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

27 March 2009

With Dominic at Santa Sabina

Fr. Benedict, OP; Fr. Michael, OP; three young men from Notre Dame, and I went to Santa Sabina this morning. FYI: Santa Sabina is the &qu...

More Condom Lies

Diogenes gets it right...again! Simon says, The Pope distorts science [. . .] Some of us can remember when AIDS was not yet a problem, back ...

Reiki: Not Science, Not Christian

Glance around many of the Catholic retreat centers in the U.S. and you won't find a cross, a crucifix, a rosary, or even a tabernacle. ...

Two Summer classes at U.D.

I am teaching two second term summer courses at the University of Dallas: the sophomore core course, Western Theological Tradition, and a se...

25 March 2009

Being/Not-being: there is no question

4th Sunday of Lent: 2 Chr 36.14-16, 19-23; Eph 2.4-10; Jn 3.14-21 Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP Convento SS. Domenico e Sisto, Roma Have you gi...

23 March 2009

Homily Coming Soon!

Yes, there is a Sunday homily in the pipeline. . .it got weird, so some revision was necessary. . .and it is still a little strange.

22 March 2009

New Faith + Science posts

Three new posts at my faith + science blog: suppl(e)mental . Check 'em out!

20 March 2009

Questions about habits (Updated)

[NB. Thank you all for the great comments on this post! I believe that my initial assertion--habit-wearing can stir conversation and contr...

19 March 2009

Seminarians: do NOT be bullied! (Updated)

[NB. Mar 30: Again, thanks so much for the informative comments in the combox. I am delighted to hear that the CPE has not always been an o...

Many questions. . .

1). How was the Greece trip? Wonderful! We had a few problems with running late. . .some of the students got very sick. . .the boat was to...

17 March 2009

Podcast question...

Anyone else having trouble getting the podcasts on "Roman Homilies" to play? "Texas Homilies" seems to be working just f...

Podcasts & Texts for Kenrick Conferences (updated)

Fr. Thomas McDermott, OP , director of spiritual direction at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary in St Louis, MO, invited me to be the speaker at the...

Suffering from the Grudges

3rd Week of Lent (T): Dan 3.25, 34-43; Matt 18.21-35 Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP Convento SS. Domenico e Sisto, Roma [NB. Also podcasted. . ...

15 March 2009

We're Back!

We are back from Greece! Lots of waves, bumps, pickpockets, rude Italians, loud teenagers, a strike. . . Also, lots of great food, wonderful...

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...

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