23 June 2023

Stealing credit from God

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11 th Week OT (W) Fr. Philip Neri Powell OP St. Albert the Great, Irving Just a few days ago, Jesus said to the disciples, “... your li...
18 June 2023

Poetry Writing Exercises

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NB. I taught a poetry writing workshop at UD back in the summer of 2011. Some of these exercises may have been borrowed from a workshop text...

He prays for shepherds

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11 th Sunday OT Fr. Philip Neri Powell OP St. Albert the Great, Irving Why does Jesus pity the shepherdless sheep? They are – probabl...
12 June 2023

Sermon on the Mount: a fable for sheep?

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10th Week OT (M) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Albert the Great, Irving Way back when I was a heathen grad student, one of the most damn...
11 June 2023

Mysteries take time

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Corpus Christi Fr. Philip Neri Powell OP St. Albert the Great, Irving You may not think of yourself as an empiricist. But if you were ra...
08 June 2023

You must die for love

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9 th Week OT (Th) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Albert the Great, Irving Thinking about your daily life as a follower of Christ, wh...
06 June 2023

Don't be a circus monkey

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St. Boniface Fr. Philip Neri Powell OP St. Albert the Great, Irving The handout is titled, “The Temptations of a Preacher.” It's a...
27 May 2023

Feed my sheep. . .follow me

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St. Philip Neri Fr. Philip Neri Powell OP St. Albert the Great, Irving Peter is distressed. And rightly so. He denied Christ three tim...
14 May 2023

Do not receive the world's rejection

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6 th Sunday of Easter Fr. Philip Neri Powell OP St. Albert the Great, Irving This Ole English Professor would like to note that there a...
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06 May 2023

Show me the Father

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4 th Week of Easter (S) Fr. Philip Neri Powell OP St. Albert the Great, Irving We already know that knowing is not believing. Knowing i...
02 May 2023

Plain Talk

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St. Athanasius Fr. Philip Neri Powell OP St. Albert the Great, Irving The crowd demands that Jesus speak plainly. They want a plainly...
30 April 2023

Entering through Repentance

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4 th Sunday of Easter Fr. Philip Neri Powell OP St. Albert the Great, Irving Thieves, robbers, wolves, strangers with strange voices. C...
17 April 2023

Born again

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2 nd Week of Easter (M) Fr. Philip Neri Powell OP St. Albert the Great, Irving No one chooses to be born. No one chooses their parent...
14 April 2023

Can you ask Christ, "Who are you?"

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Octave of Easter (F) Fr. Philip Neri Powell OP St. Albert the Great, Irving At the very core of our being-creatures , we desire intimacy...
12 April 2023

Leave your expectations behind

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Octave of Easter (W) Fr. Philip Neri Powell OP St. Albert the Great, Irving W hy do we find belief so difficult at times? Like Cleopas a...