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

16 January 2010

All the Dominicans in Haiti accounted for. . .

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from Fides : AMERICA/HAITI - Dominicans: all priests survived, one Sister wounded Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – Agenzia Fides has con...
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Missals, Medjugorje, Nanny States, Homilies & Dissent

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1).  In an earlier post you mentioned that the new English translation of the Missal had its problems.  Please elaborate. First, I must co...
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Coffee Bowl Browsing

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BXVI asks Cardinal Schonborn to butt out of the Medjugorje mess?  Maybe.  Who knows?  Regardless, remember:  Church recognition of an appar...
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15 January 2010

Philosophical-theological humor

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Last night I was reading the introduction to D. Stephen Long's new book, Speaking of God .  He writes about how Christians speak about t...
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More tips for writing homilies

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Here are a few more heuristic exercises for homily composition to complement the ones I posted a few days ago . . . Exercise One: Core vs...
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Updates & Prayer requests

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Sitemeter is reporting that HancAquam gets an average of 450 hits day, yet has only 235 followers!  What's up with that?  Click on the ...
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Coffee Bowl Browsing

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Fr. Z. reports that Celebrity Cruises has decided to stop hiring Catholic priests as chaplains .   I served as a cruise ship chaplain with R...
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14 January 2010

Help for Haiti

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Most of us really can't begin to imagine what it must be like to lose everything in a natural disaster.  The sheer weight of loss and th...
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13 January 2010

Tips and Exercises for Composing a Homily

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On occasion I get requests from priests and deacons to post a piece on tips for composing homilies. The most common problem seems to be gen...
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12 January 2010

Excerpt from Treasures Holy & Mystical

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Here's an excerpt from the introduction to my second prayer book . . .you will have to buy the book to read the rest. . .hehehehe. . . ...
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Coffee Bowl Browsing

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Mark Shea tries to figure out what a "neo-Catholic" is. . .being one myself, I find the term offensive.  Oh well.  I've been ...
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11 January 2010

Is his teaching enough?

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1st Week OT (Tues): Readings Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP SS. Domenico e Sisto, Roma Either in person or on television we've all seen...

Coffee Bowl Browsing

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How Nanny-Statism killed California . . .will we let this be a lesson for us all? Roger Kimball on the coming of age of "democratic d...
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10 January 2010

Grace trains. . .

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Baptism of the Lord: Readings Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP SS. Domenico e Sisto, Roma When hearing confessions or giving spiritual direct...
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09 January 2010

Questions...

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Questions. .. 1).  I recently saw "2012" and "The Road."  Why do you think people, especially Christians, love these a...
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