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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

01 July 2011

Love is a person

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Most Sacred Heart Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St Albert the Great Priory John uses the word “love” eighteen times in this morning's sele...
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30 June 2011

Coffee Cup Browsing

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TIME editor gets the Constitution wrong . . .fourteen times!  Fortunately, no one reads TIME anymore. Five Easy Steps to Cultural Destruct...
28 June 2011

Update

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Yes!  I'm still out here. . . Reading/preparing for the two classes I'm teaching this summer is keeping me unusually busy. The 20t...
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25 June 2011

The best Catholic Books

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Brandon Vogt provides the Catholic cyberworld with an invaluable service!   Best Catholic Books More of the Best Catholic Books I'm j...
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On books rec'd and not. . .(Updated)

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Time for a few Mille Grazie's to my kind and generous Book Benefactors . . . . . .to Robert B. for The Road to Serfdom . . . . . .to ...
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24 June 2011

What?! What!? I can't hear you!

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Last week I noticed a significant decline in the acuity of the hearing in my right ear.  If I closed my left ear, I was completely deaf.   B...
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Two classes for 2nd summer term at U.D.

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I will be teaching two classes at the Univ of Dallas second summer term: American literature and a poetry writing workshop.  The workshop w...

Will you lose your head for Jesus?

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Nativity of John the Baptist Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St Albert the Great Priory When the angel Gabriel announces to Zechariah that his w...
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21 June 2011

Coffee Bowl Browsing

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On the failure of liberal Catholicism:  Part One and Part Two 100 Words and Phrases Banned from use on blogs Passive-aggressive, manipula...
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19 June 2011

OP Novices approved for vows

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Just received word that our Southern Province novices have been approved for Simple Vows! Congrats, brothers!! Brs. Juan and Thomas Mor...
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Two for the Three-in-One

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Two homilies for Trinity Sunday: O Lord, do come along (2008) Suffering for mystery (2009) Follow HancAquam & Check out my Wish ...
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18 June 2011

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

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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...
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17 June 2011

Spending a heavenly treasure

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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...
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15 June 2011

The wind sends its spies. . .

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We're currently reading Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse in the 20th Century Literature class.   Not an easy novel to navigate; h...
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12 June 2011

Response to Pervasive Liturgical Abuses

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