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

23 June 2012

Leave tomorrow to God

11th Week OT (S) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic Church, NOLA Back in the 90's—my grad school days—a popular theme developed...

22 June 2012

Dare the darkness with faith and reason!

11th Week OT (F) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic Church, NOLA Coming as they do immediately after the Beatitudes, Jesus' sho...

Fortnight for Religious Freedom: dispatches from the field!

Archbishop Charles Chaput, OFM : " First , religious freedom is a cornerstone of the American experience [. . .] Second point : Freed...

Dominican friars spotted in the wild!

Two pics from the Corpus Christi Mass and procession in Rome: Above: Rev. Frs. Alan Moran, OP (Eastern Province, USA) and Michael Mo...

21 June 2012

Religious liberty IS under attack. . .

So, you think religious liberty isn't under attack. Here are six cases that might change your mind: 1) EEOC – The Ministerial Exempti...

Fortnight for Religious Freedom

FORTNIGHT FOR FREEDOM! Two weeks of prayer in support of our sacred and civil right to practice our religious beliefs!

Why pray for what we need?

St. Alyosius Gonzaga Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic Church, NOLA Hypocrites pray loudly and at length in the synagogues and on ...

20 June 2012

Wed Fat Report

Sigh. 326lbs. No loss, no gain. I'm stuck. Guess I'm gonna have to cut that before bed Ice Cream Cake snack. Drats! ________...

Thanks!

My thanks to Michelle for the Wish List book , The Last Superstition: A Refutation of the New Atheism . I've already read the first ...

Don't waste your time hiding from God

11th Week OT (W) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic Church, NOLA Jesus is giving his poor disciples whiplash! He appears to be jerk...

18 June 2012

On cheek turning. . .

11th Week OT (M) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic Church, NOLA Given this morning's gospel reading, we can conclude that Jesu...

17 June 2012

Where's your courage? (2.0)

[NB. This is a tweaked version of yesterday's first draft.] 11th Sunday OT (2) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic Church, NOLA ...

16 June 2012

Where's your courage?

11th Sunday OT Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic Church, NOLA Think of courage: the strength of heart necessary to speak the truth...

15 June 2012

CHA strips B.O. of his Catholic fig leaf

Sr. Keehan of the Catholic Hospital Association has sent B.O. a letter withdrawing her organization's support for his attempt to use &...

Sisters to LCWR: "Politics is not faith"

The Religious Sisters of Mercy, a congregation of physicians, has issued a statement on the current dust-up between the LCWR and the Vatic...

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