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

26 September 2009

"Hey, prof! You get my global warming homework?"

OK...this sort of thing really gets me in touch with my Inner-Conspiracy Theorist: "The Dog Ate Global Warming ," Patrick J. Micha...

Coffe Cup Browsing (Website Edition)

Religion Clause : news and analysis about legal cases involving the Establish Clause of the 1st Amendment The Center for Theology and Natur...

25 September 2009

Lagoon Creature Talking Smack

That Papist Sasquatch of Seattle gloats: "236 Followers! Ha! Take that, Fr. Philip! Five new mumbling ciphers in a single day! Five new...

Chessy Grin

The WISH LIST was updated this morning!

Coffee Cup Browsing (Bizarro Edition)

The Gashlycrumb Tinies : "N is for NEVILLE who died of ennui" Google search suggestions: "I like to. . ." Bizarro law-...

23 September 2009

Singing for Dear Leader (UPDATED)

Oh, no. . .no Cult of Personality here. . .move along, move along: And here's the pop quiz that makes sure the kiddies were properly ind...

Coffee Cup Browsing

Globalist hypocrites gather to preach to the Unwashed Masses about "climate change" You aren't disappointed if you never thou...

25th Sunday OT 2005: Redux

[from 25th Sunday OT 2005. . .by way of comparison] 25th Sunday OT: Is 55.6-9; Phil 1.20-24, 27; Matt 20.1-16 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP Churc...

"gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring"

[Another "take what you can" homily. . .can't finish it.] 25th Sunday OT Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP Holy Rosary Priory, Housto...

22 September 2009

Coffee Cup Browsing

Atheists going the way of the doo-doo bird? Yes. And so are the prog dissenters in the Church. Not only are they not reproducing biolog...

21 September 2009

Dominican sisters arrive in Austin, TX

I received the following request from my novitiate classmate, Fr. Gerald Mendoza, OP, concerning the much anticipated arrival in Austin, TX...

Radio interview Monday morning

Brian Patrick, the host of the SonRise Morning Show out of Cincinnati, will be interviewing me about Treasures Old and New live this morn...

20 September 2009

Comments on Treasures Old & New?

I've received a deadline from my editor at Liguori for additions and revisions to Treasures Holy and Mystical . So, now I really have t...

Cultivate some peace!

In the post directly below this one, I ask why the Church in the U.S. is so divided right now. My answer is too esoteric, too. . .vague, I ...

19 September 2009

Why are we so divided?

Meandering thoughts on Catholic polarization. . . Russell Shaw of Inside Catholic has posted an article titled, "Polarization and the C...

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