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

23 February 2008

Drowning in Well-Water

3 rd Sunday of Lent: Ex 17.3-7; Rom 5.1-8; John 4.5-42 (Vigil Mass) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St Paul Hospital , Dallas , TX [NB...

Wasting Love on Sinners

2 nd Week of Lent (S): Micah 7.14-15, 18-20 and Luke 15.1-3, 11-32 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP St Albert the Great Priory The Pharisee...

22 February 2008

You are the Christ

The Chair of Peter: 1 Peter 5.1-4 and Matthew 16.13-19 Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP Church of the Incarnation, Univ of Dallas [NB. Confessi...

19 February 2008

Sand for Water

Lenten desert? YES! Sand in the fonts? NO! After the 7.30pm Sunday Mass on campus, a woman approached me and asked, "Father, why is ...

18 February 2008

An opened hand is your measure

2 nd Week of Lent (M): Daniel 9.4-10 and Luke 6.36-38 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP St Albert the Great Priory Tit for tat. Quid pro q...

17 February 2008

Fear Nothing!

2 nd Sunday of Lent (A): Gen 12.1-4; 2 Tim 1.8-10; Matt 17.1-9 Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St Paul Hospital and Church of the Incarnatio...

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 ...

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