Monthly Archives: June 2013
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Redemptorist Rhapsody
Leave a commentJune 29, 2013 by lucieromarin
I don’t know about you, but I never think about Redemptorists. I mean, I know they exist, but I never …
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Why Not Everyone is Roadkill
9June 27, 2013 by lucieromarin
I’ve written about the different ways in which the members of the various conservative subcultures of the Church can end …
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In Praise of Phlegmatics
Leave a commentJune 25, 2013 by lucieromarin
I suppose this post should have been entitled, ‘In Praise of Phlegmatics of Good Character.’ Why? Because – if I …
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Beauty, the Healer
5June 22, 2013 by lucieromarin
Recently, I found myself in conversation with a woman who told me she felt sure she’d have no regrets about …
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Re-arranging the Furniture
Leave a commentJune 20, 2013 by lucieromarin
Bill Bryson’s ‘At Home: A Short History of Private Life’ contains the story (I don’t have it here – sorry) …
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Prayers for the Road(kill)
6June 18, 2013 by lucieromarin
At the spiritual banquet of faith, mental prayer is the broccoli. It is one of those green vegetables that must …
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A Day Out, with Lace
Leave a commentJune 16, 2013 by lucieromarin
I’ve just returned from a giant Craft and Quilt Fair, to which I took myself after being ordered by a …
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The New New Evangelisation
4June 15, 2013 by lucieromarin
In 2000 or 2001 (I forget which year it was) I attended a meeting during which someone said something happy …
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St Anthony: Patron Saint of Items Wedged into Flowerpots
2June 13, 2013 by lucieromarin
Today – on the Old Calendar, anyway; I can’t speak for the New – is the Feast of Saint Anthony …
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Anniversaries
4June 10, 2013 by lucieromarin
The best column I ever read on the single life (this was in the days before the internet, and, therefore, …
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