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

18 July 2009

Clamoring like a crowd

I don't much like this homily. . .I wrote it this afternoon. . .blech. As the day progresses, my attention and creativity wane signifi...

Retreating with the Lord

15th Week OT (Sat) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP Sisters of St Mary of Namur Worried that the bothersome teacher from Nazareth is gaining publi...

Justice & Peace is NOT only for the Left

The promoters of Justice & Peace for the Order have asked members of the "Dominican Family" to write to The Powers That Be and...

17 July 2009

Drink the Kool-Aid/Hope & Change Have Just Begun!

H/T: Mark Shea, Vermilion Pirate of All-Things-Whiskery

Breaking the hand that writes

Pope Benedict XVI has injured his second most valuable physical asset! The Holy Father broke his right wrist in a fall while on vacation. I...

Tin-foil moment

Oh NO! The GOP flowchart demonstrating the morass of convoluted bureaucracy that Obamacare will impose on the American people looks like a m...

First Things survey campus religious life

Perhaps THE best journal of religion and the public life, First Things , is conducting a survey of religious beliefs and practices on colleg...

The logic of mercy (repost)

[I am VERY tired this morning. . .please, forgive this repost from 2007] 15 th Week OT(F): Exodus 11.10-12.14 and Matthew 12.1-8 Fr. Phil...

16 July 2009

I'm feeling a little light-headed. . .

FREAK OUT ALERT!!! My thesis director wants the first chapters of the thesis by July 30th. . .and the next two by August 20th. . . . . .(fai...

Solidarity: Caritas in veritate

A former student of mine, Sean DeWitt (seminarian for the Diocese of Austin) is writing a series of posts on Caritas in veritate . Check the...

The easy yoke of "Ipsum Esse Subsistens"

15th Week OT (Thur): Ex 3.13-20; Matt 11.28-30 Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP Sisters of St Mary of Namur God reveals Himself to Moses on Mr Ho...

15 July 2009

Here we are?

St. Bonaventure: Ex 3.1-6, 9-12; Matt 11.25-27 Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP Sisters of St Mary of Namur Moses the shepherd sees a bush burnin...

14 July 2009

The second extinction of the dinosaurs

Here's some excellent news . . . From a fund-raising letter from the dissident dinosaurs of VOTF: "With great heaviness of heart, w...

A rose kept alive in history

Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha: Ex 2.1-15; Matt 11.20-24 Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP Sisters of St Mary of Namur Are there any better symbols of ...

13 July 2009

Peace at the point of a sword

15th Week OT (Mon): Ex 1.8-14, 22; Matt 10.34-11.1 Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP Sisters of St Mary of Namur Peace is not the absence of acrim...

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