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

15 December 2012

Ministering to the traumatized

While in the studium (seminary) I served as a chaplain to the E.R./Trauma Unit at St Louis University Hospital during the summer of 2002....

14 December 2012

How not to become a fool. . .

St John of the Cross Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic Church, NOLA The English verb “to vindicate” comes from the Latin vindica...

Attempted murder of 4 OP friars

We received news last night that a man attempted to blow up the Dominican priory in Toronto, Canada. Fr. Marcos Ramos, OP is a friar o...

School Massacre in CT (Updated)

This makes me want to vomit . NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) -- A shooting at a Connecticut elementary school Friday left 27 people dead, inclu...

Thanks

My thanks to the anonymous Book Benefactor who sent me Crown of Weeds ! An unexpected Advent gift. Fr. Philip Neri, OP _____________ ...

13 December 2012

The Church needs a Black Friday sale

St. Lucy Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic Church, NOLA Jesus preaches to the crowds, highly praising the missionary work of Jo...

12 December 2012

“Most blessed are you among women. . ."

NB. I will be hearing confessions tonight at St. Dominic's from 7.00-9.00pm. Fr. Mike and I will be offering confession every Wednesday...

My Vocation Story

I'm re-posting my vocation story (2008) b/c I've been getting questions about it lately. . .and today is a great day for re-pos...

11 December 2012

No, the world is not ending on Dec 21st

That someone in the Vatican had to waste three seconds to respond to this is slightly embarrassing to the Church. Vatican: World not end...

Coffee Cup Browsing

Abortion, contraception, sterilization! All for the Greater Glory of God ! AMDG! How many times do we have to endure the End of the Wor...

10 December 2012

However difficult: go to confession!

2nd Week of Advent (M) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic Church, NOLA The Lord and His creation is very busy: exulting, blooming...

09 December 2012

All flesh shall see the salvaton of God!

2nd Sunday of Advent Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic Church, NOLA The Word of God speaks to John—as it had spoken to Ezekiel, ...

08 December 2012

Confused about the Immaculate Conception

I've been somewhat surprised this weekend by the reaction to my homily for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception . Every...

07 December 2012

By singular grace and privilege: Immaculate!

NB. About a dozen people told me after Mass that this homily was the first time in their Catholic lives that they'd ever heard the Imma...

Anniversaries

Today marks the 71st anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. And my first anniversary as parochial vicar of St Dominic, NOLA. ...

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