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

26 December 2008

Homilies: Third & Fourth Sundays of Advent, Christmas Day

[NB. I have to apologize for getting these three homilies posted so late. Though they are here long after their proper liturgical time, I ...

25 December 2008

Four Defining Moments

Pope Benedict XII, Benedictus Deus (1336): "By this Constitution which is to remain in force for ever, we, with apostolic authorit...

24 December 2008

Have yourself a merry little Christmas...

Buon Natale! Merry Christmas! I will post three short homilies today (3rd, 4th Sundays of Advent, and Christmas) and then I'm going to...

Natural Theology at its best!

For those of you who are really into the academic study of natural theology, you cannot do better for excellent texts than to browse the lec...

Answers to supporters of women's ordination (UPDATED)

I recently received an email from a young religious asking me to help him answer objections to the Church's infallible teaching that wom...

23 December 2008

CHANGE! we can all envy. . .

HOPE & CHANGE goes on Christmas vacation for a mere $3,500 a day . . . I'm surprised that the lapdog press reported the story at ...

22 December 2008

Fat Friar Wear

Thomas Peters of American Papist fame has his own line of A.P. gear . . .check it out! . . .hmmmmm. . .what would Hanc Aquam gear look like...

No, Bishop, kids really do want the faith. . .

This post from the Curt Jester about the English bishop who thinks he knows what Catholic youth REALLY want reminded me of my post from las...

Amazing!

Turn the volume WAY up! H/T: Rocco

Natale a Roma!

It's final. . .I will be in Rome for Christmas. . .ah well. . . I was trying to finagle my vacation budget and take a quick trip home to...

20 December 2008

New arrivals

A few new book arrivals from the WISH LIST to report: Sabine N. (2), Will D. (1), and Catherine T. (1). Grazie mille! Mille grazie!

Makes it all worth it. . .

The following was sent to me anonymously as a comment. . .it deserves a post all its own: Father, I just don't have the time to read eve...

18 December 2008

Fr. Philip's comments on Cherie Blair's Angelicum lecture

Below you will find excerpts from Cherie Blair's talk at the Angelicum conference held here last Friday. I have chosen to focus on the ...

15 December 2008

When YES leads to despair

3rd Week Advent (T): Zep 3.1-2, 9-13; Matt 21.28-32 Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP Convento SS Domenico e Sisto, Roma For those who wander in t...

14 December 2008

Heresy and Mass Intentions

Aight! I feel bad for all those who answered the heresy question correctly but didn't have the advantage of the good time zone. . .the ...

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