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

20 April 2012

LCWR: this is just embarrassing. . .

Just in case anyone out there is unclear about the reasons for the CDF's assessment of the LCWR's theological sanity, here's an...

Our God does not ration!

2nd Week of Easter (F) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic Church, NOLA Here we have the scriptural basis for that great Southern Ba...

LCWR: getting to the truth of the matter

Reactions to the CDF's assessment of the LCWR are flooding the Catholic blogosphere. So far, 99% of these reactions have been pre...

Grumblegrumblegrumble. . .

Posting has been a little light lately b/c Blogger has changed its administrator interface. Being somewhat tech-stupid, it's taken me...

Thanks. . .

Thanks to Chloe for the Gilson book. . .and an anonymous soul who sent me a Kindle Book! Many blessings upon you both. . .Fr. Philip Neri,...

19 April 2012

Naming my Master?

At the behest of a Fellow Fat Traveler, I've named my bath scales Scylla and Charybdis . _________________ Follow HancAquam and visi...

18 April 2012

God loves, so He gives. . .

2nd Week of Easter (W) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic Church, NOLA Let's engage a little creative editing this evening, “God...

CDF to LCWR: "serious doctrinal problems" (Updated)

The doctrinal assessment of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious has produced some interesting fruit. . . Frankly, I'm a little...

Wednesday Fat Report: "Ponderis me, Domine!"

The new scales have been properly installed. . .blessed, sprinkled, incensed, and decorated with flowers. Stepping up and waiting the appro...

17 April 2012

Shots fired! Shots fired! (from the pulpit)

Buckle your seatbelts, brothers and sisters. . .I give you, Bishop Daniel Jenky of Peoria, IL. . .speaking God's truth to the powers of ...

Gratitude. . .

My thanks to Wendee for the Kindle Book! And more thanks to the anonymous benefactor who sent me the Ratzinger and Bouyer books! I'v...

16 April 2012

Monday Fat Report (Not)

Weighed four times this morning. . .and got four different numbers, ranging from 339 to 320. I've decided that my scale is possessed. ...

15 April 2012

Christ’s peace is our security. . .

NB. Preached this adapted homily from 2007 and it worked much better than yesterday's. 2nd Sunday of Easter (2012) Fr. Philip N. Pow...

The New Evangelization will be blogged!

Fr. Z. calls on the U.S. bishops to sponsor a national Catholic Bloggers Conference . . . I second/third/fourth that call! My own Order ha...

14 April 2012

Therefore, peace be with you. . .

NB. Yes, this is an adapted homily from 2006. . .for reasons too complicated and embarrassing to get into, I had to recycle something from ...

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