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 August 2013

Be back Aug 11th

Headed to Michigan this morning to give a ten day retreat to the nuns of Mt Thabor Monastery. Pray for them and for me, please! Se...

31 July 2013

On the Sharp Edge of Contemplation

Way back in 2005, I used Hans Urs von Balthasar's book, Prayer , in a graduate seminar on the theology of prayer. I ran across thi...

30 July 2013

Francis and the Franciscans: deep breath, people!

It's not only the anti-Catholic bigots in the MSM that get the Church and her Pontiff wrong. There's been a firestorm on the i...

Aquinas converts an abortionist

Wow. Just. . .wow. A Serbian abortionist tells his pro-life conversion story: In describing his conversion, Adasevic “dreamed about a ...

"Men who are not ambitious, who are married to one church. . ."

In his address to the CELAM (South America's USCCB), the Holy Father addressed the role of the bishop in the missionary work of the C...

Francis: parodies of missionary discipleship

Before heading back to Rome after a wildly successful WYD, the Holy Father met with the bishops of the CELAM (the South American equivalen...

28 July 2013

Lord, teach us to pray!

17th Sunday OT Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP Our Lady of the Rosary, NOLA John the Baptist teaches his disciples how to pray. The Phar...

27 July 2013

Pope to Youth: do not dilute your faith in Christ!

An excerpt from the official English translation of Pope Francis' extemporaneous remarks at WYD in Rio: Faith in Jesus Christ is ...

21 July 2013

For those who say abstract painting isn't religious. . .

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Only One Thing

NB. I'm working on a new homily for this evening's Mass. However, it's not going well. Since I've spent the last four days...

15 July 2013

BYOS: Bring Your Own Sword

St. Bonaventure Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic Church, NOLA It's bad enough that Jesus lets us in on his little secret:...

Mapping the Squirrel Brain of a Dominican Friar

Here's how my Squirrel Brain works. . . Writing a homily for the 5.30pm Mass today. . .I hear voices down in the piazza. . .I think:...

13 July 2013

Dominican Arts

A new ministry for the Province of St. Martin de Porres! Dominican Arts & Artists Our very own fra. Cristobal Torres, OP is feature...

11 July 2013

How many surrealists does it take to screw in a light bulb?

25 High-brow jokes . This is my favorite: 18. Werner Heisenberg, Kurt Gödel, and Noam Chomsky walk into a bar. Heisenberg turns to ...

07 July 2013

"The risk of activism. . .is an ever-present danger."

from Pope Francis' homily to seminarians and religious novices: Dear seminarians, dear novices, dear young people discerning your...

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