Category Archives: Saints
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A Dowry for the Wonderworker
Leave a commentDecember 6, 2018 by lucieromarin
If I ever attempt the making of a Catholic set of Oracle cards (!?), the deck will certainly feature St …
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Can We Stop Talking Judas and Start Talking Peter?
Leave a commentSeptember 2, 2018 by lucieromarin
It is the custom among conservative Catholics, whenever a scandal surrounds a bishop’s failure, to refer to Judas, and to …
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St Patrick – Not a Tipsy Leprechaun
Leave a commentMarch 16, 2018 by lucieromarin
The Feast of St Patrick is not for binge-drinking and dancing jigs in silly hats. That’s because it’s not about …
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Found! The Beata with the Most Miserable Origins Imaginable, Who Still Ended Up Incorrupt
1November 5, 2014 by lucieromarin
Okay, so you know how it’s possible to feel hard-done-by when you look back on your youth and think about …
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Finding it Hard to Love Her
Leave a commentAugust 29, 2014 by lucieromarin
In my (vast) experience, when conservative Catholics admit to difficulties with Marian devotion, the difficulties aren’t intellectual, but emotional. That …
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Hail to the Mother
5August 15, 2014 by lucieromarin
Happy Feast! Between today and the Feast of the Immaculate Heart I’m going to write a lot about Our Lady. …
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Saturday: Saints, Styling, Shopping
Leave a commentJuly 26, 2014 by lucieromarin
Today being the Feast of St Ann, we all made the obvious meditation (or listened to it in a sermon). …
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God’s Chosen Outsiders
1July 21, 2014 by lucieromarin
A single misunderstanding of mystical phenomena (or alleged mystical phenomena) manifests itself in one of two ways. The first is …
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In Thanksgiving for Converts
1July 13, 2014 by lucieromarin
Every cradle Catholic loves a conversion story, because conversion stories contain all the best elements of adventure and romance. There’s …
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The Difference Between…
1June 10, 2014 by lucieromarin
1. Hijab and mantilla. Muslim women cover in the presence of men, and may uncover in the absence of men. …
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Roadkill Rhapsody 