Strong passions are the precious raw material of sanctity. Individuals that have carried their sinning to extremes should not despair or say, “I am too great a sinner to change,” or “God would not want me.” God will take anyone who is willing to love, not with an occasional gesture, but with a “passionless passion,” a “wild tranquility.” A sinner, unrepentant, cannot love God, any more that a man on dry land can swim; but as soon as he takes his errant energies to God and asks for their redirection, he will become happy, as he was never happy before. It is not the wrong things one has already done which keep one from God; it is the present persistence in that wrong.

Sheen's final presenting role was on the syndicated The Fulton Sheen Program (1961–1968) with a format very similar to that of the earlier Life is Worth Living show. [citation needed] The operation started in the St. This ceremonial position allowed Sheen to continue his extensive writing.

[clarification needed] Starting in 2009 his shows were being re-broadcast on the EWTN and the Trinity Broadcasting Network's Church Channel cable networks. He held this position until 1966 when he was made the Bishop of Rochester from October 21 1966 to October 6 1969 when he resigned and was made the Archbishop of the Titular See of Newport Wales. For 20 years he hosted the night-time radio program The Catholic Hour (1930–1950) before moving to television and presenting Life Is Worth Living (1951–1957).