{"product_id":"fulton-sheen-ebook","title":"The Life of All Living by Fulton Sheen - eBook","description":"\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRediscover one of Fulton J. Sheen’s earliest and most thought-provoking works in this carefully prepared \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEPUB eBook edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Life of All Living: The Philosophy of Life\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst published in 1929, this remarkable book reveals the intellectual and spiritual foundations of the priest who would later become one of the most beloved Catholic teachers of the twentieth century. Long before \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLife Is Worth Living\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e made him famous to millions, Sheen was already writing with the wit, clarity, paradox, and deeply Christ-centered vision that would define his ministry.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBeginning with the deceptively simple question \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“What is life?”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Sheen traces an extraordinary order through creation. The mineral serves the plant, the plant serves the animal, and the animal world is gathered into human life. Yet human life itself points beyond the natural order toward a higher and perfect Life—God.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAcross six major sections, Sheen explores the fecundity of life, growth and nourishment, sacrifice and mortification, spiritual death, grace, the Eucharist, and the ultimate unity of creation in Jesus Christ. His reflections move seamlessly between philosophy, theology, Scripture, nature, poetry, history, and everyday experience, making profound ideas vivid and memorable.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt the heart of the book is one of Sheen’s enduring themes: that \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003elove and sacrifice are inseparable\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. The seed must fall before it rises. The lower gives itself for the higher. Good Friday leads to Easter Sunday. And the whole created order, when properly understood, points beyond itself toward Christ.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis new edition has been carefully restored from the original text, using the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJanuary 1929 first printing as the primary textual authority\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and consulting later early printings to correct evident typographical errors while preserving Sheen’s original language and argument.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe EPUB format provides a comfortable \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ereflowable reading experience\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, allowing you to adjust text size and display settings on compatible eReaders, tablets, phones, and reading apps.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDigital EPUB Download\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYour eBook is available for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003einstant download after purchase\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003cem\u003eNo physical book will be shipped.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA portion of the proceeds from this edition benefits the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArchbishop Fulton J. Sheen Foundation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, helping support its work to preserve and advance the legacy of Fulton J. Sheen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CatholicShop.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48567280402617,"sku":null,"price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/9177\/3369\/files\/sheen-life-ebook.jpg?v=1786567975","url":"https:\/\/catholicshop.com\/products\/fulton-sheen-ebook","provider":"CatholicShop.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}