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"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

28 December 2012

Christmas Update

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Christmas dinner was a lot of fun.  My family is loud, boisterous, and very funny.  The main course was casserole.  Many casseroles gave up...
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26 December 2012

Rain, wind, snow. . .home at last!

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Made it home yesterday (25th) right on time. . . Just as I got a little north of Ponchatoula, LA a line of thunderstorms let loose. I m...
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25 December 2012

The Nativity: God's plan to bring you home

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Solemnity of the Lord's Nativity (Day) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic Church, NOLA We start: “In the beginning, when God ...
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24 December 2012

Merry Christmas (from the squirrels)

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A Very Merry Christmas to all HancAquam readers! Your prayers this year have been exceedingly fruitful. . . more on this later . ...
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God is with us (Vigil)

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Solemnity of the Lord's Nativity (Vigil) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic Church, NOLA Every religion in human history has ...
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23 December 2012

Awaiting his coming in peace

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4th Sunday of Advent Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic Church, NOLA Through his prophet, Micah, the Lord God promises, “. . .fro...
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On being temporally cheated

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I need an alarm clock with bigger LED numbers. Woke up this morning, glanced at my clock:  3:55 . Since I usually get up at 4.00 an...
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22 December 2012

Horror!

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Just got off the phone with Scuba Mom. And I was horrified to learn that she has nixed Sweet Potato Casserole from the Powell Christmas...
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Mary: our magnifying glass

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3rd Week of Advent (S) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic Church, NOLA Knowing what we know about Mary and her mission to give bi...
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21 December 2012

An apocalypse to remember!

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3rd Week of Advent (F) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic Church, NOLA If you are among those who spend the last few days of Adve...
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Anti-realism = Fascism

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Peter Smith, writing at The Bell Towers , reports on an annual public meeting in the UK called Battle of Ideas .  One paragraph of hi...
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Apocalypse Yawn

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Aight. The world didn't end. Unfortunately, those who exploited the Mayan calendar mumbo-jumbo will simply move on to another DIR...
20 December 2012

An ugly failure made worthy

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3rd Week of Advent (Th) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic Church, NOLA We read again Luke's account of Gabriel's announc...
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19 December 2012

Hoping. . .twice more

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NB. The first paragraphs of two other homilies on hope. . . If God leaves us, who are we then? Let’s say: God is dead. What now? ...

Hope with endurance

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NB.  By request:  a non-Advent homily on hope!   30th Week OT (T) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP SS. Domenico e Sisto, Roma Sometimes pla...
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