22 April 2018

No other Name

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4 th Sunday of Easter Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP OLR, NOLA Lest there be any confusion about who saves us from sin and dea...
15 April 2018

We are witnesses to these things!

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3 rd Sunday of Easter Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP OLR, NOLA The disciples are “startled and terrified.” They're trouble...
07 April 2018

Make your witness worthy of trust

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2 nd Sunday of Easter Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP Mt. Carmel Sisters, NOLA How do we not see and yet believe? That is, how ...
31 March 2018

You know what has happened. . .now what?

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[ NB. The bracketed words are responses from the congregation. . .and, yes, they responded!] Easter Sunday 2006   Fr. Philip N. Powel...
29 March 2018

Perfected through obedience

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NB. from 2015 Office of Readings: Holy Thursday Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic Church, NOLA All that we read and hear rea...
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25 March 2018

He goes to Jerusalem knowing. . .

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Palm Sunday (B) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP OLR, NOLA Between today and next Sunday we will hear again and again how Christ ...
24 March 2018

Three Scenes from the Field Hospital

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Pope Francis says that the Church is a "field hospital." Brilliant metaphor! Let's explore: SCENE ONE You are experi...
12 March 2018

Do you need signs and wonders?

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4 th Week of Lent (M) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic, NOLA This scene from John always makes me a little nervous. ...
10 March 2018

By Grace We Have Been Saved

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NB. I almost forgot that I am celebrating a Vigil Mass for the Carmelite sisters and their benefactors today. 4 th Sunday of Lent ...

I'm WAY holier than you. . .

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NB. The deacon is preaching the Sunday Mass at OLR, so here's a Vintage Fr. Philip Homily. . . 4th Sunday of Lent 2006 Fr. Philip...
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04 March 2018

The Church is not a marketplace

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3 rd Sunday of Lent Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP OLR, NOLA When is the church a house of prayer, and when is it a marketplace? What is p...
26 February 2018

Could be scary. . .or not

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2 nd Week of Lent (M) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St Dominic Conventual Mass Of all the truly difficult things Jesus asks u...
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25 February 2018

But why do you sacrifice?

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2 nd Sunday of Lent Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP OLR, NOLA God commands Abraham to slaughter Isaac, Abraham's only son, ...
18 February 2018

We must be made ready

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1 st Sunday of Lent Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP OLR, NOLA The Holy Spirit drives Jesus into the desert. Why? Jesus is the...