12 March 2025

Sorrow, Suffering, Surrender: Mary at the Foot of the Cross

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Lenten Mission Fr. Philip Neri Powell OP Church of the Incarnation, UD We find ourselves at the foot of the Cross. With John and the three...
22 February 2025

Authority, obedience, conscience

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Chair of St. Peter Fr. Philip Neri Powell OP St. Albert the Great, Irving What's wrong with the Church? Why can't the bishops...

What's blinding you?

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6 th Week OT (W) Fr. Philip Neri Powell OP St. Albert the Great, Irving At first go, Jesus fails to heal the blind man fully. It'...

Your reward is great already

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6 th Sunday OT Fr. Philip Neri Powell OP St. Albert the Great, Irving The promise of heaven and the threat of hell for good behavior o...

Time to be contagious

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5 th Week OT (W) Fr. Philip Neri Powell OP St. Albert the Great, Irving Getting Catholic holiness right in a libertine world can be a...

More sitting, less worrying

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St. Scholastica Fr. Philip Neri Powell OP St. Albert the Great, Irving The Devil rejoices when you worry. He wants you to be anxious. ...

I belong to Christ

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St. Agatha Fr. Philip Neri Powell OP St. Albert the Great, Irving Everything word you just heard read is foolishness. And Jesus sounds t...
19 January 2025

Do whatever he tells you

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2 nd Sunday OT Fr. Philip Neri Powell OP St. Albert the Great, Irving Jesus transforms what we need to live into what we need to live w...
17 January 2025

Hey, you asked!

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St Anthony, abbot Fr. Philip N. Powell, OP St. Albert the Great, Irving I'm one of those “bottom-line” types of people. Just tell me ...
04 January 2025

Epiphany: what has been made known?

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Epiphany of the Lord Fr. Philip Neri Powell OP OLR, NOLA What has been  made known ? That's what an epiphany is – the event, the moment ...
22 December 2024

Are you ready?

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4 th Sunday of Advent Fr. Philip Neri Powell OP St. Albert the Great, Irving Just three days from now, we will celebrate the 2,024 th...
19 December 2024

Birth and return

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3 rd Week of Advent (W) Fr. Philip Neri Powell OP St. Albert the Great, Irving During our monthly lector's meeting last night, th...
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28 November 2024

Do Christ's enemies hate you?

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34th Week OT (W) Fr. Philip Neri Powell OP St. Albert the Great, Irving Jesus is an excellent teacher. But he's a terrible salesman. I...
16 November 2024

Spiritual athleticism is NOT the Way

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St. Margaret of Scotland Fr. Philip Neri Powell OP St. Albert the Great, Irving I served the first three years of my priesthood righ...
15 November 2024

Don't give beer to snakes

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St. Albert the Great Fr. Philip Neri Powell OP St. Albert the Great, Irving Albertus Magus is in trouble with the Prior. In a fit of exp...