tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post114935695619660813..comments2024-03-29T08:14:32.748-04:00Comments on Bonfire of the Vanities: Not a trickle, but a Flood (Pentecost Vigil)Fr Martin Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01375628123126091747noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-1149567704142684362006-06-06T00:21:00.001-04:002006-06-06T00:21:00.001-04:00:-):-)Fr Martin Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01375628123126091747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-1149567686033887012006-06-06T00:21:00.000-04:002006-06-06T00:21:00.000-04:00anonymous:Yes, that is very pedantic.anonymous:<BR/><BR/>Yes, that is very pedantic.Fr Martin Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01375628123126091747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-1149563223531218342006-06-05T23:07:00.000-04:002006-06-05T23:07:00.000-04:00I know this is pedantic, but:20/20 vision is norma...I know this is pedantic, but:<BR/>20/20 vision is normal, and 20/200 vision is legally blind... so God has gazillion/20 vision, since He's certainly not blind. ;)<BR/>I liked the image of God having to lean down to see the tiny speck of a city though :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-1149460040570400052006-06-04T18:27:00.000-04:002006-06-04T18:27:00.000-04:00Pastor Elizabeth:Piqua is in Miami County, Ohio, a...Pastor Elizabeth:<BR/><BR/>Piqua is in Miami County, Ohio, approximately half-way between Dayton and Lima, at the junction of I-75 and U.S. 36.<BR/><BR/>What I might wear at a "clergy conference" depends on what else I might have to do that day. When we have one-day meetings, if I have been in the office, or will go later, I may well wear clerical attire; otherwise, I may not.Fr Martin Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01375628123126091747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-1149435316304806302006-06-04T11:35:00.000-04:002006-06-04T11:35:00.000-04:00Another great homily Father. I love how you challe...Another great homily Father. I love how you challenge us to step out of our comfort zones. And I love how you encourage vocation to preisthood. I read part of your homily to my son, just so that he could hear a priest encourage others to vocation.<BR/><BR/>God Bless, especially as you take on the responsibility of shepherding these two parishes,<BR/><BR/>TracyTracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13055691110317133958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-1149391049275268092006-06-03T23:17:00.000-04:002006-06-03T23:17:00.000-04:00Fr. Martin: I just posted a Gerard Manley Hopkins ...Fr. Martin: I just posted a Gerard Manley Hopkins poem on my website in the hope that they might remember what Pentecost is all about. There's a person who often lived in the "dark night of the soul" and yet came up with poetry that cheers and inspires and beckons and lures the soul to see God.<BR/><BR/>Two parishes is an extraordinary responsibility for one pastor. How wise of you to remind your flocks of their calling in baptism to be leaders in their congregations. There's no way (even keeping in mind Paul's statement that he was all things to all men and women so as to save some)that you could do everything. <BR/><BR/>Excuse my ignorance, but...where is Piqua? And how big is it?<BR/><BR/>By the way (thinking of an earlier post, with which I definitely concurred about going to the amusement park in civilian clothing)...do you wear your clergy collar to clergy retreats? I have to admit I wondered about my colleagues who came to collegial gatherings clad in black. My guess (not to be irreverent) is that they had matching pajamas in case they were called out in the middle of the night! Sometimes we take ourselves very seriously...<BR/><BR/>Peace, Elizabeth+ (Pastorliz)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com