Parish Mission/ Holy Face Devotion/ Behold Your Mother/ The Cross and the Seven Last Words/ Al Smith

https://holyfacemiracle.com/ https://www.bishopsheentoday.com/

Retreat Leader Allan Smith gave three inspirational talks at a three-day parish mission held at Our Lady Queen of the World Parish in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada on March 24 - 26, 2025.

During the first talk titled, 'Lord Show Us Thy Face and We Shall Be Saved' Allan explains a little bit of the history of the Holy Face Devotion and the connection between Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen and St. Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face.

He asks the questions of where has the crucifix gone and where have the Holy images of Our Blessed Lord gone? Allan also introduces the greatest sermon ever preached by Our Blessed Lord which is His Seven Last Words spoken from the Cross.

In the second talk titled 'Behold Your Mother', Allan shares the wisdom contained in the numerous writings of the Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen about the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Fulton Sheen shows us how Mary is our mother and that she provides us with many good examples for us to imitate. In the talk, Allan shares many passages from the book 'The Cries of Jesus from the Cross' where Sheen emphasizes this point.

In the third talk titled 'The Seven Last Words, Calvary and Me', Allan shows how Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen takes the Seven Last Words from the Cross and applies them as a remedy for the deadly sins. He also shows how these seven last words can be used to help us to live the beatitudes and how to practice the seven virtues.

Allan Smith is the founder of https://www.bishopsheentoday.com/ and https://holyfacemiracle.com/

He gives parish missions throughout the year and can be heard each week on EWTN Radio on The Guadalupe Radio Network.

Allan can also be heard internationally on Radio Maria Australia, Radio Maria USA and Radio Maria Canada.

He is the Editor / Compiler of five best-selling books published by Sophia Institute Press -

1)  The Cries of Jesus from the Cross - A Sheen Anthology (2018)
2)  Lord Teach Us to Pray - A Sheen Anthology (2019)
3)  Archbishop Sheen's Book of Sacraments - A Sheen Anthology (2021)
4)  The Greatest Commandment - A Fulton Sheen Anthology on Love (2022)
5)  War and Peace - A Sheen Anthology (2022)

https://sophiainstitute.com/contribut...

He is also a writer at Catholic Exchange Magazine -
 https://catholicexchange.com/author/a...

Allan is the Managing Editor of Bishop Sheen Today Publishing, which distributes over twenty titles that showcase the writings of the Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen -  https://www.amazon.com/Allan-Smith/e/...

Throughout these talks, Al makes reference to his two most popular books.

https://www.amazon.com/Cries-Jesus-Cr...

https://www.amazon.com/Lord-Teach-Us-...