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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

11 August 2019

66% of Catholics don't believe. . .do you?

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19 th Sunday OT Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP OLR, NOLA To the great shame of every bishop, priest, deacon, and Catholic catechis...
07 July 2019

Your labor is worthless; work harder!

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14 th Sunday OT Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP OLR, NOLA The CDC estimates that in the U.S. a person dies every twelve seconds...
03 July 2019

Denying Thomas picks the wrong religion

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St. Thomas the Apostle Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic, NOLA Dominicans love to preach these readings for St. Thomas...
02 July 2019

Worry kills

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13th Week OT (T) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic Church, NOLA “Why are you terrified, O you of little faith?” You're about...
01 July 2019

An urgent patience

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13 th Week OT Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Dominic, NOLA If the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head, then neither do...
29 June 2019

What's Your Excuse?

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13 th Sunday OT Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St Dominic/St Anthony/OLR I wasn't even Catholic when – at age seventeen – ...
08 June 2019

You. Are. Free.

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Pentecost Sunday Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP OLR, NOLA Jesus promises to send the Holy Spirit after his ascension, and so he...
27 May 2019

Remember and testify

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6 th Week of Easter (M) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St Dominic Priory, NOLA Brothers, we can't drop specimens of faith ...
26 May 2019

Keep his word???

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6 th Sunday of Easter Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP OLR, NOLA I'll be the first to confess that all this “loving Jesus” l...
19 May 2019

On not selling your soul

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5 th Sunday of Easter Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP OLR, NOLA That phrase – “Love one another” – looks good on a bumper-stick...
12 May 2019

Be a stinky sheep!

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4 th Sunday of Easter Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP OLR, NOLA Being a former farmboy, I am not all that happy about being compared ...
02 May 2019

No rationing the Spirit!

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2nd Week of Easter/St. Athanasius Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP NDS, NOLA In the midst of some horrible situation – final exam...
15 April 2019

Make room for the Cross

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Monday of Holy Week Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St D.'s, NOLA This is a week of “self-emptying” for Christ. Yesterday, h...
14 April 2019

Remember: you asked for his crucifixion

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Palm Sunday 2019 Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP OLR, NOLA Imagine walking into the French Quarter as thousands of people che...
13 April 2019

When the mob comes -- bear witness!

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5 th Week of Lent (F) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St Dominic, NOLA A mob – complete with stones – demands that Jesus defend ...
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