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

11 June 2011

New Dominican Vocations Video

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The English Dominican Province has produced a new vocations video.  It's fantastic!  Check it out. Follow HancAquam & Check out...
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Link to my vocation story

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Getting lots of requests for my vocation story. . .why now?  Who knows! Here's a direct link:  Fr. Philip's Vocation Story . Ple...
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10 June 2011

You love me, therefore. . .

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Hey!  Look!  A homily!  Remember those??? 7th Week of Easter (F) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St Albert the Great Priory At the moment of h...
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07 June 2011

Texas Whirlwind

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I've arrived in Irving, TX. . .well, I got here Saturday afternoon.  Things have been a whirlwind since then. . .thus the lack of bloggi...
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Coffee Cup Browsing

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No, Palin did not get the Paul Revere story wrong .  It's the media who think the Schoolhouse Rocks version is the whole truth.  Palin ...
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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...
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