Monthly Archives: November 2012
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Modesty, and Why Men Talk Like That About It
Leave a commentNovember 29, 2012 by lucieromarin
A recent post over at Charming Disarray – in which the writer describes having to argue with Catholics against wife-beating …
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No Gyrovagues!
Leave a commentNovember 27, 2012 by lucieromarin
Some years ago, a young man of my acquaintance invited the Missionary Sisters of Charity to a University O-Week. They …
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Taught, Sold, or Chosen
2November 24, 2012 by lucieromarin
There are two ways (other than prayer!) by which to combat a widespread vocations crisis. One is education. The other …
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What God Loves About Your Past
1November 21, 2012 by lucieromarin
It is certainly not a tenet of the Catholic faith that life only becomes valuable on the day you marry …
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What Should I Do?
4November 18, 2012 by lucieromarin
The speaker: someone I no longer think of as a good friend, but with whom I am still on polite …
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In Which I Try to Pray for My Enemies
Leave a commentNovember 16, 2012 by lucieromarin
Today is the Feast of a saint much-loved by one of my least favourite people in the whole wide world, …
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Impending Fun
Leave a commentNovember 14, 2012 by lucieromarin
I have it on good authority (i.e young people told me) that to go to a movie alone is so …
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Consecrated Virgins and Bitterness
Leave a commentNovember 13, 2012 by lucieromarin
As this is a blog for casualties in general, rather than single women in particular, I’d like to share a …
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A New Order
2November 10, 2012 by lucieromarin
You may have had the experience of expressing your disappointment about life to a priest – or to some other …
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An Imaginary Dialogue…
Leave a commentNovember 9, 2012 by lucieromarin
…suitable for a Subject of Grievance such as a missing vocation, shortage of fat babies, lousy income, and so on: …
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Roadkill Rhapsody 