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"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

10 August 2018

Go Big, or Go Home

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St. Lawrence Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic Church, NOLA My father and grandfather decided that our family of six n...
08 August 2018

How great is your faith?

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St. Dominic Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic Church, NOLA The Lord guides Israel's people out of their Assyria...
07 August 2018

Stay and Fight!

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I've received some kind emails and blog comments, wondering if I am struggling with the current scandals and the general tumult in the...
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05 August 2018

What crisis? What scandal??

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18 th Sunday OT Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP OLR, NOLA The Church is in a hard place right now. The media use the word “crisis” too e...
29 July 2018

Are you living a life worthy of your call?

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17 th Sunday OT Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP OLR, NOLA We need to hear this again – Paul writing to the church in Ephesus: “...
22 July 2018

When the Shepherd becomes a Wolf

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16 th Sunday OT Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP OLR, NOLA Why does Jesus begin teaching the crowd gathered in front of him? The great m...
15 July 2018

Making idols of things

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15 th Sunday OT Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic/OLR When I received my letter of admission into the Dominican no...
11 July 2018

Till He come to rain down justice

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St. Benedict Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic Church, NOLA The prophet Hosea prophesies to a nation in chaos. The nor...
08 July 2018

You are a prophet of God!

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14 th Sunday OT Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic/OLR, NOLA Bakers bake cakes and pies. Florists arrange flowers. Fir...
01 July 2018

Sin Makes You Stupid

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13 th Sunday OT Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP OLR, NOLA Paraphrasing Aquinas' moral theology: “Sin makes you stupid.” Qui...
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24 June 2018

Do you fear a Savior?

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The Nativity of John the Baptist Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP OLR, NOLA As soon as Zechariah confirms his son's name, Joh...
17 June 2018

Are you courageous?

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11 th Sunday OT Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP OLR, NOLA St. Paul assures the Corinthians, “We are always courageous. . .for w...
05 June 2018

Awaiting a new heavens. . .

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St. Boniface Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP 9 th Provincial Chapter, Navasota, TX Brothers, who or what are we waiting on? Wh...
29 May 2018

Prayers, please. . .

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The Dominican Province of St. Martin de Porres begins its 2018 Provincial Chapter today in Houston with a retreat and a Mass of the Holy S...
13 May 2018

Go and proclaim! NO EXCUSES!!!

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The Ascension of the Lord Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP OLR, NOLA The Lord's ascension into heaven reveals a truth abou...
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