15 December 2006

Petulance, Pretension, and Playing to the Mob

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2 nd Week Advent (F): Isaiah 48.17-19 and Matthew 11.16-19 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP Serra Club Mass, Church of the Incarnation We demand th...
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14 December 2006

Mission One: Sin

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Advent Mission One: Galatians 5.13-26 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Alva, OK Do we like sin? I don’t m...

Mission Two: Grace and Divinization

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Advent Mission Two: 2 Peter 1.3-7 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Alva, OK I was born in the Mississippi Delta into ...
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Mission Three: The Sacrament of Conversion

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Advent Mission Three: James 5.13-20 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Alva, OK I think of sin and repentance and I thi...
09 December 2006

Some Hard Advent Questions

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2nd Sunday Advent: Baruch 5.1-9; Philippians 1.4-6, 8-11; Luke 3.1-6 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP St Paul’s Hospital and Church of the Incarnati...
08 December 2006

Mary's YES is our mission

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Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the BVM: Gen 3.9-15, 20; Eph 1.3-6, 11-12; and Luke 1.26-38 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP St. Albert th...
04 December 2006

Faith, Authority, Redemption

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1st Week Advent (M): Isa 2.1-5 and Matthew 8.5-11 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP St. Albert the Great Priory, Irving, TX Let’s get a clear picture...
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...