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

09 July 2011

What sort of soil are you?

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15th Sunday OT Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP Church of the Incarnation/Prince of Peace Jesus sits in a boat. A crowd gathers on the shore ...

New arrival. . .

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A Mille Grazie to the anonymous Book Benefactor who sent me Epiphanies of Darkness: Deconstruction in Theology . . .it arrived this aftern...
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08 July 2011

Enduring Questions, Perfect Answers?

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Lovers and Defenders of the western literary/philosophical/theological tradition often point to The Enduring Question of Life as touchstone...
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Wolves, sheep, doves, & snakes

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N.B.  OK.  Here's my excuse for this homily.  Unbeknownst to me. . .my little 10 y.o. travel hardened alarm clock died in the night.  I ...
07 July 2011

Father, where are you preaching. . .?

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Mass/Preaching schedule this weekend: Sat., July 9:  Church of the Incarnation (U.D., Irving)  5.00pm Sun., July 10:  Church of the In...
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05 July 2011

What young men considering the priesthood want. . .

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Fr. Z. has a post up listing 10 things that young men considering the priesthood are looking for in their future vocation ( red ).  Since I...
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04 July 2011

Coffee Cup Browsing

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Gaza Flotilla (a.k.a. "Ridiculous Leftist P.R. Stunt of the Week" ) is stopped by the Greek gov't.  Who knew the Greek gov...
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03 July 2011

Ambushed in the Bookstore

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Went to Half-Priced Books this afternoon to browse the philosophy and poetry selections. While looking through the poetry anthologies, a y...
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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...
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