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

06 October 2007

Tentative Plans/Discernment Woes

This isn't me. . .but this is how I feel! Asking for prayers. . .again! The discernment process for my next assignment is slowly coming ...

05 October 2007

Wicked Hearts and Enemies of God

26 th Week OT: Baruch 1.15-22 and Luke 10.13-16 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP Serra Club Mass & Church of the Incarnation Cell phon...

03 October 2007

Zombie Christianity?

The Dead on their way to bury the dead 26 th Week OT: Neh 2.1-8 and Luke 9.57-62 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP St Albert the Great Priory...

02 October 2007

Saying the Unsayable, teaching the unteachable

I received word recently that the senior/grad student seminar I had proposed to my department chair has been approved and scheduled for spri...

Catholic Truth Society and Two OP books

The Catholic Truth Society runs one of the best Catholic bookshops in London. The store is situated right off the plaza in front of Westmi...

01 October 2007

Turn, go to the playground

Little Flower: Isa 66.10-14 and Matthew 18.1-4 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP St. Albert the Great Priory, Irving , TX First, we have th...

30 September 2007

Hey! Where are we going and why am I in this handbasket?!

26 th Sunday OT: Amos 6.1-7; 1 Tim 6.11-16; Luke 16.19-31 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP St Paul Hospital & Church of the Incarnation ...

Oh, the possibilities!

Please continue to pray for my discernment! As some of you here in Irving know, I have been in conversation with several different people ab...

28 September 2007

Because Christ was first. . .

Dominican Martyrs: Haggai 2.1-9 and Luke 9.18-22 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP St Albert the Great Priory & Church of the Incarnation ...

27 September 2007

Entertaining the Novices

I recently discovered this Universal Fact: Any word placed in front of the word "monkey" makes a funny phrase. Try it. . .

Thanks, Rewrite, and Hire me!

I want to thank all of the thirty-something-odd bloggers out there who linked to my post, "Kids These Days..." The power of the b...

24 September 2007

Addition to the Hanc Aquam!

Please note the addition of the Pod-O-Matic Podcast Player to the left-hand side bar. This is a much easier way of hearing my homilies on po...

Use it or lose it

25 th Week OT(M): Ezra 1.1-6 and Luke 8.16-18 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP St Albert the Great Priory, Irving , TX [Click podOmatic Player...

23 September 2007

Growing Up to be What You Love Most

25 th Sunday OT: Amos 8.4-7; 1 Tim 2.1-8; Luke 16.10-13 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP Church of the Incarnation, University of Dallas ...

22 September 2007

Kids These Days: What they don't want from the Church

There’s a lot of hand-wringing over the sharp decline in youth participation in the Church in the last few decades. I won’t go into the st...

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