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

28 March 2008

Do you wanna be a fish?

Octave of Easter (F): Acts 4.1-12 and John 21.1-14 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP Church of the Incarnation For us, the Lord is far and ne...

26 March 2008

Hearts slow to believe

Octave of Easter (W): Acts 3.1-10 and Luke 24.13-35 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP St Albert the Great Priory After nearly twenty decade...

24 March 2008

It's gotta be good!

I ran across this gem today over at the Ignatius Press blog site: Magisterium: Teacher and Guardian of the Faith by Avery Cardinal Dulles...

Gracias! [Updated]

Checking the Wish List , I am happy to see that my Book Benefactors have been busy helping the Philosophy/Theology library grow! The Copels...

We're back in TEXAS!

Alleluia! He is RISEN!! I am happy to report that the ASB2008 Pilgrims to The Catholic Oasis of St Rafaela in Athens, GA have all safely r...

14 March 2008

Belief is basic

5 th Week of Lent: Jer 20.10-13 and John 10.31-42 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP Church of the Incarnation The Italian philosopher of relig...

13 March 2008

Demon possessed Samaritan?

5 th Week of Lent (R): Gen 17.3-8 and John 8.51-59 Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St Albert the Great Priory We find ourselves this mor...

11 March 2008

It's "actual" NOT "active" participation

Fr. Jay Scott Newman, pastor of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Greenville , SC , Nails It! Every candidate for ordination for the next 7...

09 March 2008

Let's say that you are dead. . .

5 th Sunday of Lent (A): Eze 37.12-14; Rom 8.8-11; John 11.3-45 (revised) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St Paul Hospital and Church of the...

07 March 2008

Died and gone to heaven. . .

DAMN! Goldberg beat me to it! I lived this book in grad school in the 1990's.

Topics for Future Occasional Pieces

Honestly, the first thing I would do is drag my habit sleeve across the ink bottle and spoil the paper! My gratitude goes out to all of you ...

No true prophet...

4 th Week of Lent (F): Wisdom 2.1, 12-22 and John 7.1-2, 10, 25-30 Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St Albert the Great Priory and Church...

04 March 2008

Suffer Well

4 th Week of Lent (T): Eze 47.1-9, 12; John 5.1-16 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP St Albert the Great Priory Forgive this old English tea...

03 March 2008

Unbornperson.org

Fetal Life and Abortion unbornperson.org This is the heart's work of Fr. Matt Robinson, OP of St Albert the Great Priory, Irving, TX. F...

02 March 2008

Awake, O Sleeper!

4 th Sunday of Lent(A): I Sam 16.1-13; Eph 5.8-14; John 9.1-38 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP St Paul Hospital and Church of the Incarnation ...

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