{"product_id":"the-prodigal-world","title":"The Prodigal World","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Fulton J. Sheen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe present age is an age of plenty; \u003c\/b\u003eit is also an age of famine. This famine, declares Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, is a famine for faith among those who doubt, a famine for God among those who substituted illusions for majestic faiths, and a famine for love amongst those who war. This spiritual famine has real con­sequences in the material order of things. Exclude God and society will devolve into corruption, contempt, and chaos. Yet “social reconstruction is conditioned upon spiritual regeneration”: if the world is ever to recover its lost social peace, it must once more find God. In these seventeen addresses, broadcast from December 29, 1935, to April 12, 1936, Sheen interprets the parable of the Prodigal Son in the light of spiritual experience in the modern world and points the way back to the Father’s House.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eI will arise and go to my father, and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e(Luke 15:18)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003ePreached with his customary conviction and fervor, Fulton J. Sheen’s \u003ci\u003eThe Prodigal World \u003c\/i\u003ebrings to mind the words of Christ: “It is fire that I have come to spread over the earth, and what better wish can I have than that it should be kindled?” And through that fire—the fire of truth and love—mankind can pass purified, refined, and redeemed, to the very heart of God.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFulton J. Sheen\u003c\/b\u003e (1895–1979), one of the most renowned Catholic priests of the twentieth century, was an eminent scholar, prolific author, and natural entertainer. His cause for canonization was opened in 2002, and in 2012 Pope Benedict XVI declared him “Venerable.”\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback: \u003c\/strong\u003e162pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1685953904\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51320587551008,"sku":"978-1685953904","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0993\/3678\/2112\/files\/Product236.jpg?v=1773076021","url":"https:\/\/treewee.store\/products\/the-prodigal-world","provider":"Tree of Life","version":"1.0","type":"link"}