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 November 2006

A Wedding Homily

Sacrament of Matrimony: Marci Strauss & Joseph Lee Genesis 2.18-24; Ps 145.8-9; 1 Cor 12.31-13.8; John 2.1-11 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP C...

17 November 2006

Unnatural, impractical, and downright dangerous

St. Elizabeth of Hungary: 1 John 3.14-18 and Luke 6.27-38 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP Serra Club Mass and Church of the Incarnation The naivet...

15 November 2006

Wisdom, foolishness, and fried fish

St. Albert the Great: Sirach 15.1-6 and Matthew 13.47-52 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP St. Albert the Great Priory, Irving, TX Jesus tells the c...

14 November 2006

The Spiritual Vision of Pope Benedict XVI

I rec'd a new book from Doubleday Books on the life and theology of the current holder of the Petrine Office, Let God's Light Shine ...

13 November 2006

Happy Anniversary!

Happy First Anniversary to "Domine, da mihi hanc aquam!" One year ago today I braved the blog world in answer to the annoying ca...

12 November 2006

Goofy Theology of "The Monastery"

Anyone else watching The Monastery ? I saw just about 45 minutes of it tonight and I was struck by the superficiality of the monks' the...

Divine gift or Demonic bribe? Hmmmm...

32nd Sunday OT: 1 Kings 17.10-16; Hebrews 9.24-28; Mark 12.38-44 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP St Paul’s Hospital and Church of the Incarnation I...

10 November 2006

Blessed are they who gossip...

Pope Saint Leo the Great: Sirach 39.6-11 and Matthew 16.13-19 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP St. Albert the Great Priory and Church of the Incarna...

08 November 2006

Battling Heretics in the Seminary, or Protest at Your Own Risk

A few commenters on my Exhortation below have challenged me to clarify my statement that we need young men called to the priesthood to battl...

Neo? Buddha? Or that Guy from NPR?

Anniversary of Deceased Brothers and Sisters of the Order of Preachers Revelation 21.1-7; John 17.15-21, 24-26 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP St. ...

06 November 2006

Why so riled up, Father?

Several readers have written me privately asking me to share what got me so riled up about vocations! I will list the events so as to avoid ...

05 November 2006

Exhortation on Vocations, or No Time for Fear!

(delivered at the 7.30pm Mass at the Church of the Incarnation, Nov. 5, 2006 before the final blessing) PODCAST! Please give me five minutes...

How do we fail to love?

31st Sunday OT: Deut 6.2-6; Hebrews 7.23-28; Mark 12.28-34 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP St Paul’s Hospital and Church of the Incarnation Ours i...

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...

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