tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post5627718669902462097..comments2024-02-26T09:30:54.111-06:00Comments on Domine, da mihi hanc aquam!: Faith: the disposition of the spirit that seeds eternal lifeFr. Philip Powell, OPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-33149088039319817002013-08-12T08:54:10.660-05:002013-08-12T08:54:10.660-05:00God go with you! Nihilistic atheism is a direct re...God go with you! Nihilistic atheism is a direct response to the despair imposed on us by postmodern scientism--the worship of materialist science and the human intellect. Real science, of course, is no threat to faith b/c it actually uses the human intellect. What passes for science among a lot of non-theists is simply a different sort of religion.Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-45337816873905545172013-08-12T06:49:54.810-05:002013-08-12T06:49:54.810-05:00Escellent! Thank you for sharing! I may 'borro...Escellent! Thank you for sharing! I may 'borrow' this for our confirmation group starting up this year. Lots of the teens are questioning. Although some are questioning the existence of God (atheism is creeping in ever so slowly down here, but making inroads into those young minds). I will do my best to combat the evil one with the Truth!Deacon Jimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15307716334267839976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-34555111002208522712013-08-11T21:12:05.432-05:002013-08-11T21:12:05.432-05:00Yes. . .well, 90% of it is. Parts of the last two...Yes. . .well, 90% of it is. Parts of the last two paragraphs are massaged re-runs from a daily homily I preached two yrs ago. I got back from MI and had about 2.5 hrs to pound something out for the 6pm Mass.Fr. Philip Powell, OPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970857401221305221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-57256359104750943972013-08-11T21:10:44.048-05:002013-08-11T21:10:44.048-05:00The final two paragraphs were splendid! Before th...The final two paragraphs were splendid! Before that point, it was definitely didactic. Which worked just fine. Thanks - welcome home!Shellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05485793986602894527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18842286.post-38612538707484602752013-08-11T20:51:33.769-05:002013-08-11T20:51:33.769-05:00"Didactic", but Vintage. 'Nuff said...."Didactic", but Vintage. 'Nuff said... Is it new?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com