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

23 January 2010

Coffee Bowl Browsing

Lord, when will the embarrassing revelations end? More IPCC goofs . Creepy Scientologists in Haiti touching people. . .I'd have to s...

Coming soon. . .

There will be a homily for the 3rd Sunday in OT! And the question have piled up, so I'll get to those as well. Don't forget to c...

Coffee Bowl Browsing

A painful view of B.O. from Canada: "He is increasingly perceived as having credibility problems and of being cold, cocksure, narciss...

22 January 2010

Another blow to Global-Warming's "credibility"

Hmmmmmm. . .the "settled science" of the Nobel Prize winning IPCC isn't so settled after all: The Indian head of the UN clim...

Wish List Experiment

The Book Depository, the British answer to Amazon.com, has made it possible to share personal Wish Lists on-line. So, an experiment: I...

Poetry and our life in God

Philosophy vs. Poetry. This is one of the great intellectual rivalries in the western world. We're supposed to believe that philosophy...

Coffee Bowl Browsing

Some things you just don't do: remind guests in your home that they are guests in your home and tell ladies to act like ladies . Goo...

21 January 2010

The difference btw the Male and Female Mind

Risking life and limb, I give you the difference between the male and female mind: Dispute it, if you dare! Follow HancAquam --------...

Coffee Bowl Browsing (No Politics Edition)

So far beyond disturbing that it's unsayable: bodies in the streets of Haiti How is the media covering religion in the midst of Hait...

The Discovery of God

I'm coming into a great appreciation for the work of Henri de Lubac. De Lubac is one of the many theologians of Vatican Two who came to...

Homily for Day of Penance for Abortion (repost)

Day of Penance for Violations Against Human Dignity Caused by Abortion (GIRM 373) Philippians 4.6-9 and Matthew 5.1-12 Fr. Philip N. Powel...

Sylvan tutoring?

My brother and his wife are considering sending one of my nieces to a Sylvan Learning Center for tutoring. She's smart and capable but ...

20 January 2010

Coffee Bowl Browsing

Historic! Unprecedented! So, let us be clear : Happy Anniversary, B.O. Can you hear us now? Brown's win is Bush's fault . Of co...

19 January 2010

POLL: if not Christian, what then?

Let's say that you have become convinced that Christianity is false. Which, if any, alternative religion might you choose to practice?...

18 January 2010

We do not serve the law

2nd Week OT (T): Readings Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP SS. Domenico e Sisto, Roma By necessity—for the sake of good order and the flouri...

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