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

10 September 2011

Firm Foundation or Total Collapse?

NB. I have a lot of really good reasons why this homily is so bad. . .unfortunately, none of those reasons rise to the level of a decent ex...

06 September 2011

On not running on empty

23rd Week OT (T) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP Blackfriars, Oxford U. The artists, poets, musicians, novelists, and all the other demiurges of...

PoMo Christ & the Church

A few weeks back, I rec'd a request for a short reading list on postmodernist theory and its uses in Christian theology. There are hund...

Coffee Cup Browsing

Once again, the Inquisition of the Church of Global Warming gets its pound of flesh from a heretic. On how to deal with those Protestant...

04 September 2011

The New Translation on this Side of the Pond

Catholics all over England and Wales started using the new English translation of the Mass yesterday. We followed along here at Blackfria...

Coffee Cup Browsing

Apologies for the lack of blogging lately. I'll try to do better this week! 10 Things B.O. Should've Done Differently . No. 11: ...

31 August 2011

New Angelicum video

A new promotional video about the Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas in Rome. Please link to the video here or on Youtube. . .get ...

29 August 2011

Can you hear me now. . .?

Beheading of St. John the Baptist Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP Blackfriars, Oxford U. The feasts and memorials of John the Baptist always ril...

24 August 2011

Coffee Cup Browsing (Better Late Than Never Edition)

Frugality during a recession is for the Little People , i.e. NOT for Michelle and B.O. Note well: we have to get this info from a Brit ne...

Shout out

Mama Becky told me that HancAquam has a fan working with her at the local bank and that I should say hello to her next time I am blogging. ...

23 August 2011

Arrived in the U.K.

Made it to Oxford, UK! No problems at all. . .well, a Sikh immigration officer at Heathrow grilled me rather mercilessly about my travel p...

14 August 2011

Fr. Philip's Annual Squirrel Retreat

Heading to Mississippi bright and early tomorrow morning (Monday) for my annual frolic with the squirrels. It's a seven hour drive, so...

12 August 2011

Divorce, insanity, & the Real

19th Week OT Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Albert the Great Priory Much like reporters trying to force a politician into an embarrassing p...

11 August 2011

A parasitical political culture

One of the (um) less-flattering terms applied to the U.K. looters/rioters this week was "parasites." Calling folks parasites mak...

10 August 2011

Vicious Rioting in Manchester, UK!

If British Prime Minister, David Cameron doesn't call in the military after seeing this video. . .he should be removed from office. T...

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