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

15 June 2013

Is Math Real?

There is an on-going debate about the ontological status of math. Yes, you read that correctly. People actually wonder about the natu...

14 June 2013

The soul of godly behavior

10th Week OT (F) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic, NOLA Though we have just heard the Gospel read aloud, it might be difficul...

A "Black Pope" in white

For our Lefty Catholic Friends who've been singing hymns of ecclesial democracy and dancing in the new winds of theological reform. . ...

Let the hammer fall!

Linked from New Advent : "Watch closely, Catholic leaders: Australian Chief of Army demonstrates how you address sex abuse."...

13 June 2013

We cannot do this on our own

10th Week OT (Th) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic Church, NOLA Our Holy Father caused a bit of a stir a few days ago when h...

12 June 2013

No, the Pope didn't say that. . .

Figures. . . In response to media flurry, the Latin American Confederation of Men and Women Religious (CLAR) released a statement on Ju...

Promise Fulfilled

NB. Here's today's excuse: went to dinner with a friend last night and sat in the restaurant drinking iced tea for 2.5 hrs. . .so...

11 June 2013

Pelagians and the Pantheists. . .oh my!

from Catholic Culture : During his conversation with the CLAR representatives, the Pope reportedly said that he was troubled by two dif...

10 June 2013

Your reward will be great. . .

NB. So, I'm sitting here at 5.45am, casually composing a homily for the 8.30am Mass at St. Dom's and then it hits me: I have the...

09 June 2013

Young Atheists: Lessons for the Church?

A fascinating article in The Atlantic . . .the subtitle of the article reads: " When a Christian foundation interviewed college nonbe...

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 ...

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