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

06 June 2009

Mortal Sin & Culpability: two case studies

First, I want to say how pleased I am that HancAquam readers did such an excellent job of analyzing the two case studies below! It's en...

05 June 2009

Mortal Sin: two case studies

Following on the post below about confession , let's take two test cases and work out the moral implications of both. Beth is a 45 year ...

04 June 2009

But God loves me anyway, right? (Now with footnotes!)

Recently the "Vatican" (whoever that is) lamented the decline in the use of confession among Catholics. It should be noted that th...

03 June 2009

Questions and more questions

The Question Box has been full to overflowing lately. I've been pecking away on this post for weeks, here's a stab at trimming the ...

02 June 2009

Burdened to breaking by truth? (UPDATED)

Pentecost Sunday: Acts 2.1-11; 1 Cor 12.3-13; John 15.26-27, 16.12-15 Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP Convento SS Domenico e Sisto, Roma How muc...

28 May 2009

Friday's Coffee Bowl Browsing!

Why do we continue to pathologize the Human Condition? I'm sad that he is leaving , but at least he's not hanging around whining ab...

Theologians doing what Judges do?

In a post below I suggest that judges often do what theologians do when they arrive at legal judgments by applying principle to specific is...

27 May 2009

The Man Library

Pertinent to my post below on bringing virtue back in order to save our young men from the feministization of postmodern culture. . .I give ...

25 May 2009

St Philip Neri

For your reading pleasure. . . A cornucopia of St Philip Neri info: St Philip Romolo Neri EWTN: Philip Neri Patron Saint Index with lots o...

We have only just begun

Memorial for St. Philip Neri: Acts 20.17-27; John 17.1-11 Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP Convento SS. Domenico e Sisto, Roma We are almost done...

Set aside not above

7th Sunday of Easter: Acts 1.17-17, 20-26; 1 John 4.11-16; John 7.11-19 Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP Convento SS. Domenico e Sisto, Roma Walki...

24 May 2009

For the sake of our young men, it's time to reconsider virtue

As a college teacher for the years between 1989 and 2008, I find t his article on the state of men in universities very, very intriguing. W...

22 May 2009

Three new books on the Blessed Mother

If you have any interest in learning more about the Blessed Mother, I highly recommend the recently published triology written by Catholic ...

Science, theology: no competition for truth?

Here's a tiny bit of payoff for the Book Benefactors who have helped me purchase books necessary for my studies. . . As part of my on-go...

19 May 2009

Once again. . .Coffee Bowl Browsing!

Dan Brown's One World Religion agenda The painter of Obama-as-Christ gets it wrong. . .again Everything you always wanted to know abou...

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