Msgr. Beaulieu – Liturgical Preparation for Lent
The Weeks Before Lent
As the calendar turns from January to February, the prospect of Ash Wednesday comes more into focus since this year, what is technically known as the Feria Quarta…
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Msgr. Beaulieu – The Presentation of the Lord
The Feast of the Presentation of the Lord (or Candlemas) occurs on February 2 or the fortieth day after Christmas. After giving birth, a woman was regarded as unclean for…
Msgr. Beaulieu – The Beatitudes
Twice in the liturgical year – the 4th Sunday in Year A and again on All Saints Day—the Gospel selected for those observances begins and will eventually include the setting…
Msgr. Beaulieu – Ordinary Time
In the encyclical Mediator Dei, Pope Pius XII captured the essence of liturgical theology and greatly stressed those liturgical elements which would eventually bear fruit in the Second Vatican Council,…
Msgr. Beaulieu – Jesus as Priest, Prophet, and King
Derived from the Latin word munus, the term munera implies a duty to give or an obligation or a donation to the public service. Three munera or duties of Christ…
Msgr. Beaulieu – Oracles and Prophets
The biblical meaning of the word oracle (Lat. oraculum) is primarily found in its plural form or as oracles. The term refers both to divine responses to a question asked…
Msgr. Beaulieu – Movable Feasts of Christmastime
Among the moveable feasts during the Christmas season, where Epiphany is observed on its traditional date of January 6, it occurs on that date no matter what weekday that it…
10th Annual Novena to St. Joseph Recordings
The 10th Annual Novena to St. Joseph was yet another outstanding event in which we prayed for the sick and suffering by name. We prayed that assisted suicide not be…
Nature and dignity 