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

19 February 2011

God's ridculous demands

7th Sunday OT Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Joseph Church, Ponchatula One thing we know for sure about God: He ain't shy about demand...

Abel still bears witness. . .do you?

6th Week OT (S) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Joseph Church Think about all the ways that you can change yourself. Buy new clothes. Get ...

Coffee Cup Browsing

Unions protest for democracy in WI but actively work against democracy in their own ranks . The New Civility? WI teachers lead by example ...

17 February 2011

On tranqs, butter, and the MRI

With a horse tranquilizer, a tub of "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!," some prayer, some cussing, and an extra-large shoe...

Right Answer, Wrong Understanding

6th Week OT (R) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Joseph Church, Ponchatula You really can't go through life without being tested. In sch...

16 February 2011

Coffee Cup Browsing

Smallville's Clark Kent/Superman drinks the lefty Kool-aid . Never got into this show. Nice article on the Vatican's astronomer ...

What if I don't want to see the Light?

6th Week OT (W) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Joseph Church, Ponchatula The early Fathers of the Church were deeply influenced by a philos...

15 February 2011

Coffee Cup Browsing

Controversy Italian-style over the modernist tilt in new church designs. The Church of Jesus the Redeemer in Modena, Italy is taking the ...

14 February 2011

(More) Prayers, please. . .

. . .for my maternal grandfather, Clyde Mitchell. He's 98 y.o. Over the weekend, he had another mild heart attack in the nursing home....

On strokes and MRI's (UPDATED)

Prayers, please. . . Had a weird episode during Mass last Thursday. It was sort of like a mini-blackout. I did the fraction rite and wen...

God doesn't run an insurance company

Ss. Cyril and Methodius Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Joseph Church, Ponchatula I won't ask for a show of hands. . .but how many of us...

13 February 2011

Comets, Zombies, & Righteousness

6th Sunday OT Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Joseph Church, Ponchatula A comet slams into the earth, causing massive earthquakes, tidal wav...

12 February 2011

Bread, fish, and the sacramental imagination

5th Week OT (S) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Joseph Church, Ponchatula Those of us who have grown up in the Protestant South have heard a...

10 February 2011

Be grateful, dog!

St. Scholastica Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Joseph Church, Ponchatula Let's start this homily off with a rather blunt assertion: No...

09 February 2011

Confession App is NOT a Substitute for the Sacrament

Is there anything iPhone apps can't do? Recently, an app appeared on the market that helps Catholics make a thorough confession. I...

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