Domine, da mihi hanc aquam!

"A [preacher] who does not love art, poetry, music and nature can be dangerous. Blindness and deafness toward the beautiful are not incidental; they are necessarily reflected in his [preaching]." — BXVI

18 February 2006

I am doing something new...

7th Sunday OT: Isa 43.18-19, 21-22, 24-35; 2 Cor 1.18-22; Mark 2.1-12 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP St Paul’s Hospital and Church of the Incarnat...

17 February 2006

How do you train to die on a cross?

6th Week OT: James 2.14-24, 26; Mark 8.34-9.1 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP Serra Club & Church of the Incarnation, University of Dallas Hear...

14 February 2006

What's to understand?

6th Week OT (Tues): James 1.12-18; Mark 8.14-21 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP St Albert the Great Priory, Irving, TX Hear it! What’s to understan...

11 February 2006

Wizards? Professors? Witnesses!

6th Sunday OT: Lev 13.1-2, 44-46; 1 Cor 10.31-11.1; Mark 1.40-45 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP St Paul’s Hospital, Dallas, TX and Church of the I...

10 February 2006

Be opened! And be quiet about it!

5th Week OT(Fri): 1 Kings 11.29-32; Mark 7.31-37 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP Church of the Incarnation, University of Dallas Hear it! ********...

08 February 2006

Defilement from within...

5th Week OT: 1 Kings 10.1-10; Mark 7.14-23 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP St Albert the Great Priory Hear it! Sin rises from our center, from our ...

05 February 2006

What Purpose do you serve?

5th Sunday OT: Job 7.1-4, 6-7; 1 Cor 9.16-19, 22-23; Mark 1.29-39 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP Church of the Incarnation, University of Dallas H...

04 February 2006

Misericordia veritatis

4th Week OT (Sat): 1 Kings 3.4-13; Mark 6.30-34 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP St Albert the Great Priory, Irving, TX Hear it! Compassion moves J...

03 February 2006

On the Habits and Spirit of Dissent

When we talk about a “Spirit of This” or a “Spirit of That,” I think we mean to point out a deeply seated habit of assenting to and doing Th...

Beheading prophets!

4th Week OT: Sirach 47.2-11; Mark 6.14-29 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP Serra Club/Church of the Incarnation, University of Dallas Hear it! How ...

01 February 2006

Can't go home again...

4th Week OT (Wed): 2 Sam 24.2, 9-17; Mark 6.1-6 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP St Albert the Great Priory, Irving, TX At Christmas, my sister-in-l...

29 January 2006

What are you anxious about?

4th Sunday of OT: Deut 18.15-20; 1 Cor 7.32-35; Mark 1.21-28 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP St. Paul’s Hospital and Church of the Incarnation, Uni...

27 January 2006

Growing in faith, spreading it around...

3rd Week OT (Fri): 2 Sam 11.1-10, 13-17; Mark 4.26-34 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP Church of the Incarnation, University of Dallas Hear it! How ...

26 January 2006

Put down the missalette! Hearing a Homily

I’ve written about some of the artsy elements of writing a homily and about some definitions of preaching. I’ve been challenged to write ab...

25 January 2006

Are you ready to RUMBLE!!??

3rd Week OT (Wed): Act 9.1-22; Mark 16.15-18 The Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul, Apostle Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP St Albert the Grea...

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