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

01 June 2013

Group pic

The Dominican friars of St Martin de Porres (USA)! (Well, those who came to the recent assembly in St Louis anyway. . .) Follo...

No Bobbing and Weaving!

Justin Martyr Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic Church, NOLA The Pharisees and scribes—finally fed up with Jesus' teaching...

31 May 2013

Perilous Sensibilities

[. . .] [Theological modernism] was little more than the result of a rather puerile desire of Christians, especially clergymen and th...

30 May 2013

Healing becomes discipleship

8th Week OT (Th) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic Church, NOLA Bartimaeus' blindness is healed, so naturally we assume th...

29 May 2013

Francis and Liberation Theology

The pope cares for the poor and calls upon all Christians to assist them. This must mean that our Holy Father embraces liberation ...

Calling All Catholic Education Nerds!

Next semester I will teaching a course at Notre Dame Seminary called, "Teaching and Preaching the Word of God." The course i...

A Servant Church Needs All of God's Gifts

8th Week OT (W) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic Church, NOLA We do well to start this day in prayer, praying with Sirach, “...

27 May 2013

God provides a way back

8th Week OT (M) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic Church, NOLA For those of us who are lost, held captive to sin, and living i...

26 May 2013

Bad Trinitarian Analogies

My thanks to Tom of Disputations for bringing this to my attention: ________________ Follow HancAquam or Subscribe and DONATE! --...

St Philip Neri

Happy Feast Day to all the Philip Neri's of the world! (I hope my beard will be that glorious one day. . .) Follow HancAq...

In the face of Mystery, we wait. . .

Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity 2013 Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic Church/Our Lady of the Rosary, NOLA If we were to w...

25 May 2013

Preaching & Poetry

My thanks to M.R. for the book on preaching . And B.M. for the Hirsch book of poetry. I plan on using both in my classes come the Fall...

"According to the whole"

Fr. Z. drew my attention to the Pastor's Page of Fr. George Welzbacher, wherein Father expounds: The technical term Catholic, wh...

The kingdom belongs to The Leapers

7th Week OT (S) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic Church, NOLA Jesus says, “Let the children come to me; do not prevent them....

24 May 2013

My Big News

OK. . .here's my Big News. . . Archbishop Gregory Aymond has approved the recommendation of the faculty of the Notre Dame Seminary...

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