05 October 2017

Jesus says, "No."

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26 th Week OT (T) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP Notre Dame Seminary, NOLA I was not a popular kid in middle school. I know, I...
01 October 2017

Repent first. . .mercy follows

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26th Sunday OT Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP OLR, NOLA So, you're in line before the Pearly Gates, and who do you see in front of you...
24 September 2017

Magnify Christ in Your Body

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NB. I woke up this morning *much* later than I usually do, so I didn't have time to finish my homily for the 9am Mass at OLR. Had to ...
16 September 2017

On the failure to forgive

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24 th Sunday OT Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP Mt. Carmel/OLR, NOLA In Dante's Inferno , those who lived and died as slave...
10 September 2017

Discerning a priestly vocation?

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For those discerning a vocation to the Order of Preachers, there's a new website operated by the OP friars of Memphis, TN. . . Pries...

Don't be a stubborn mule!

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23rd Sunday OT Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP OLR, NOLA Long after celibacy and poverty have become routine for us priests and religio...
08 September 2017

Dogma

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03 September 2017

Don't put down your cross!

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22 nd Sunday OT Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP OLR, NOLA Our Lord names Peter “Satan.” Last week, he named Peter “the Rock,” t...
29 August 2017

Glittering gold, burdensome lead

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St. Augustine Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP NDS, NOLA Painting a vivid picture of their woe, Dante consigns Hypocrites to the Eighth C...
26 August 2017

Tape it to your coffee pot or steering wheel. . .

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21 st Sunday OT Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St Anthony of Padua, NOLA Here in New Orleans we are experts on a few things...
19 August 2017

We don't teach the Lord

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NB. This Sunday's Gospel reading tempts Catholic preachers into Christological error. You may hear your pastor/deacon say that the Can...
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06 August 2017

Mankind's definitive deliverance from evil

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NB. The new pastor of Our Lady of the Rosary, Fr. Jonathan Hemelt, will be celebrating all of the Masses there through the month of August...
23 July 2017

The Weeds of Prayer

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16 th Sunday OT Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP OLR, NOLA In prayer we are “beggars before God.” Having nothing, we ask for ev...
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16 July 2017

Looking is not seeing. . .

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15 th Sunday OT Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP OLR, NOLA I failed algebra twice in high school and once in college. In every o...
09 July 2017

Two Steps: Yoke Up and Learn

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14 th Sunday OT Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP OLR, NOLA Last Sunday we heard a discomforting truth: it is possible for us ...