Monthly Archives: January 2014
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“I do not Promise You Happiness in this Life…”
2January 29, 2014 by lucieromarin
In an apparition to St Bernadette Soubirous, Our Lady said, “I do not promise you happiness in this life, but …
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Australian Things to Like
1January 26, 2014 by lucieromarin
Today is Australia Day – a holiday to which I have never in my life paid any attention, other than …
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Re-reading…
Leave a commentJanuary 22, 2014 by lucieromarin
Three trustworthy men told me to read some Patrick O’Brian so I began this year with ‘Mauritius Command,’ and am …
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Aristotle versus the Rift (Potency and Act, Part 2)
1January 17, 2014 by lucieromarin
So – to continue with the journey/destination analogy in the previous post – Aristotle saw that all beings, at any …
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A Rift Between Worlds (Potency and Act, Part 1)
Leave a commentJanuary 15, 2014 by lucieromarin
So much television sci-fi is about the dangers attendant upon a Tear in the Fabric of Reality, or a Tear …
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Thomism versus Burnout
Leave a commentJanuary 13, 2014 by lucieromarin
In the late 1990s, Jacques Derrida came to Sydney and said, “The visibility of visibility is not visible,” whereupon his …
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‘Of Gods and Men’ – Film Review
4January 8, 2014 by lucieromarin
‘Of Gods and Men’ – the story of Trappist monks in Algeria who decide to remain with the local Muslim …
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Sunday Miscellany
1January 5, 2014 by lucieromarin
At last! After years of listening to the annual sermon about how the Poles saved us all at the Battle …
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On Clerical Roadkill
23January 2, 2014 by lucieromarin
I’ve just realised that I know (or know of) five priests who have left active ministry – of whom two …
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Roadkill Rhapsody 