Matthew Becklo

Long Island

Publishing Director and Contributor at Word on Fire

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The Profound Bow in the Nicene Creed

4 weeks ago | ewtn.co.uk | Matthew Becklo

COMMENTARY: The solemn sign of reverence and humility links Catholics with their Eastern Orthodox brethren by tapping into spiritual medicine promoted by Pope Leo XIV.
The Profound Bow in the Nicene Creed

4 weeks ago | ncregister.com | Matthew Becklo

COMMENTARY: The solemn sign of reverence and humility links Catholics with their Eastern Orthodox brethren by tapping into spiritual medicine promoted by Pope Leo XIV. The Imperial Gate mosaic in Hagia Sophia of Constantinople.
Matthew Becklo - NCRegister

4 weeks ago | ncregister.com | Matthew Becklo

Matthew Becklo 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, was released in 2025. Latest Search The Profound Bow in the Nicene Creed COMMENTARY: The solemn sign of reverence and humility links Catholics with their Eastern Orthodox brethren by tapping into spiritual medicine promoted by Pope Leo XIV.
A brief history of the Catholic both/and

1 month ago | matthewbecklo.substack.com | Matthew Becklo

That we face today a great crisis of division—religiously, philosophically, politically, socially—is taken for granted. Yet most attempts to explain and deal with this crisis inevitably tend, in a vicious circularity, right back toward the very divisions in question. Is there any way out of our deepest dichotomies—an ex-hodos from our captivity to intellectual either/ors and cultural war?
What an Obscure 2006 Foreword Might Tell Us About Pope Leo XIV

1 month ago | ncregister.com | Matthew Becklo

COMMENTARY: This text reveals a man thoroughly drenched in Augustine’s theology and spirituality, in particular his understanding of the ‘last things’ — and our greatest hope. Pope Leo XIV blesses a baby during his May 20, 2025, visit to the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome.
Pope Leo XIV: ‘A Son of St. Augustine’

1 month ago | ncregister.com | Matthew Becklo

COMMENTARY: The Pope has put forward Augustine as his great friend, father and companion on the Way of Christ. L to R: Pope Leo XIV presides over his first Holy Mass with cardinals in the Sistine Chapel on May 9, 2025.
What Are Popes For?

1 month ago | ncregister.com | Matthew Becklo

AN EXPLAINER BASED ON THE CATECHISM View of the top of the dome of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican (photo: Unsplash) Commentaries May 7, 2025 The conclave to elect a new pope has, naturally, unleashed a deluge of commentary in both Catholic and secular media.
Who chooses the pope-God or the cardinals?

1 month ago | catholicworldreport.com | Matthew Becklo |Leroy Huizenga

Who chooses the pope—God or the cardinals? Thoughts on one of the great paradoxes of the Faith: the convergence of divine providence and human freedom. Paul VI makes Joseph Ratzinger (future Pope Benedict XVI) a cardinal in 1977. [Wikipedia]In the interregnum between the death of Pope Francis and the conclave to elect his successor, a quotation from Pope Benedict XVI—then Cardinal Ratzinger—has been making the rounds on social media.
A glimpse of twenty “unexpectedly Catholic” writers

2 months ago | catholicworldreport.com | Matthew Becklo |James V. Schall

A glimpse of twenty “unexpectedly Catholic” writersVoyage Comics & Publishing, which has a special focus on graphic novels, has offered a helpful contribution to this literary tradition. (Image of typewriter:Markus Winkler/Unsplash.com; photo illustration: CWR staff)The worlds of Catholic theology and philosophy can, at times, feel overwhelmingly vast.
The First Thing Resurrected Jesus Did

2 months ago | catholic.com | Matthew Becklo

This is a strange, and strangely specific, description—one that it is easy to pass over as mere decoration. But it merits serious attention, because it shines a light on what was, as far as we know, the very first act of the risen Jesus. The resurrection of Christ from the dead, without which our faith “is in vain” (1 Cor.