Category Archives: Saints
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The Good Bishop and the Determined Little Girl
Leave a commentJune 6, 2014 by lucieromarin
I just read this in the biography of St John Neumann, and had to share it: A charming story is …
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Oils, Books, Treasure
Leave a commentMay 17, 2014 by lucieromarin
Well, despite my clarion call to women to resist the temptation to fret about beauty, I found myself this morning …
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Virgins – Not Made of Pink Sugar
Leave a commentMay 12, 2014 by lucieromarin
To understand anything, the first thing you have to realise is that the devil cannot create anything. All he can …
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Piety versus Magneto
4March 27, 2014 by lucieromarin
The trailer for ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past,’ looks all kinds of silly (though I’m sure I’ll see the film …
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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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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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St Lucy’s Day!
2December 13, 2013 by lucieromarin
Well, you know you’re a popular saint when your Feast Day makes it on to the IKEA website! Granted, this …
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St Elizabeth of Hungary
Leave a commentNovember 19, 2013 by lucieromarin
Today, in the Old Calendar, is the feast of St Elizabeth of Hungary, and, for the life of me, I …
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Saints – Available for Relationships Other than Marriage
1October 19, 2013 by lucieromarin
The wrong kind of interminable vocation-discussion can have an unintended side effect; it can reduce persons of the opposite sex to …
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AHA! A Story About St Therese that You’ve Never Heard Before!
1October 3, 2013 by lucieromarin
I’m serious! Today, in the old calendar, is the Feast of St Therese (and the chant for tonight’s Mass is …
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Roadkill Rhapsody 