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

16 July 2011

OP Laity Retreat

Every summer I offer a day-long retreat for the Dallas-area Dominican laity. And every summer, we have a great time! This summer, the top...

Coffee Cup Browsing (Humor Edition)

I'm tired of lying politicians ; self-absorbed celebrities ; impotent dictators (foreign & domestic); and zombie-idolaters . . .so,...

15 July 2011

When "diversity" becomes a religion. . .

This is why you should send your kids to a small, Catholic lib arts college like the University of Dallas: UC-San Diego is gutting several...

Mercy not sacrifice

St. Bonaventure Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Albert the Great Priory Like the sniping political operatives that they are, the Pharisees a...

Coffee Cup Browsing

A Pastafarian (follower of the Flying Spaghetti Monster) wins the right to wear "religious headgear" in his DL photo. The gear? ...

12 July 2011

Poetries & Poets

This list of poetry types and representative poets is freely adapted from Kathryn VanSpanckeren's article, "Contemporary American...

Pointers on how to read a poem

The creative writing class is going well! Here's a handout I gave the budding poets this afternoon. . .just a quick & easy list of ...

Suspect arrested in Fr. Ed's murder

Jeremy Wayne Manieri , 31 has been arrested for the murder of Fr. Ed Everitt, OP. Manieri was the maintenance man for the property in Wavel...

Coffee Cup Browsing

Tolerant, freedom-loving Leftists at Chicago book fair vote to ban conservative books by Beck, Palin, etc. . .but not Adolf's Mein Kamp...

11 July 2011

R.I.P. (UPDATED)

The friars of the Southern Dominican Province learned this afternoon that our brother, Fr. Ed Everitt, OP was killed in what appears to be...

09 July 2011

What sort of soil are you?

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. . .

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

08 July 2011

Enduring Questions, Perfect Answers?

Lovers and Defenders of the western literary/philosophical/theological tradition often point to The Enduring Question of Life as touchstone...

Wolves, sheep, doves, & snakes

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. . .?

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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