Show Me Your Scars: Fulton Sheen’s Theology of Suffering for a Wounded World

Endorsed by Arthur Brooks, Chris Stefanick, Bishop James Conely, and others.

What if your wounds are not the end of your story, but the means by which Christ intends to make you a saint?

Fulton J. Sheen spoke to a wounded world because he understood suffering both personally and theologically. One of the great Catholic thinkers of the modern era, he also endured profound trials with remarkable faith. His suffering was lived in his body, carried in his heart, and transformed by uniting his trials to the wounds of Christ.

In Show Me Your Scars, Chantal R. Howard explores Sheen’s life and Catholic theology of suffering, revealing its urgent meaning for those facing grief, illness, betrayal, loneliness, failure, and loss. Drawing from his teaching and devotion to the Cross, she shows that our scars can become credentials of love for Christ and for others. Offered to Him, they become places of encounter, healing, mission, and redemptive love. They become our superscars.

With reflections and contributions from Dr. Peter Howard, Terry Barber, Immaculée Ilibagiza, Jason Jones, Fr. Donald Calloway, Tammy Peterson, and Christopher West, this book invites every wounded soul to approach the risen Christ as Thomas did, bringing Him the very wounds we would rather hide and discovering what He can make of them.

Paperback • Fulton Sheen Institute Press