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

29 April 2011

Two new arrivals

Arriving in the mail today. . . An Introduction to Scholastic Theology and Heavenly Questions Mille grazie to my anonymous book ben...

28 April 2011

The Audacity of Christ

Easter Octave (Th) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Joseph Church, Ponchatoula Yesterday, we read the story of Jesus appearing to a few of hi...

26 April 2011

Coffee Cup Browsing

Recycler-in-Chief celebrates Earth Day in style ! Burn 53,300 gallons of jet fuel. Clogs L.A. streets with his limo and a 30 vehicle-motor...

25 April 2011

Can your testimony be bought?

Octave of Easter (M) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Joseph Church, Ponchatoula A lot of money changes hands in the week that Jesus is betra...

A Prayer of Gratitude for Easter

For the Easter season to Pentecost: Father, our Abundant Provider and generous Lord: In You I live and move and have my being. Everything...

24 April 2011

Do not be afraid. . .Joy overwhelms!

Easter Sunday (A) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Joseph Church, Ponchatoula You know what has happened all over North America, South and Ce...

Placing ourselves on the side of Reason, Freedom, & Love

An excerpt from the Easter Vigil homily of our Holy Fathe r, Pope Benedict XVI: [. . .] In the opening words of his Gospel, Saint John sum...

22 April 2011

Not yet arrived. . .

To the kindly HancAquam Book Benefactor(s) who purchased for me, Opening Up the Scriptures: Joseph Ratzinger and t he Foundations of Bibli...

Our Lord is dead!

Good Friday (A) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Joseph Church, Ponchatoula Our Lord is dead! Thanks be to God, our Lord is dead. We Cathol...

Coffee Bowl Browsing

Obamasaurus Rex . . ."artists, academics, and self-described intellectuals have self-selected themselves into an almost parallel univ...

21 April 2011

Coffee Cup Browsing

Wealth Redistribution Leftists on campus not so eager to redistribute their hard-earned grade points to needy classmates. Slimy GPA Capita...

20 April 2011

The Poisoned Cup of Betrayal

Wednesday of Holy Week (A) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Joseph Church, Ponchatoula Judas Iscariot is one of three souls Dante condemns to...

A Rant about "The Borgias"

I caught the fourth episode of Showtime's new costume drama, The Borgias last night. From a production-values standpoint, it was very ...

19 April 2011

Coffee Cup Browsing

A quick review of the new HBO series based on the first novel in George R. R. Martin's Fire & Ice saga, The Game of Thrones. If y...

18 April 2011

Choose: Mary or Judas?

Monday of Holy Week (A) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Joseph Church, Ponchatoula Yesterday—Palm Sunday—began for us a week-long remembranc...

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