From Holiness to Worldliness: Diagnosing the Post-Vatican II Confusion

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Context & Background Date: Likely September 1974 Location: Loyola Retreat House in Faulkner, Maryland (USA) Occasion: A retreat preached to diocesan priests of the Archdiocese of Washington Why: Given during the chaotic decade following Vatican II, this talk was part of a series titled "Renewal and Reconciliation" aimed at steadying the Church and addressing the identity crisis facing the priesthood. Summary Bishop Sheen diagnoses a crisis in the modern Church where the prevailing attitude has shifted from "I am holier than thou" to "I am worldlier than thou," caused by a fatal misunderstanding of the biblical concept of "the world." He argues that in trying to embrace the world as God's…