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 September 2011

Kindle Wish List (Update)

I've updated the Kindle Wish List ! (hint...hint) After wading through some Plato, Aquinas, and Heidegger. . .I long for a bit of dun...

15 September 2011

Coffee Cup Browsing

Facts Under Construction . . .the latest paranoid theater piece from the B.O. campaign. LOL! Dem Congressman: "You don't deserv...

14 September 2011

Military rule for America?

A recent survey of America's institutions is very bad news for Congress and very good news for the military. Only 8% of those polled t...

13 September 2011

Strange miracles?

St. John Chrysostom Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP Blackfriars, Oxford U. A strange miracle. Is the phrase “strange miracle” redundant or oxym...

Exaams

Received word about the comprehensive philosophy license (Ph.L.) exams. . . The three hour written exam will take place on Oct. 7th. The o...

12 September 2011

Coffee Cup Browsing

Records set on B.O.'s watch : "It’s an unmitigated litany of failure, evidence of economic illiteracy, political incompetence, and...

11 September 2011

Repair, Ruin, or Re-run?

NB. Slightly edited repost from 2005. Sorry. Had the 8am Mass, and the Holy Spirit just couldn't get my cooperation for a new homily....

Nota Bene

That's it! I'm dropping out of society to go live in the wilderness as a unicorn! Follow HancAquam & Check out my Wish List ...

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 ...

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