03 December 2006

Advent is scary!

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1st Sunday of Advent: Jer 33.14-16; 1 Thes 3.12-4.2; Luke 21.25-28, 34-36 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP St Paul Hospital and Church of the Incarn...

Excellent Spiritual Reading

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I picked up a copy of The Best American Spiritual Writing 2006 a few days ago and it is great! I was surprised by the number of essays from...
01 December 2006

Pools of Fire lapping at unrepentant souls

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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...
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29 November 2006

Sign up and die!

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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 ...
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27 November 2006

NO flash photography at a wedding???

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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...
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26 November 2006

Who is the King of your heart?

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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...
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25 November 2006

Second Wedding Homily (11/25/06)

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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?

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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

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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)

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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!

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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...
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18 November 2006

A Wedding Homily

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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

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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...
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15 November 2006

Wisdom, foolishness, and fried fish

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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...
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14 November 2006

The Spiritual Vision of Pope Benedict XVI

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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 ...