28 February 2024

Fakin' it ain't makin' it

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2 nd Week of Lent (W) Fr. Philip Neri Powell OP St. Albert the Great, Irving One day during lunch at Notre Dame Seminary I was passin...
26 February 2024

Why do we love God?

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2nd Sunday of Lent Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Albert the Great, Irving      God tells Abraham to sacrifice Isaac. Abraham goes up the ...
24 February 2024

God loves those who hate us

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1st Week of Lent (S) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Albert the Great, Irving That we may be children of our heavenly Father, we must love...
21 February 2024

The only sign we need

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1 st Week of Lent (W) Fr. Philip Neri Powell OP St. Albert the Great, Irving Jesus seems irritated. Maybe “frustrated” is a better wo...
04 February 2024

Things fall apart

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5 th Sunday OT Fr. Philip Neri Powell OP St. Albert the Great, Irving We think of “healing” as returning a sick or broken body back t...
17 January 2024

Don't be a tool

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St. Anthony, Abbot Fr. Philip Neri Powell OP St. Albert the Great, Irving Our translation says that the Pharisees “watch Jesus closely.”...
28 December 2023

Renovation Update

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That wall behind the crucifix was supposed to be finished on Dec 23rd. Didn't happen. But they are almost done.  The acoustics in the ch...
25 December 2023

Becoming the Christ Child

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Nativity of the Lord (Day) Fr. Philip Neri Powell OP St. Albert the Great, Irving On “t he Twenty-fifth Day of December...in the 149th Ol...
19 December 2023

Bro, take the win!

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3rd Week of Advent (T) Fr. Philip Neri Powell, OP St. Albert the Great, Irving Zechariah learns a hard but well-deserved lesson in praye...
17 December 2023

We are him whom we announce

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3 rd Sunday of Advent Fr. Philip Neri Powell OP St. Albert the Great, Irving When asked “who are you?” John confesses who he isn...
15 December 2023

Renovation: Kitchen & Chapel

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                                WE NEED CHOIR STALLS! St Albert the Great Priory in Irving was finished in 2002. It was built as a home for...

Get on with it

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2 nd Week of Advent (W) Fr. Philip Neri Powell OP St. Albert the Great, Irving I'm tired. I've been tired for years. Not phys...

Are you a stubborn mule?

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St. Juan Diego Fr. Philip Neri Powell OP St. Albert the Great, Irving I've never pulled a plow. But I've seen it done. Properl...

How ought we to live?

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2 nd Sunday of Advent Fr. Philip Neri Powell OP St. Albert the Great, Irving John the Baptist makes his Advent appearance, looking li...
04 December 2023

HOLD! HOLD!!

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First Sunday of Advent Fr. Philip Neri Powell OP St. Albert the Great, Irving Heavy English cavalry sweep downhill, lances dropped int...