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

05 September 2009

The Return of Coffee Cup Browsing!

Having completed the Rite of Decaffeinated Exorcism, we now return to the holy pursuit of Coffee Cup Browsing! Changes in the Roman Missal ....

04 September 2009

Books have arrived

Just got back from checking the mail at the New Priory. . . Four books have arrived: The Nature of Mind (Rosenthal): no invoice The Scient...

Of squirrels, bees, and coffee

Had a great time with my family in Mississippi. . . The Reading Squirrels made sure I kept my nose in a book the whole time. . .well, I snea...

03 September 2009

Made it to Houston!

Made it to Houston about an hour ago. . . I will post in the morning on my Mississippi adventure. Thanks for all the prayers for fun and saf...

20 August 2009

Ciao! (for now...)

Dear HancAquam Readers, I am off for another adventure. . .the squirrels of Mississippi await my arrival. Then off to Houston before return...

19 August 2009

Catholics and health-care reform

I'm asked rather frequently these days how faithful Catholics should be thinking about health-care reform. We seem to be in a tight bin...

Mocking the Obama-icon

This vid drew my attention as a literary theorist. One staple of literary criticism is the process of digging out the symbols, signs, icons...

The red-herrings of the LCWR

Meeting recently in New Orleans, the LCWR issued a statement on the upcoming theological assessment by the CDF. Among the predictable &quo...

18 August 2009

Sample pages of my prayer book

WooHoo!!! Liguori Publications has sample pages of my prayer book up for view. Go here and then buy one! By the way, all royalties from the...

The joker behind the Joker

You really gotta love how politics produces the best ironies in the world! Remember that Obama-Joker poster that popped up in L.A. with &quo...

17 August 2009

Caffeine Quotes

"Liberalism that is not anchored in natural law, that has no framework of values by which to identify the true and the good -- a libera...

Young Catholics are really Protestants

NCReporter has an article up on a recent survey of younger Catholics and their attitudes about the Church. It's a sad story. Here'...

Of Mice and Friars. . .

I wrote to a friend recently, "So goes the plans of mice and friars. . ." Sometimes the itinerant life of a friar is exciting. Lo...

16 August 2009

Moving around at Mass

Every time I teach Western Theological Tradition at U.D., I am newly impressed with the Catholic tradition of sacramental theology. Where e...

15 August 2009

Simple Profession

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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