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

22 June 2013

O, you of much worry!

11th Week OT (S) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic Church, NOLA Jesus tells us that we cannot serve two masters b/c a servant ...

21 June 2013

Permanently stored in heaven

St. Aloysius Gonzaga Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic, NOLA “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth. . .But store ...

20 June 2013

Can you ask for what you need?

11th Week OT (Th) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic, NOLA Our Father knows what we need before we ask. He knows that we need t...

19 June 2013

The mob has nothing to give you

11th Week OT (W) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic, NOLA So that we might not confuse our pious behavior for truly contrite he...

18 June 2013

In the mail. . .

OP Thanks You's to: M.R. for Knowing the Love of Christ and Anon. for Critics on Trial: An Intro to the Catholic Modernist Crisis...

17 June 2013

Let heaven find you

11th Week OT (M) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic Church, NOLA Last week, today, and the rest of this week, we hear Jesus usi...

16 June 2013

How big can your love be?

11th Sunday OT 2013 Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic/Our Lady of the Rosary, NOLA Let's get right to it: why does the not...

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...

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