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…
Paving the Way to Euthanasia in MA – Part 1
As noted in a previous post, promoters of doctor-assisted suicide have changed the language in the 2023 bill to remove anything that may have provided some kind of conscience protection.…
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…
MA SJC Decision – OK If Terminally Ill
On Saturday, December 19, 2022, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court released its decision in Kligler v. Healy – the assisted suicide case. As I posted previously, only Christopher P. Schandevel…
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…
The Newest PAS Bill Has Even More Attacks on Clinicians with Consciences
One of the first major bills introduced into the Massachusetts 2023-2024 legislative session is An Act Relative to End of Life Options. Its early designation is SD265. Joanne Comerford introduced…
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…
Nature and dignity 