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

06 September 2014

Ridding ourselves of meaning

A longish post from Dr. Jeff Mirus at Catholic Culture: On Not Settling for Less: The Cognitive Guide to Happiness. An excerpt from th...

04 September 2014

Preaching to Young Adults

[NB. For some reason a portion of this post was appearing imposed over the blog title. I deleted the earlier post.] How can a pastor at...

Baiting the hook

22nd Week OT Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP Notre Dame Seminary, NOLA I taught literature in the late 80's and early 90's. And bec...

03 September 2014

Nominalism: anathema sit!

Msgr. Charles Pope gives the Vile Error of Nominalism a relatively simple exposition: How have we gotten into this mess wherein we hav...

31 August 2014

Desire can be painful

NB. Didn't get to preach this one tonight at OLR. I'd forgotten that we had a mission-preacher scheduled. 22 nd Sunday OT...

Lou Jordan: New Orleans artist

Check out Lou Jordan! She's a New Orleans artist and a lay Dominican. . . Her latest works are my favorite. She uses alcohol inks....

29 August 2014

Dominican Vocation Retreat

The Dominican Experience Weekend + + + Who? : Young men interested in learning more about Dominican life. What...

27 August 2014

Hypocrisy is vicious

St. Monica Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP Notre Dame Seminary, NOLA Our Lord is on a tear! Or rather, he's still on a tear. He...

26 August 2014

Thanks (again). . .

I rec'd The Portal of Beauty today from the Wish List . No name or return address. . .so, Thank You, Anonymous Benefactor! I will ...

25 August 2014

Thanks!

Rec'd Wm. A. Dyrness' Poetic Theology in the mail today from the Wish List . No name or return address for my benefactor. . . ...

Good dream. . .

First Day of Class! Very excited! I have my pencil box and erasers and a new pack of wide-ruled paper and two bottles of Elmer's and...

24 August 2014

And so, we are never forsaken. . .

NB. Con-celebrating Mass at the seminary this morning. Here's another 2008 Roman homily that I've yet to preach. . . 21st Sunda...

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 ...

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...

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