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

22 January 2011

Repent. . .and do not empty out the Cross

3rd Sunday OT Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Joseph's Church, Ponchatula We who live in darkness, all of us who dwell in a land oversha...

Bring on the crazzy!

NB: This homily had a much better ending, but as I went to "save as" Open Office crashed and I lost it. The Devil really is afte...

21 January 2011

Coffee Cup Browsing

Gruesome report on the "doctor" who murdered the children who survived his botched attempts at aborting them. What happened to t...

20 January 2011

Kindle Weirdness (um, nevermind. . .)

Ignore the question below. I figured it out. Amazon sends an email notice that a Kindle Book has been purchased and I have to "accept...

Kindle Wish List. . .

FINALLY! I figured out how to set up a Kindle Wish List . You will note that all of the books listed are historical fiction. . .no seriou...

No demonic witnesses

3rd Week OT (R) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Joseph Church, Ponchatula We never really want to say that Jesus behaved strangely while he ...

19 January 2011

Silence & Suffering

2nd Week OT (W) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Joseph's Church, Ponchatula During my novitiate, I broke my glasses. Instead of asking ...

Coffee Cup Browsing is back!

P. J. O'Rourke: on the NYT not resisting the temptation to make nonsens e of the shootings in Tuscon. You are not a leader if no one...

18 January 2011

Mississippi snow pics

Our patio after Sunday's snow (Jan 9th). . . A snow tree. . . A baby deer wandered into the yard. . .his mom and brother were somew...

Parish Life so far. . .

So far, so great! My current assignment as parochial vicar at St. Joseph's Church marks the first time I have served in a regular pari...

17 January 2011

Kindle

Question : Did you get that Kindle you mentioned before? How do you like it? You should add some Kindle books to your Wish List. Answer...

The heresy of novelty

NB. This is not the homily I preached this morning. It is either a very good homily and the devil didn't want it preached. . .or a ver...

16 January 2011

Adventures of a Flying Friar

Another friar and I shared a taxi to Rome's airport on the morning of Dec 18th. We got out at Terminal 3, the "local flights"...

15 January 2011

Made it. . .

I've arrived safely in Ponchatula. Not yet unpacked. Ugh. Delta Airlines has been entered on my list of Never Fly With Them Again l...

MPH to ATL to NOLA to Ponchatula!

I am off this morning to Atlanta and then New Orleans. . .and then Ponchatula, LA! Pray for the safety of our flights, please. God bless...

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