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

01 December 2006

Pools of Fire lapping at unrepentant souls

Last Week OT (F): Revelation 20.1-4, 11-21.2 and Luke 21.29-33 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP St. Albert the Great Priory and Church of the Incarn...

29 November 2006

Sign up and die!

Last Week OT (W): Revelation 15.1-4 and Luke 21.12-19 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP St. Albert the Great Priory I’m afraid that Jesus would not ...

27 November 2006

NO flash photography at a wedding???

I was told once by a parish priest of many years service that there are three guaranteed things a pastor can say to a congregation to get th...

26 November 2006

Who is the King of your heart?

Christ the King: Daniel 7.13-14; Revelation 1.5-8; John 18.33b-37 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP Church of the Incarnation and St. Paul’s Hospital...

25 November 2006

Second Wedding Homily (11/25/06)

Sacrament of Matrimony Tobit 8.4-8; Hebrews 13.1-6; Matthew 22.35-40 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP Church of the Incarnation, University of Dalla...

24 November 2006

Our own den of thieves?

33rd Week OT: Revelation 10.8-11 and Luke 19.45-48 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP St. Albert the Great Priory The temple has become a den of thiev...

22 November 2006

Being who we ought to be while doing what we ought to do

St. Cecilia: Rev 4.1-11 ; Lk 19.11-28 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP Church of the Incarnation (NB. Fr. J.D. is losing his voice. He asked me a...

21 November 2006

Go to Hell (or not)

Little Gidding , IV The dove descending breaks the air With flame of incandescent terror Of which the tongues declare The one discharge from...

19 November 2006

Jesus is Coming! Look busy!

33rd Sunday OT: Daniel 12.1-3; Hebrews 10.11-14, 18; Mark 13.24-32 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP St. Paul’s Hospital and Church of the Incarnati...

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...

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