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Traditionis Custodes: Woke Sense
Leave a commentJuly 21, 2021 by lucieromarin
The essence of wokeness is hatred of the inherited body; it manifests in the attempt to erase the inherited body. …
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New Monotheism – Old Covenant
Leave a commentJuly 4, 2021 by lucieromarin
I pursued a line of thought into, it seemed, a dead end. It went as follows: The foundational mysteries of …
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When Argument is a Waste of Time
Leave a commentJanuary 16, 2021 by lucieromarin
Many of us have experienced the kind of conversation that smashes to a halt thanks to an emphatic pronouncement. Here’s …
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From Waugh to Ward
Leave a commentJanuary 4, 2021 by lucieromarin
I’m watching Brideshead Revisited and reading Robert Hugh Benson’s The Conventionalists. I took refuge in them from a sudden need …
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Why God Doesn’t Tell Us Why He Let Something Bad Happen
Leave a commentDecember 28, 2020 by lucieromarin
The sparring-partner who asked me, “Why can’t God tell me why He let something bad happen?” gave the example of …
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It’s Not a Crisis if It’s Always
4July 28, 2019 by lucieromarin
I heard a comment recently about the Church being in crisis. I realised that I have been hearing such references …
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Ten Things that Aren’t Love
Leave a commentJune 2, 2019 by lucieromarin
Trauma-bonding Mutual convenience Mutual addiction Transference Countertransference Grooming behaviour (or ‘training’, if you like that word better) Groomed behaviour (or …
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The Single Life is Not a Vocation – Part Two
Leave a commentMay 7, 2019 by lucieromarin
I’ve written already about why the single life is not a vocation and should not be thoughtlessly described as such. …
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“Food Brings People Together”
Leave a commentApril 28, 2019 by lucieromarin
No, it doesn’t! Food brings everyone to where the food is. What happens after that is entirely up to the …
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Meanwhile…
Leave a commentApril 19, 2019 by lucieromarin
…Australia’s political luminaries follow my lead! Well, not my lead exactly… Apparently there were over 5,000 people at the the …
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