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"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

03 June 2011

Miscellaneous Updates & Ramblings about Parish Life. . .

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Doing my two least favorite things in the world today:  packing and cleaning.  Ugh.  Fortunately, I've managed to keep recent material a...
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02 June 2011

Live as if. . .

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N.B.  This is one of those homilies that sounded fine when I wrote it. . .at 4.30am with three cups of Cafe du Monde coffee vibrating throu...
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01 June 2011

Coffee Cup Browsing

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Lefties happy to sign a petition calling for a ban on the free speech of conservatives .  Not even a little surprising.  When I was a leftie...
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Father, where are you going from here. . .?

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. . .that's the oft-asked question these days!  Here's a rough schedule: June 4th-Aug 14th --> Univ. of Dallas:  teaching summe...
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29 May 2011

The Devil has a deal for you. . .

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N.B.  This is an edited version of a 2006 homily.  Despite my misgivings, it was well-received at all three Masses I celebrated this weekend...
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28 May 2011

The world hates us. . .

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5th Week of Easter (S) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Joseph Church, Ponchatoula As persons wholly owned by God through our baptism in Chri...
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27 May 2011

R.I.P.

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Earlier this week Sr. Therese Huong Do, OP was killed in Houston by a drunk driver .  Sister was on her way to teach a confirmation class. ...

Missing Kindle book

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A kind HancAquam reader purchased a Kindle book from my Wish List recently. . . Bright of the Sky .  I didn't get an email notificat...
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Grazie. . .mille grazie!

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A quick Mille Grazie to those who sent books on my birthday !  I hit 47 yesterday.  Mama Becky denies that I am that old. . .but the birth ...
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On being leaders in love

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5th Week of Easter (F) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Joseph Church, Ponchatoula Of all the strange things our Lord has said—and he's s...
26 May 2011

Back in town. . .

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Back in Ponchaoula!  I managed to lose my wallet on the shuttle btw Hobby and Bush.  The driver kindly returned to the airport to give it ba...
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23 May 2011

Just say NO to idols

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5th Week of Easter (M) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Joseph Church, Ponchatoula Paul and Barnabus find themselves in an awkward situation....
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Away into the wild blue yonder. . .again.

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I am off today to Houston to attend our Provincial Assembly. Be back in Ponchatoula late on May 26th. Pray for the Province of St. Marti...
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22 May 2011

What Sisyphus Can Teach Us About Faith

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5th Week of Easter (A) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Joseph Church, Ponchatoula The king of Corinth was a clever man. He was also pridefu...
21 May 2011

Anniversary

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Please pray for me and my OP brother, Fr. Scott Daniels. . .we are celebrating the sixth anniversary of our priestly ordination today! We w...
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