Monthly Archives: February 2014
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Children Make You Tired
2February 25, 2014 by lucieromarin
New mothers tend to say things to me along the lines of, “Motherhood’s hit me like a tonne of bricks,” …
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A Catechumen’s Test – Have I Left Anything Out?
7February 19, 2014 by lucieromarin
So, a friend of mine is to be baptised in a couple of weeks, and I’m godmother! Naturally, I have …
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Septuagesima…
Leave a commentFebruary 17, 2014 by lucieromarin
I’ve always liked Septuagesima Sunday, because ‘Septuagesima’ is long and sounds impressive, and, when I encountered it in a novel …
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In Praise of Bland Clergymen
1February 14, 2014 by lucieromarin
You know the sort: he rarely smiles; his sermons, though largely inoffensive, are uninspiring recitals of points of catechism we …
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Temporarily Occupied…
Leave a commentFebruary 12, 2014 by lucieromarin
…with an evening job! I’m pretending to be one of those poor women in Victorian novels who work all day …
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What to Eat When You’re Not Expecting Anything
Leave a commentFebruary 9, 2014 by lucieromarin
Today, during the homily, we were cautioned against reading time-wasting blogs. Fortunately, we were not cautioned against writing them, so …
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Physical Weariness versus Spiritual Weariness
Leave a commentFebruary 5, 2014 by lucieromarin
I know, I know – as I’ve experienced neither prolonged hospitalisation nor the dark night of the soul, I’m probably …
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Also…
1February 1, 2014 by lucieromarin
…a great many people have been raised with the story that Our Lady of the Rosary told Lucia dos Santos …
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Roadkill Rhapsody 