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

20 August 2014

Love, or get out of His way

St. Bernard Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic Church, NOLA Are you envious of God's generosity to others? Our Lord...

16 August 2014

There are no foreigners in the Church

NB. I'll be concelebrating the Mass for the opening of the new school year at Notre Dame Seminary tomorrow, so here's my first &qu...

15 August 2014

From "Whatever" to "Yes!"

Assumption of the BVM Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP St Albert the Great Priory, Irving, TX “I don’t know” and “I promise” are the two m...

12 August 2014

What do you want/need to hear in a homily?

Classes at Notre Dame Seminary start back up on Aug 25th. I'm teaching three courses by myself and one team taught course with Dr. D...

Was Peter an idiot? (guest homily)

Was Peter an idiot? A homily for the 19th Sunday OT from Fr. Thomas Schaefgen, OP. He's the chaplain at the Tulane Catholic C...

11 August 2014

Audio File for "Doubting Peter's doubt. . ."

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10 August 2014

Doubting Peter's doubt

19th Sunday OT Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP Our Lady of the Rosary, NOLA Audio File Peter is having a hard week. Our Lord has ...

Acrylic Procrastination

I am the Platonic Form of Procrastination from which all lesser forms of procrastination emanate. Having written three pages of today&...

Am I being harassed, or am I just crazy?

Sitting here contemplating today's Mass readings and wondering if I will ever come up with an opening sentence for the homily, I am pl...

09 August 2014

Exercise faith, don't measure it. . .

18 th Week OT (S) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic Church, NOLA How embarrassing for the disciples! Imagine their cha...

08 August 2014

Praising, blessing, preaching

Laudare + Benedicere + Praedicare A Blessed Feast Day to all my Dominican brothers and sisters!

How beautiful are your feet?

NB. Deacon John is preaching at this morning's Mass. . .so, here's a 2010 homily for Dominic's feast day. Solemnity of St. ...

07 August 2014

Are you skilled in love?

NB. The annual repost of my St Dominic homily from 2007. Solemnity of St. Dominic, Vespers: Phil 1.3-8 Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP St Albe...

Peter's failure is our warning. . .

18th Week OT (Th) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic, NOLA The Lord says to Jeremiah that He will make a new covenant with the ...

06 August 2014

Neither terrorists nor viruses. . .

Feast of the Transfiguration Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic Church, NOLA I'll be the first to confess: I can be a ...

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