07 September 2013

Blessed are the cheese makers!

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NB. Here's one from 2010 on this Sunday's readings.   23rd Sunday OT Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP Blackfriars Hall, Oxford Uni...
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05 September 2013

Courage to fish in the deep

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22nd Week OT  Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP  Notre Dame Seminary, NOLA  Fr. Rector, I'd like to propose a new motto for NDS: “Put out...
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04 September 2013

Thanks/On Method (Updated)

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NB. A few days ago a deacon posted his response to my question below. I accidentally deleted the comment.  Please, comment again, Rev. Dea...
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03 September 2013

Authority alone will not re-found the tradition. . .

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I want to draw your attention to a post from Mark Shea titled, "I Hate Being Right All the Time." Mark notes the tendency o...
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01 September 2013

Praiseworthy self-abasement

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22nd Sunday OT (C)  Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP  Our Lady of the Rosary, NOLA  We know already that those who exalt themselves will be ...
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Preaching & Nihilism

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Good news! Got word on Thursday that the advanced preaching seminar I'd proposed was approved by the academic dean. We'll ...
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Peter quivers in the random lechery of distraction

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NB.  Wrote this one in Rome 2008. . .never preached it.  The lectionary readings are from Year A, so I won't be preaching this homily...
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31 August 2013

Seamus Heaney: R.I.P.

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The great Irish poet, Seamus Heaney , died yesterday.  R.I.P. Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995, Heaney's first book, ...
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30 August 2013

But will they try the haggis?

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Those Nashville Dominican Sisters are popping up in the oddest places. . . SCOTLAND! Bishop Hugh Gilbert of Aberdeen has welcomed the ...
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Blackfriar Films!

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29 August 2013

We forget the lessons of history. . .to our peril.

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German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, visited the Dachau concentration camp and pledged, "Never again." Glad to hear that.  ...

Dominican Sisters. . .

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Another great Dominican story! This time the sisters get the spotlight. . .specifically, the Mater Eucharistiae Dominican Sisters of ...
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The Shrinking Ample Friar

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Some good news. . . I've lost 12lbs. since the second week of July! My plan: no carbs at breakfast or lunch. Regular meal w/o des...
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26 August 2013

Dominicans at Work: the Western Province

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A few weeks ago, Jeff Mirus of Catholic Culture posted a good article on the Dominican friars of the Eastern Province (USA) .  He follow...

Participation in the Apostolic Witness

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A reminder to all the Preaching Clergy in the Church out there from the U.S. bishops:   Preaching is nothing less than a participatio...