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 March 2011

On eating with sinners

2nd Week of Lent (S) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Joseph Church, Ponchatoula Way back in the early 80's, my university's Episcopa...

25 March 2011

Another (failed) attempt to rescue God from the Bible

The Rev. Albert Mohler (Southern Baptist theologian) reviews the controversial new book, Love Wins: a book about heaven, hell, and the fa...

24 March 2011

Read and Weep

The following is part of a critical analysis of a Youtube vid of some teenage girl's pop-song . The song is trite, repetitive, and ver...

23 March 2011

Ransom for the many

2nd Week of Lent (W) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Joseph Church, Ponchatoula We've all heard it a million times before: Jesus upsets ...

Coffee Cup Browsing

Anti-bullying programs aren't working b/c our Betters preach one thing and do another. "Please, Your Holiness, may we have some m...

21 March 2011

Choose your measure carefully

2nd Week of Lent (M) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Joseph Church, Ponchatoula Forgiveness doesn't come naturally. If you've ever ...

20 March 2011

Coffee Cup Browsing (Link Fixed)

B.O. has not only adopted and expanded most of W.'s anti-terror policies. . .now he's adopted his speeches as well . Ironies just ...

19 March 2011

Mille grazie. . .

Thanks to all those who have been on the Wish Lists and sent me a book recently! Individual notes will be in the mail as soon as books arr...

Tired of Lent? Rise, and do not be afraid!

2nd Sunday of Lent Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St Joseph Church, Ponchatoula The motto for the second week of Lent: “Rise, and do not be af...

18 March 2011

The New Youth Catechism

A sneak-peek at YOUCAT: Youth Catechism of the Catholic Church. To view sample pages of YOUCAT, click here . H/T: InsightScoop

Mary, Theotokos

This morning I will celebrate Mass for the children of St Joseph's parish school. The Children's Lectionary follows a different cyc...

Coffee Cup Browsing

Public Union Thuggery in WI : a compilation. Crickets chirping at ABC-CBS-CNN-NBC-NPR-PBS-NYT, etc. Warning: the language from some of th...

17 March 2011

Sparks will fly!

St. Patrick Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Joseph Church, Ponchatula One of the pillars of America's Protestant work ethic is summed up...

Coffee Cup Browsing

Jesus gave Judas communion. . .yea, but Judas wasn't the cause of public scandal . Trial judge warns "fact-finders" to be wa...

16 March 2011

No more signs for an evil generation

1st Week of Lent (W) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Joseph Church, Ponchatula I spent most of the day Monday reading signs. Driving to the...

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