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

03 March 2009

Rebels Without a Clue

Many of you have asked me to comment on the recent email from Sr. Sandra Schneiders concerning the upcoming apostolic visitation of U.S. re...

Bountiful desert of Lent

First Week of Lent (T): Is 55.10-11; Mt 6.7-15 Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP Convento SS. Domenico e Sisto, Roma [NB. Also podcasted. . .right...

Why is Jesus tempted?

First Sunday of Lent: Gn 9.8-15; 1 Pt 3.18-22; Mk 1.12-15 Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP Convento SS. Domenico e Sisto, Roma Jesus is driven in...

28 February 2009

New suppl(e)mental posts

Two new posts at suppl(e)mental . . . "Big Bang, Lemaitre, and scientific dogma" and "Biblical basis for western science...

26 February 2009

The Devil preaches on Lent

Back in Lent 2006, I preached one of my more experimental/literary homilies, "With the Devil in the Desert." Some loved it, some ...

24 February 2009

Godzdogz: English OP's "do" Lent

Not a penance but a pleasure! Godzdogs Unsigned comments will be deleted. Permission is given to re-post or reprint with attribution for non...

Seminar report on science, theology, philosophy

I had decided not to post my science, philosophy, and theology seminar report b/c it needed some re-working. Then I thought, "You'r...

Sr. Ginger Peters, OP. . .RIP

I ask your prayers for the repose of the soul of one my favorite Dominican sisters, Sr. Marygrace "Ginger" Peters, OP. Ginger died...

A Lenten Prayer

Merciful and loving God, you give us* this Lenten desert for our purification, for our chance to become your faithful friends. Because we ar...

Thanking the Devil

A few provisions for your Lenten trek. . . Jesus went into the desert to pray and fast for forty days and forty nights. The devil shows up ...

22 February 2009

Benedict, Monkeys, RCIA...

Questions. . . 1). What's going on in the Vatican? Why all the tumult around the Pope? There's always been tumult around the Pope....

On purpose, with a purpose

7th Sunday OT: Is 43:18-25; 2 Cor 1:18-22; Mark 2:1-12 Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP Convento SS. Domenico e Sisto, Roma [NB. This homily is a...

New podcast!

Lazy me. . .I finally got around to posting the podcast of last Tuesday's homily, "Resisting the world's leaven." Check it...

21 February 2009

Question for book benefactors

A question to my book benefactors. . . Someone (or someones) recently purchased about six books from my Wish List. . .mostly the books on Ea...

19 February 2009

Some navel-gazing. . .

BE WARNED : this is a fairly rambling piece of somewhat self-indulgent navel-gazing. . . Normally, I am all-too aware of "where I am...

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