today: to mothers seeking abortions, gays in marriage, etc... IT is Satan, destroying beauty that God has put in place.

[huntthehunt]

Good!

[Dongsharap]

The truth is that we are all sinners. we need the Grace of God so that we have true compassion. God does truely love us but hates our Sin. Sheen was a God sent and even while he is gone his teachings have such an impact. he has done his part,what is my own part,and what is yours?

[clubsoda69]

He's not saying don't show compassion for prostitutes, etc. He's saying don't show compassion for their sins. (Love the sinner, hate the sin.) The world today makes virtue of sin. That's his point.

[jeichacker]

False compassion is the counterfeit of authentic compassion, if I understand Bishop Sheen correctly. It is compassion granted to those who have done wrong, rather than upon whom the wrong was done. I have watched the Bishop since I was a child in the early 1950's. It is so good to see him again now that I am grown and can more fully understand his teaching. Thank you for sharing these videos.

[wonderboy021082]

Yes- compassion means to 'suffer with', and really our compassion should be directed at those who suffer for doing right, or those who suffer through no fault of their own. To show compassion to someone because they sinned is bogus- rather, a call to repentance would be far more appropriate, and which would be the more loving approach.

[frost122585]

@jeichacker False compassion is compassion which enables sin. You see true compassion works for a good end- to help the suffering. False compassion has no aim but only to suffer with- and in effect to enable the continuation of sin. So when the drunkard wants 31 dollars (because they obviously want to buy drugs or alcohol) you only give them one dollar for the food they need and no extra for the vice/sin. The Devil it is said uses false compassion all the time to support the continuation of sin

[frost122585]

publically funded abortion would be a prime example of false compassion. While it is right to feel compassion for difficult situations- it is not right to feel compassion for the mother who wants an abortion and cant afford one.

[1tontomato]

What Sheen is talking about is nothing new. These sins have been around since Creation. But I'm great full that Sheen is remind us of how twisted the government and society at large think.

Sheen will be a saint soon.

[RockyBalboa211]

Well alot of people didnt like hippies back then..

[marcelagae]

Reminds me of the old Hebrew saying: Those who are kind to the cruel will end up being cruel to the kind

[reeram]

I guess Bishop Sheen is rolling in his grave right now with the way things are going. God Bless the Bishop for the insights he had 40 years ago!

[Jitpring]

None of today's filth would surprise him at all. It's all very old. It simply wears different masks.

[Kamzik2006]

Gotta watch out for those beatniks. :)

[apollo12lmp]

A personal hero of mine!Of all the catholic personalitiess that I ahve encountered,Fulton is spot on!We miss you Bishop sheen!

[bronco3250]

Didnt Jesus have compassion on an adulterous? Didnt Jesus have compassion on the thief on the cross?

Didnt Jesus have compassion on you?

Didnt Jesus have compassion on me?

Is there truly a limit on the compassion of Jesus?

[majwalt]

Compassion to the repentent sinner, yes. But those who are unwilling to even admit their sins -- or for those who inist upon continuing in their vein, these people don't even have compassion for themselves.

[majwalt]

Also, Archbishop Sheen is talking about enabling -- that is to say that society excuses wrondoings by showing false compassion to the sinner -- rather than adressing the sin itself.

[bronco3250]

I think I indeed understand that. As a Catholic, I get weary of people that are myopic in their judgements. However, I think it important to understand that compassion should eternally during our short little lives here on earth. Personally, I wish there was confessional next to me 24-7. I do tremble at the things I do. My idea of false compassion is when we fawn over people in order to gain an some advantage some how. Being Obsequious. But I do understand what you say too.

[Jitpring]

Wonderfully politically incorrect.

[cllewis1]

amen!

[1942tj]

NIce going Sheen! May you be cannonized soon!

[Jacobitess]

This reminds me of a meeting my momma and I busted at our Church. It was held by a pro-abortion nun who was having a prayer service over the execution of a man who had undoubtedly raped and murdered a six-year old girl. Who was this woman praying for? Not for the soul of that vile wretch who was to be executed, but for the governor who given the order. Where is your sanity, o man!

[calihartley2010]

@Jacobitess These liberal nuns are the worst. i bet she did not wear a habit and had short hair and wore pants and a T-shirt or even worse a pair of shorts.

[pairunoyd]

you go!