tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post1612034192996940196..comments2024-02-26T09:30:54.111-06:00Comments on Domine, da mihi hanc aquam!: On serving two MastersFr. Philip Powell, OPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-34581353039189684742012-11-10T18:06:55.604-06:002012-11-10T18:06:55.604-06:00Well, do me and my growth in holiness a favor: an...Well, do me and my growth in holiness a favor: answer them! :-)Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-37313649788959324732012-11-10T15:37:14.557-06:002012-11-10T15:37:14.557-06:00Good exegesis is one of my favorite things...but y...Good exegesis is one of my favorite things...but you sometimes ask the most infuriatingly challenging questions!!Shellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05485793986602894527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-54540316049862382752012-11-10T14:54:23.407-06:002012-11-10T14:54:23.407-06:00Oh, and one of the things I've been thinking a...Oh, and one of the things I've been thinking about lately is settling into a more exegetical mode in preaching. That is, just repeating the readings in a more modern idiom with a few questions thrown in. Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-49922024239557068702012-11-10T14:53:00.478-06:002012-11-10T14:53:00.478-06:00(Leaving aside all comments on "poor AL brain...(Leaving aside all comments on "poor AL brain"). . .<br /><br />I hear you, and I agree. Most of our daily Mass-goers are extremely regular, so they've been listening to me prattle on with the How for a year now. Of course, this leaves any newbie who might pop in wondering what the heck is going on. Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-75439845630992381882012-11-10T14:01:56.644-06:002012-11-10T14:01:56.644-06:00I think these daily homilies sometimes pose a prob...I think these daily homilies sometimes pose a problem of how much you can reasonably put in - this one, for example, told "what" to do but not "how" to go about it. Certainly anyone paying attention to you for any length of time has heard the "how", but as a stand-alone piece I found it lacking in this one practical aspect. And honestly I need all the reminders I can get.<br /><br />I know I struggle to "serve God first, last, and only"...And sometimes these short homilies can leave me with more questions than my poor Alabama-brain can handle :-)!! Shellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05485793986602894527noreply@blogger.com