tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-755500513614183073.post7563906177796143472..comments2024-03-27T22:36:55.671-04:00Comments on Fountain of Elias: Pietyelena maria vidalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-755500513614183073.post-17097923808199357222009-08-16T22:49:36.513-04:002009-08-16T22:49:36.513-04:00Thank you all!Thank you all!elena maria vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-755500513614183073.post-35182261669581953952009-08-16T19:10:07.869-04:002009-08-16T19:10:07.869-04:00Thank you. I learn a lot from your blog. You have ...Thank you. I learn a lot from your blog. You have a strong and unique Catholic "voice".Mary N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06618318192221168152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-755500513614183073.post-43220681801324641042009-08-16T12:46:40.161-04:002009-08-16T12:46:40.161-04:00Excellent post! We need to stress this more in the...Excellent post! We need to stress this more in the daily lives of Catholics.Father Gregoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06780819473061582998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-755500513614183073.post-60215789299898763322009-08-16T12:18:01.340-04:002009-08-16T12:18:01.340-04:00Love this post... Holy Spirit, infuse me with grea...Love this post... Holy Spirit, infuse me with greater piety!<br /><br />Bring back piety!<br /><br />Thanks for this.My Chocolate Hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08930852646863448655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-755500513614183073.post-71802267544733227082009-08-16T08:08:16.645-04:002009-08-16T08:08:16.645-04:00I know exactly what you mean, E. I have been watch...I know exactly what you mean, E. I have been watching the entire process for a number of years now. It is helpful for everyone (including myself) to remember that genuine piety is a gift of the Holy Spirit, not a disease... or sign of bad writingelena maria vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-755500513614183073.post-85465185308099166342009-08-16T07:53:38.124-04:002009-08-16T07:53:38.124-04:00+JMJ+
Anyone reading Catholic 'blogs back in ...+JMJ+<br /><br />Anyone reading Catholic 'blogs back in 2003 and 2004 will remember how great it was to be "POD"--"pious and overly devotional"--and how many 'bloggers seemed to want to be as POD as possible. How things have changed since then . . . Very recently, I read a critical post about 'blogs that "reek of POD." I haven't made a full survey or anything, but I think the tide really <i>has</i> turned . . . if only against the word.<br /><br />Yet I agree that it's not real piety which turns 'blog readers off, but that over-emotional "pietism."Enbrethilielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03414765854670926854noreply@blogger.com