tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post1086481524921483890..comments2024-02-26T09:30:54.111-06:00Comments on Domine, da mihi hanc aquam!: Burdened to breaking by truth? (UPDATED)Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-135433161559550402009-06-05T01:56:15.383-05:002009-06-05T01:56:15.383-05:00+
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a perfect example, dear Fr. of Do...+<br />WOW! WOW! WOW!<br />a perfect example, dear Fr. of Dominican preaching at it's finest...i have always believed that if a preacher isn't convicted himself, the folks in the pews aren't going to believe either...preaching without compromise or regard for others' approval of you personally is a<br />grace...one, sadly, that many in the pulpit have refused in order to be "PC"...but let us always pray that they will indeed one day open themselves up to the grace and preach the beauty of the Truth...as to your liking your homiliy--i find that when i write something down quickly from an inspiration or when i am not pleased with the finished product--it is indeed the Spirit(more often than not) Who has done the "creating"--and it is these pieces that speak clearly to the audience i am trying to reach...thank you for letting the Spirit work in you...<br />pax et bonum....Godzgirlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-10704677410056758662009-06-03T22:55:20.888-05:002009-06-03T22:55:20.888-05:00Sherry, one time I spent hours and hours perfectin...Sherry, one time I spent hours and hours perfecting a tightly written piece on the theology of prayer...posted it...nothing. <br /><br />Then a few weeks later, a commenter tried to blackmail me with a threat to leave the Church if I didn't agree with her pro-abortion position. Quite literally, I banged out "The Church is Not Wal-Mart" in fewer than fifteen-minutes. It was linked all over the blogsphere...largest number of comments ever...huge number of emails...twenty or so requests by pastors to reprint in parish bulletins...go figure.Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-17792862283901319532009-06-03T15:47:32.730-05:002009-06-03T15:47:32.730-05:00I never get why people like the stuff I think I...I never get why people like the stuff I think I'm just throwing onto the blog as much as they do, especially when I spend much more time on other stuff, which no one ever mentions and I think...hey...wasn't that good? I liked it. Oh well, it keeps us humble.Sherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02220512226096382610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-73746823083415383932009-06-03T15:26:25.384-05:002009-06-03T15:26:25.384-05:00Fair, Aspiring, Sherry...thanks for the feedback. ...Fair, Aspiring, Sherry...thanks for the feedback. Oddly, I don't like this homily much. I struggled with it for too long and I see too many flaws. That anyone at all has found it helpful is a blessing, of course, but it will not go down my book as a fav. My favs rarely garner much comment and the ones I hate usually get praised. Figures. This is why I need readers and feedback!!!Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-26658131004062794262009-06-03T08:27:17.802-05:002009-06-03T08:27:17.802-05:00Beautiful rendition of the event. Nice work.
I l...Beautiful rendition of the event. Nice work.<br /><br />I look at the Holy Spirit's great searing power as being like this: If I had known that three days into starting college, I would meet the man I would marry and have nine children with, one of whom has a disability, I probably would have been frightened to show up at the school at all, much less talk to any man. <br /><br />We cannot bear all truth in the same way childen cannot yet comprehend nor should be exposed to, all things that adults must know. BTW, God had a very very good plan, and He knew enough to know I would mess it up if I knew.Sherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02220512226096382610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-5445428890118916822009-06-03T02:05:56.302-05:002009-06-03T02:05:56.302-05:00Truth burdening one to breaking is the flip side o...Truth burdening one to breaking is the flip side of 'ignorance is bliss' maybe?<br /><br />I love your analogies, like this one which I can see happening in my mind's eye: <br />"...seeding tinder-dried hearts with embers ready to burst into flame. They are contagious. From heart to heart, from mind to mind, they spread out and plant the Word, scattering seed, rowing up fields for the Church..."<br /><br />As for: <br />"...Turn the key of your cell door and walk away to freedom... toward the Truth—away from loss, toward everlasting gain!..." <br />Prison and freedom. Amen, that's 'xactly it.<br /><br />You discussed fear in this, homily...<br />Fear is a huge deal. It's the biggest of prisons. One of the best illustrations of the effects of fear I've come across is this: a man gets a $20 if he'll walk atop a 20-foot section of railroad tie to get it. Easy enough. Compare that to the same man being offered a $20 if he'll walk atop the same railroad tie propped upon the rooves of two skyscrapers, to get it. Probably not gonna happen. Fear of every kind is immobilizing, debilitating. Let us not fear. So many times in so many ways, Jesus, Himself, says do not fear.<br /><br />And yet, it's important to suggest being sure we are in fact "living in" and "following" and "preaching" the Spirit and not something else borne of ourselves. <br /><br />Off-topic: <br />prayer-in-progress for you and exam time...aspiring...https://www.blogger.com/profile/10825316824097996382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-5382351500970520652009-06-02T15:46:25.165-05:002009-06-02T15:46:25.165-05:00I appreciate your homily. Accepting truth has been...I appreciate your homily. Accepting truth has been a long journey for me, like more than a decade. But God has been good to gently lead me past delusion about large and small things. I've been aghast at myself first of all, and at others with whom I interact, in our ability to hide the truth, shade the truth, or just ignore the truth, even when it's like the elephant in the living room. We think we're living in truth even when we're in denial on many levels. And I'm describing upright Catholics who attend Mass and pray the rosary, not refugess from the asylum or gross sinners. Yet Jesus promised that the Truth shall set you (us) free. Your homily encourages me as I contemplate the Holy Spirit coming to burn away lies (fears) that keep us from truly transforming our selves and our society.fairkayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08917141566583881695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-50637597236644173912009-06-02T09:08:42.240-05:002009-06-02T09:08:42.240-05:00Maria, thanks for the feedback! The primary reaso...Maria, thanks for the feedback! The primary reason for this blog's existence is for feedback on my homilies...so, feel free! I try to answer any questions shot my way...Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-27163895079136875952009-06-02T05:06:18.378-05:002009-06-02T05:06:18.378-05:00I just wanted to say Thank You for this homily. I...I just wanted to say Thank You for this homily. It really touched a nerve for me, regarding some things that I'm dealing with in my own life. I don't know if ya'll priests get feedback on your homilies (or if it's considered proper to do so--I'm new to the Church), but for me, this really struck home. Thank you for sharing it.Maria Raphaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17786583097607947093noreply@blogger.com