24 September 2022

Amazed but not comprehending

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25 th Week OT (S) Fr. Philip Neri Powell OP St. Albert the Great, Irving So, everyone is amazed. But no one understands. Just yesterd...
20 September 2022

Broken elevator, gimpy knees, whiney novices

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HELP! The Priory elevator is broken. The motherboard melted and damaged most of the parts near it. Parts will cost approx. $11,000 and labor...

Denying, carrying, suffering well

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NB. For me, writing is thinking. . .meaning, I don't know exactly what I think until I start writing. This homily is an example of what ...
17 September 2022

Choose the Rock

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St. Robert Bellarmine Fr. Philip Neri Powell OP St. Albert the Great, Irving My father lives in a house I helped to build in 1978. I remem...
04 September 2022

Love God first

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23 rd Sunday OT Fr. Philip Neri Powell OP St. Albert the Great, Irving I'm a good Southern Boy. The thought of hating my mama mak...
30 August 2022

Putting on the Mind of Christ

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22 nd Week OT (T) Fr. Philip Neri Powell OP St. Albert the Great, Irving What is it “to have the mind of Christ”? Think of this way: ...
21 August 2022

Squeezing through the Narrow Gate

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21 st Sunday OT Fr. Philip Neri Powell OP St. Albert the Great, Irving Jesus says the entrance to heaven is a Narrow Gate. This make...
20 August 2022

Smacking the prideful

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St. Bernard Fr. Philip Neri Powell OP St. Albert the Great, Irving Being humble ain't easy. It requires several intellectual and ...
10 August 2022

Falling, dying, showing mercy

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St. Lawrence Fr. Philip Neri Powell OP St. Albert the Great Priory, Irving How do we fall to the ground and die and produce good fruit a...
05 August 2022

Denying and following

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St. Mary Major Fr. Philip Neri Powell OP St. Albert the Great, Irving Yesterday, Peter thoroughly embarrasses himself. He rebukes Christ ...
03 August 2022

Remember her

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18 th Week OT (W) Fr. Philip Neri Powell OP St. Albert the Great, Irving Not a good week for the disciples. They've whined about ha...
01 August 2022

Fish & the Eucharist

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St. Alphonsus Liguori Fr. Philip Neri Powell OP St. Albert the Great Priory, Irving Our Lord bears witness to the power of giving God than...
31 July 2022

Yeah, all really is vanity. . .

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1 8 th Sunday OT Fr. Philip Neri Powell OP St. Albert the Great, Irving, TX Qoheleth asks, “For what profit comes to man from all the toil ...
26 July 2022

Coffee Cup Browsing: July 26, 2022

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If reality is controlled by language, then language is only about power .  To wit: is science just a social construct? No, it isn't. . ....
20 July 2022

Coffee Cup Browsing: July 20, 2022

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Things That Should Have Been Shut Down for $400 , Alex.  How we know that they know they are losing . . . Why men avoid Church . . . Fake ar...