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 March 2013

Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock. . .

NB. Preached this one at the vigil Mass this evening. I thought it bombed. . .big time. By the time I finished, I'd already decided to...

Everyday warrants a fattened calf!

NB. For a "Vintage Fr. Philip" version of this homily, check out "Wasting Love on Sinners" from 2008 2nd Week of L...

01 March 2013

New priory at UVA

Look! The Dominican friars at UVA have a real priory and not just some suburban ranch-style house built in the 70's! I bet they wear...

Vids on the Popes After Peter

Check out a new Catholic blog: CathWow! The blogger is Jason Surmiller, a former student of mine from the Univ of Dallas. Jason is...

Standing on the Cornerstone

2nd Week of Lent (F) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP Our Lady of the Rosary, NOLA Here's a sentence no servant of God ever wants to he...

28 February 2013

Thank You, Papa Benny!

Goodbye, Holy Father! Mille grazie for your ministry to the people of God! Rest well. . .you deserve it! _________...

The Master writes to the Holy Father

Most Holy Father, I ask you to accept the immense gratitude of the Order of Preachers for the great generosity and beautiful simplicit...

Chiacchiera Vaticano

I pay no attention whatsoever to the administrative intrigues of the Vatican. The internal politics of Church governance bores me to near s...

27 February 2013

Leading the Ecclesial Parade

2nd Week of Lent (W) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic Church, NOLA Is there any endeavor more damning of our species' bases...

26 February 2013

The Church has failed Pope Benedict (?)

An excerpt from The Anchoress' "The Pope's Benedict Option" at First Things" [Pope Benedict] says he is tired, ...

25 February 2013

Dig two graves. . .

2nd Week of Lent (M) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP Our Lady of the Rosary, NOLA History is often written from the carnage caused by veng...

24 February 2013

Signs of the (New York) Times

Now. . .imagine this NYT reporter in a religious habit or a clerical collar and you've got a member of the Spirit of Vatican Two Pe...

BREAKING: there are sinners in the Vatican!

from Catholic Culture: Reports of a homosexual network of corruption at the Vatican have grabbed the headlines this week. The first thi...

23 February 2013

RIP: fra. Benedict Ashley, OP

R.I.P. Fr. Benedict Ashley, OP . I knew Fr. Benny in St Louis during my studium years. The Church and the Order have lost a grea...

Dark clouds over Lent

2nd Sunday of Lent 2013 Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic Church, NOLA Cloud, shadow, and darkness. On this second Sunday in Len...

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