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Ven. Fulton Sheen on the Double Meaning of the Most Sacred Words of the Mass, by Matthew Becklo – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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The consecration of the bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Jesu. Image: Josh Applegate | Unsplash.com.

By Matthew Becklo, Catholic World Report, December 9, 2025

Matthew Becklo is a husband and father, writer and editor, and the Publishing Director for Word on Fire Catholic Ministries. His first book, The Way of Heaven and Earth: From Either/Or to the Catholic Both/And, is available now from Word on Fire.

In the prayer of consecration on the altar, the divine and human sides of the faith meet, the sacrifice of Christ on Calvary becoming one with the sacrifices of his Church in the present.

December 9 marks the anniversary of the death of Venerable Fulton J. Sheen, one of the greatest evangelists of the twentieth century. Known above all for his pioneering work in radio and television—at the peak of his popularity in the 1950s, his Life Is Worth Living program beat out celebrities like Frank Sinatra and Milton Berle—Sheen was also a gifted theologian and writer. His first book, an adaptation of his doctoral dissertation, featured an introduction by G. K. Chesterton, and he went on to write dozens more, including his beloved Life of Christ.

Sheen’s writing, like his preaching, is chock full of insights. And in one 1935 text titled The Mystical Body of Christ, he offers an unforgettable “both/and” reading of the most sacred words of the Mass: the consecration of the bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Jesus. ….

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