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"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

15 August 2009

Simple Profession

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Please pray for our brothers making simple profession this morning in Irving! Friars Peter Damian Marie Harris, Tan Leo-Hyacinth Do, Joseph ...
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On hooligans and cookies

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Had a great time last night with MightyMom, Subvet, and the Hooligans--who were not all THAT hooliganish. . .exceedingly cute but not too ho...
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14 August 2009

What happens after we die?

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Heather Barrett, OP attended the Lay Dominican retreat last Saturday. She writes to ask: "One question has occurred to me. One thing ...
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12 August 2009

Congress: "chaotic, rapacious, solipsistic"

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My poor brain is leaking. . . First, the NYT publishes an entire piece about the Catholic Church and never once mentions sexual scandal, or ...
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11 August 2009

Someone didn't get the anti-Catholic memo at NYT

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From the otherwise despicable NYT, "New nuns and Priests Seen Opting for Tradition" : A new study of Roman Catholic nuns and prie...
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The Road I hope we never travel

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If you've not read Cormac McCarthy's The Road yet, do it! You might want to wait for a cold, cloudy day. . .or maybe not. My lit ...
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While waiting on the miracle of caffeine. . .

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Wandering around waiting for the Caffeine to Kick-in. . . Like everyone else, I've been following the health-care "debate" on ...
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Another book? Fall plans...

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Just a "Thank You" to everyone who took the time to comment on my homily for this past Sunday, "We must pray for death."...
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09 August 2009

We must pray for death

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[NB. I welcome feedback on my all homilies. . .I am particularly interested in hearing what readers think of this one. . .feedback from Mas...
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08 August 2009

Knowing nothing but the crucified Christ

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Solemnity of Saint Dominic: 1 Cor 2.1-10; Luke 9.57-62 Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St Albert the Great Priory, Irving, TX While “knowing not...
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07 August 2009

Faith, Science, & the Contemporary Catholic

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Faith, Science & the Contemporary Catholic (A Retreat for the Dominican Laity of Dallas/Irving, TX) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP, PhD (ret...
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05 August 2009

Faulkner's Homeric epics?

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A literary question/observation. . . My American literature class finished up reading and discussing Wm. Faulkner's As I Lay Dying this ...
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On Used Books & Thank You notes

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A note on books received since mid-June. . . I've rec'd a few books here in the U.S. since I left Rome on June 13th. I am really goo...
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Coffee Cup Browsing...

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Women religious in the U.S. have rec'd the Instrumentum laboris for their apostolic visitation . Note: this is NOT the doctrinal asse...
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04 August 2009

Obama Book Bail Out fail...

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Howdy, Readers! My Obama Book Bail-Out check hasn't arrived yet! I filled out all 3,689 pages of paperwork, sent my cash "contribu...
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