tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post4884847551025361864..comments2024-02-26T09:30:54.111-06:00Comments on Domine, da mihi hanc aquam!: A lifetime acceptable to the LordFr. Philip Powell, OPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-45550569057576434152012-09-03T20:14:30.339-05:002012-09-03T20:14:30.339-05:00This particular Gospel passage always leaves me qu...This particular Gospel passage always leaves me questioning - and I'm not even sure of the question. It's as if there is some secret buried within it which I have yet to find. I'm always hoping someone can answer that question for me; let me in on the secret that eludes me.Shellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05485793986602894527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-59683309545463688232012-09-03T19:02:27.780-05:002012-09-03T19:02:27.780-05:00I ad-libbed a better ending when I preached it. F...I ad-libbed a better ending when I preached it. Frankly, this is one of my least fav gospel passages to preach. I don't know why. I love it when Jesus quotes the prophets or refers back to the OT in some way. But today. . .nope. Didn't happen.Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-48483415211666322852012-09-03T17:59:32.127-05:002012-09-03T17:59:32.127-05:00The opening was somewhat flat - somewhere in the m...The opening was somewhat flat - somewhere in the middle of the second paragraph it picked up steam (right around: "who are the poor?"), but I wanted more at the end. I was left unsatisfied with your final sentence - maybe it was too blunt, even for me :-).<br />Shellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05485793986602894527noreply@blogger.com