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

08 June 2013

Miraculously strange, indeed. . .

10th Sunday OT 2013 Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic Church, NOLA Writing against the heresies of the Gnostic, Marcion in th...

A Mississippi Mystic

Being a Dominican friar and a philosophically-inclined poet-theologian (geez), I am at once intrigued and put-off by those who claim to ex...

07 June 2013

Is your heart a Sacred Heart?

Sacred Heart of Jesus Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic Church, NOLA Thus says the Lord God, “I myself will look after and ten...

as terrible as an army with banners

I confess: I'm not a big fan of Chesterton. (GASP!) I know, I know. . .50 lashes and no dessert for a week. I find his style jus...

Doctrinal Homily Outlines

The USCCB's new document on preaching, Preaching the Mystery of Faith , teaches: ". . .the homilist of today must realize that ...

06 June 2013

Loving Neighbors = Loving God

9th Week OT (Th) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic Church, NOLA The scribe who asks Jesus for the first commandment gets a two...

05 June 2013

Dogs of God Bark the Gospel!

NB. Adapted from 2008. St. Boniface (Readings for the Memorial) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St Dominic Church, NOLA One of the Ves...

04 June 2013

10 Homilies for Audio Download

Per a reader's request. . .10 homilies recorded in 2012/2013 here at St Dominic Church: The Spirit of the Lord Most Holy Trinity ...

03 June 2013

We don't live rent-free in God's head

Charles Lwanga and Companions Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic Church, NOLA Jesus uses the parable of the wicked tenants to r...

Coffee Cup Browsing

Not good at all: riots in Turkey . One of the few Muslim-dominated democracies in that region. Yup: ". . .when a scandal is sys...

02 June 2013

“to impress the vastness of [His] love more firmly upon the hearts of the faithful…”

NB. Deacons are preaching this weekend. Here's a version of a 2005 homily that I've reposted a few times over the years and actua...

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...

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