Msgr. Beaulieu – Veni, Sancte Spiritus
The origin of the liturgical chant now called the Sequence dates to the ninth century. These chants were composed to follow the “Alleluia” verse as the Latin name Sequentia (“Continuing”)…
Tag: Pentecost
Msgr. Beaulieu – Concluding the Easter Season
Easter is not just one day – it is a season of fifty days or a week of weeks, plus one day—the eighth day. The length of Eastertide is derived…
Msgr. Beaulieu – Acts of the Apostles in Eastertide
As the liturgical calendar approaches the final days of the Easter season, the Acts of the Apostles will soon be consigned to only being rarely used, if at all. It…
Msgr. Beaulieu – Acts of the Apostles
Of the twenty-seen books that comprise the New Testament, only one of them is reserved to be publicly read on Easter Day and for the following fifty days until Pentecost,…
Nature and dignity 