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

01 August 2009

Where's your dancer?

[NB. This is my last daily homily preached to the sisters here in Fort Worth. I am headed back to the priory in Irving later today. . .] St...

No Class

A picture is worth a thousand words. . .or a couple of dropped points in the polls. H/T: American Thinker

The Return of. . .Coffee Cup Browsing!

2009-10 is the Year for Priests ( pssst . . .I hear priests really like books . . .) :-) For all your Catholic philosophy needs . . .whi...

30 July 2009

Hell is good for you!

17th Week OT (Th): Ex 40.16-21, 34-8; Matt 13.47-53 Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP Sisters of St Mary of Namur Setting aside for the moment a f...

29 July 2009

From mourning to belief

St Martha: Ex 34.29-35; John 11.19-27 Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP Sisters of St Mary of Namur In the presence of the people, Moses veils his...

28 July 2009

Parables do not save

17th Week OT (Tues): Ex 33.7-11, 34.5-9, 28; Matt 13.36-43 Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP Sisters of St Mary of Namur Jesus fell for it! His d...

27 July 2009

No future in parables

17th Week OT (Mon): Ex 32.15-34; Matt 13.31-35 Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP Sisters of St Mary of Namur Poets use verse to hide secret messag...

26 July 2009

Not a good Sunday morning

Bad News. . . Didn't sleep a wink last night. . .severely nauseated, vomiting. . .got up at 6am to work on today's homily for the si...

25 July 2009

Ruling as slaves from an emptied tomb

St James the Apostle: 2 Cor 4.7-15; Matt 20.20-28 Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP Sisters of St Mary of Namur None of us can claim—come the end ...

Oppositional Conformity

Had to share this. . . Researcher Condemns Conformity Among His Peers ( NYT : Science) “Academics, like teenagers, sometimes don’t have an...

24 July 2009

We are all farmers now

16th Week OT: Ex 20.1-17; Matt 13.18-23 Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP Sisters of St Mary of Namur Having cleared the field of brambles and bus...

23 July 2009

How high is too high? (UPDATE)

Oops. . . One of the nurses at the sisters' convent took my B.P. this morning: 172/110 . Is that too high? :-) [NB. A reader asked, &q...

Occult knowledge, hidden treasure

16th Week OT (Thur): Ex 19.1-20; Matt 13.10-17 Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP Sisters of St Mary of Namur If you were ask a corporate communica...

22 July 2009

Parlay vue Fransay?

Can anyone out there suggest a good beginner's text for learning to read French? I don't need to speak French. . .just learn enough ...

Running ahead of the Lord

Mary Magdalen: Ex 16.1-5, 9-15; John 20.1-2, 11-18 Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP Sisters of St Mary of Namur The former provincial of the friar...

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