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

03 November 2006

Thoughts about vocations

I’ve been thinking about vocations a lot lately. My province—Province of St Martin de Porres—is having a vocations weekend at the priory on ...

Being Perfect as Our Father is Perfect

PODCAST! One of my regular readers wrote to me recently, asking me to speak to the following issue: “What I really want to say is, that when...

Love makes you fat, bald, and stupid

St. Martin de Porres: Philippians 4.4-9 and Matthew 22.34-40 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP Serra Club Mass & Church of the Incarnation PODCAS...

30 October 2006

Blogs, Devils, and Jesus

30th Week OT: Ephesians 4.32-5.8 and Luke 13.10-17 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP St Albert the Great Priory, Irving, TX PODCAST! When I should be...

28 October 2006

What do you want Jesus to do for you?

30th Sunday OT: Jeremiah 31.7-9; Hebrews 5.1-6; Mark 10.46-52 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP HTS: Catholic Social Scientists; St Paul’s Hospital; ...

Finally! A Solution to Abortion!, or Thanks again, Sisters

More moral clarity from the “Catholic” sisters of the National Coalition of American Nuns…please compare: We encourage respect for the moral...

The problem with killing children, or Thanks, sisters!

The Denver Post reports on an attempt by the National Coalition of American Nuns to sway Catholic voters to vote for “Culture of Death” cand...

27 October 2006

Satan, Goats, Fire, and Jesus

29th Week OT(F): Ephesians 4.1-6 and Luke 12.54-59 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP St. Albert the Great Priory and Church of the Incarnation The E...

23 October 2006

Only the rich go to heaven...

29th Week OT (M): Ephesians 2.1-10 and Luke 12.13-21 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP St. Albert the Great Priory, Irving, TX The Gospel of Power a...

22 October 2006

How to Transform Suffering and Death

29th Sunday OT: Isa 53.10-11; Hebrews 4.14-16; Mark 10.35-45 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP St. Paul’s Hospital and Church of the Incarnation PODC...

20 October 2006

Beat Hypocrisy! Eliminate Standards!

28th Week OT (F): Ephesians 1.11-14 and Luke 12.1-7 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP Serra Club Mass and Church of the Incarnation Here’s my soluti...

16 October 2006

Semiotic illiteracy

28th Week OT(M): Galatians 4.22-24, 26-27, 31-5.1 and Luke 11.29-32 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP St. Albert the Great Priory, Irving, TX I was l...

15 October 2006

You are lacking one thing...

28th Sunday OT: Wisdom 7.7-11; Hebrews 4.12-13; Mark 10.17-30 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP Church of the Incarnation, Irving, TX Here’s what I ...

13 October 2006

It's not about Christ; it's about BEING Christ

27th Week OT (F): Galatians 3.7-14 and Luke 11.15-26 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP St. Albert the Great Priory, Irving, TX Jesus is at war with ...

08 October 2006

Childlike acceptance and the impossibility of divorce

27th Sunday OT: Genesis 2.18-24; Hebrews 2.9-11; Mark 10.2-16 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP St. Paul’s Hospital, Dallas, TX What does it mean to...

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