19 October 2013

Christ is not who we want him to be. . .

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From 2008: Hmmmm. . .this one seems particularly relevant these days. . .no worries: there will be a new one tomorrow, one for the reading...
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Pope Francis' First Message in English!

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Choose: life or death

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Ss. John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St Dominic Church, NOLA Acknowledge Christ, and he will acknow...
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A Parable/Thought Experiment

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Instead of working on this morning's homily. . .   A passenger jet carrying about 250 people is forced by a hurricane to crash l...
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16 October 2013

Rep Gowdy Trounces Park Service Director

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New Evangelization = Old Evangelization

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From a talk given by Archbishop Chaput :  Some years ago Alasdair MacIntyre wrote that the “new dark ages [are] already upon us”–a dark...
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15 October 2013

On clericalism and power

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Hear, hear! Clericalism is a mindset, an attitude, a perspective. It patronizes and denigrates those who disagree and uses ad hominem...
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The Mass: a class on the text of the Roman Missal

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_________________________________ The Mass: Line by Line Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP Director of Homiletics, Notre Dame Semin...
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14 October 2013

Feds Shutdown Military Mass

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From The Thomas More Law Center : The Catholic priest who serves this community has been prohibited from even volunteering to celebr...
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13 October 2013

The Devil ain't gonna like this!

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Our Holy Father, Pope Francis, consecrated the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. . . As one of my brother friars said, "The Dev...
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The surest way to ruin your life. . .

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28 th Sunday OT Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP St Anthony of Padua/Our Lady of the Rosary Here’s the surest way to ruin your life: nev...
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12 October 2013

On the dangers of using secular partisan labels in the Church

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Fr. Mark Massa, S.J. was the speaker last night at NDS' annual Msgr. Tekippe Theological Forum . His lecture was titled, "A P...
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10 October 2013

Advanced Preaching seminar description

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HP 602 Special Topics in Homiletics/Preaching: Preaching to Nihilists “If you live today, you breath in nihilism. In or out of th...
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09 October 2013

The modern homiletical crisis

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Among the books and articles I'm reading to prepare for the Advanced Preaching Seminar at NDS this spring is an excellent book by Phil...
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08 October 2013

"If they are going to follow Christ in today’s environment something more rigorous is needed. . ."

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Very enlightening interview with the Eastern Province Dominicans* about their phenomenal growth in vocations. . . One fact I didn'...