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

16 February 2008

Confessional Advice

Advice from Fr. Philip Neri’s Confessional I. Starting point: 1. Sin. When we sin we abuse a gift from God. Just about every...

15 February 2008

The heart of the other

1st Week of Lent (F): Ez 18.21-28 and Matt 5.20-26 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP Serra Club and Church of the Incarnation Aren’t we accustomed t...

13 February 2008

Go into all the world and apologize in my name...

Here is the inevitable result, the tragic and entirely predictable end of syncreticism in the Christian church: LOS ANGELES - The Bishop of ...

12 February 2008

More poetry vids...(edited)

I had to edit these down to two vids b/c the post was so large it was causing download problems for some readers. . .you can find all of th...

11 February 2008

BAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

1 st Week of Lent (M): Lev 19.1-2, 11-18 and Matt 25.31-46 Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St Albert the Great Priory To the sheep on hi...

10 February 2008

What he assumes, he heals...*

1 st Sunday of Lent(A): Gen 2.7-9, 3.1-7; Rom 5.12, 17-19, Matt 4.1-11 Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St Paul Hospital and Church of the Inca...

08 February 2008

Mourning and weeping and fasting...

Friday after Ash Wednesday: Isa 58.1-9 and Matt 9.14-15 Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP Church of the Incarnation Maybe just an innocent questio...

No, we can't. . .no, we can't!

This campaign video from the Obama Camp has been described variously as "creepy" and "cultish." I agree. It's a...

07 February 2008

When in Rome. . .?

For those who are still insisting that ashes on the forehead is somehow Divinely Ordained Sacramental Tradition and Therefore Ashes MUST Be ...

06 February 2008

Wash Your Face!

WASH YOUR FACE!!! Here's the deal: the gospel for Mass this morning reports that Jesus unambiguously condemned as hypocritical the Jewi...

05 February 2008

Carrying death...

Due to the Zombiesque effects of several days without sleep I had to bail on celebrating this morning's conventual Mass at the last minu...

04 February 2008

Fr. Philip's Ten Commandments of Confession

Fr. Philip Neri’s Ten Commandments for a Good Lenten Confession: 1. Thou shall know that thy presence in the confessional is the wondr...

03 February 2008

Beatitudes vs. Diabolicals

4 th Sunday OT: Zeph 2.3, 3.12-13; 1 Cor 1.26-31; Matt 5.1-12 Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St Paul Hospital & Church of the Incarnati...

02 February 2008

Die to live...

The Presentation of the Lord: Mal 3.1-4; Heb 2.14-18; Luke 2.22-32 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP St Albert the Great Priory Simeon—a righ...

01 February 2008

Ignorance is the beginning of knowing

3 rd Week OT (F): 2 Sam 11.1-17 and Mark 4.26-34 Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP Serra Club Mass and Church of the Incarnation The Kin...

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