Msgr. Beaulieu – Calming the Storm
12th Sunday in Ordinary Time ~ Year B ~ Mark 4:35-41 This week’s Gospel marks the beginning of a chapters-long section that stretches between the teaching of chapter 4 and…
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Msgr. Beaulieu – The Books of Kings and Deuteronomistic History
In the Hebrew Bible, there is one Book of Kings (Heb. Sefer Melakim) and, as one scroll, it was initially only consonants; only after 600 AD were vowel points added.…
Msgr. Beaulieu – Kingdom of God v Kingdom of Heaven
In the New Testament, the word basileia can be translated by “kingship” (abstract noun), “kingdom” (concrete noun) or “reign” (action noun). The Kingdom of God lies ahead of us. It…
Msgr. Beaulieu – Beatitudes and Fruit of the Spirit
Chapter five of Saint Matthew’s Gospel can be divided into two parts: the Beatitudes, coupled with the similes of salt and light (Mt 5:1-16) and a second part that focuses…
Msgr. Beaulieu – 10th Ordinary Sunday
Prophecy Relating Fulfillment: 1st Reading & the Gospel Prior to today’s Gospel, Jesus had just called the Twelve to be His apostles and, then, the Lord engaged in His first…
Msgr. Beaulieu – Sacred Heart of Jesus
In the Directory on Popular Piety and the Liturgy, devotion to the Sacred Heart is described this way, “Understood in the light of the Scriptures, the term ‘Sacred Heart of…
Msgr. Beaulieu – Eucharistic Devotion and Adoration Prolonging the Mass
At first, public Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament was permitted only on Holy Thursday and Corpus Christi, but later, at other times, it became a popular expression of shared faith…
Msgr. Beaulieu – Overview of the first Letter of Peter
When Peter wrote this letter to believers in Asia Minor, persecution was increasing and they were under pressure to deny their faith. Peter’s letter is full of practical instruction on…
Nature and dignity 