Concerning the Sacraments of the Church and how they act as a channel of Grace in our lives, this talk on the nature of the Holy Eucharist as sacrifice is the twenty ninth in a series of lectures on the Catholic Catechism recorded in 1965 by Archbishop Fulton J Sheen in the privacy of his own study and first broadcast under the title 'Life is Worth Living'. A master communicator, Fulton Sheen recorded this insightful overview of the teachings of the Holy Catholic Church.
The Lord’s life was given once, but it is eternally given and repeated in the sacrifice of the Mass. In the Offertory, the priest offers bread and wine to God. In the Consecration, the mystery of transubstantiation takes place: the bread and wine become the substance of the Body and Blood of Christ. The Consecration is a repeating representation of the death of Christ. Holy Communion is our incorporation into the life and death of Christ and communion with other members of the Mystical Body of Christ. The Eucharist is a window between heaven and earth.
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