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

02 February 2013

Refiner's fire, fuller's lye

Presentation of the Lord Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic Church, NOLA With the baby Jesus—just 40 days old—Joseph and Mary tra...

01 February 2013

Big Faith not required

32rd Week OT (M) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP Our Lady of the Rosary/St Dominic Church, NOLA I was ordained to the priesthood in 2005 a...

31 January 2013

The Church is not a slave to fashion!

The Holy Father's Household Theologian, Fr. Wojciech Giertych, OP explains the impossibility of ordaining women to the priesthood and r...

30 January 2013

A ghost in my library?

Around 2.30 this morning I was awakened by a soft thump near my bed. I "heard" the thump as books falling from a nearby shel...

Dangerous and inefficient

3rd Week OT (W) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic Church, NOLA Sitting in a boat at sea, Jesus teaches a crowd gathered on the s...

28 January 2013

God, Being, and Mark

What are we discussing in class tomorrow (Tues), you ask. . .? Well, we'll be delving into Anselm's Proslogion and the ontologic...

Angelic Thanks!

On this Glorious Feast Day of the Angelic Doctor, St Thomas Aquinas, my deepest Dominican thanks go out to M.R. for sending me Goest and T...

Once for all

St. Thomas Aquinas, OP Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP Our Lady of the Rosary, NOLA The author of the Letter to the Hebrews teaches us: “C...

27 January 2013

Are you Christ?

NB. Been busier than a one-armed paper hanger (as Scuba Mom would say). Below is a draft of today's homily from 2007. It will be revis...

26 January 2013

Techie-dummy gets it right

I finally figured out the problem btw my Yahoo email account and Firefox. I've been faithfully downloading Firefox updates. However...

All over the place this weekend!

Weird weekend for me liturgy-wise. . . Memorial Mass at Dominic's at noon today. Confessions and Vigil Mass for an Mens' Emmaus ...

24 January 2013

Knowing ain't loving

2nd Week OT (R) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic Church, NOLA Why does Jesus command the unclean spirits to be silent about his t...

23 January 2013

Silence is not the right answer

2nd Week OT (W) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic Church, NOLA When given the chance to speak out in defense of their most deepl...

No such thing as naked being

One of the fundamental metaphysical insights of the Catholic faith is that creation is good, all creatures are good insofar as they exist...

22 January 2013

We are not servants of the Law (or the State)!

NB. Here's a homily preached in Rome (2010) on today's readings. 2nd Week OT (T): Readings Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP SS. Do...

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