Paving the Way to Euthanasia – Part 2
Part 1 reviewed the truly compassionate Saikewics (1977) and tragically dangerous Brophy (1986) decisions that Justice Elspeth Cypher cites in her concurring opinion. She agrees that providing a lethal dose…
Msgr. Beaulieu – Quinquagesima
The Sunday Before Ash Wednesday Though no longer true, before the liturgical reforms of the Second Vatican Council, the Sunday immediately prior to Ash Wednesday was known as Quinquagesima Sunday.…
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…
A World with Legal Suicide
In a country like Canada, which has surpassed the world in putting its citizens to death through euthanasia, how do people begin to view suicide? Promoters of assisted suicide go…
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…
Paving the Way to Euthanasia – 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,…
Nature and dignity 