Msgr. Beaulieu – Presentation of the Lord or Candlemas
Taking place on February 2, the Presentation of the Lord in the Temple occurs on the fortieth day after Christmas. According to the Book of Leviticus (Lev 12:1-8), a woman…
Msgr. Beaulieu – Authority of Jesus and Exorcism
4th Sunday In Ordinary Time Year B ~ Mark 1:21-28 In the Gospel of Mark, Jesus’ function as a teacher is often emphasized, but that same evangelist seldom recounts the…
Msgr. Beaulieu – Day of Penance for the Sins Others Have Committed
Annually, January 22 is designated as a particular day of prayer for the full restoration of the legal guarantee of the right to life and of penance for violations to…
Msgr. Beaulieu – Octave of Christian Unity
2024 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity – January 18 through January 25 “You shall love the Lord your God…and your neighbor as yourself.” “Ecumenism” is derived from the Greek…
Msgr. Beaulieu – The Gospel and the First Reading
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time ~ 1 Samuel 3:3b-10, 19; John 1:35-42 The Gospel in Ordinary Time is chosen primarily from the Synoptic Gospels — Matthew in Year A, Mark…
Msgr. Beaulieu – Two Periods of Ordinary Time
In volume four of The Church at Prayer, Fr. Pierre Jounel described Ordinary Time this way, “The thirty-four Sundays per annum or of Ordinary Time represent the ideal Christian Sunday,…
Nature and dignity 