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

18 June 2011

Yes to Jenny; no to kung-fu (A Wedding Homily)

Jennifer-Patrick Wedding Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Catherine of Siena Church It's August 1, 2008 and I am sweating away my obedien...

17 June 2011

Spending a heavenly treasure

11th Week OT (F) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Albert the Great Priory Noting the ever-present threat of moths and decay and thieves, Jesu...

15 June 2011

The wind sends its spies. . .

We're currently reading Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse in the 20th Century Literature class. Not an easy novel to navigate; h...

12 June 2011

Response to Pervasive Liturgical Abuses

In 2004, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments issued the document, Redemptionis sacramentum in order to...

Coffee Cup Browsing

A round-up of Youtube vids on the new book, Hollywood Propaganda . . .interviews with writers and producers of popular TV shows wherein they...

11 June 2011

New Dominican Vocations Video

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

Link to my vocation story

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

10 June 2011

You love me, therefore. . .

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...

07 June 2011

Texas Whirlwind

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

Coffee Cup Browsing

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 ...

03 June 2011

Miscellaneous Updates & Ramblings about Parish Life. . .

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

02 June 2011

Live as if. . .

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...

01 June 2011

Coffee Cup Browsing

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...

Father, where are you going from here. . .?

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

29 May 2011

The Devil has a deal for you. . .

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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