Category Archives: Saints
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On Crescents and Croissants
1September 12, 2013 by lucieromarin
Tales of glorious victories against one’s historic enemy are tricky things. If the main reason you’re free to sit about …
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Magyarország Forever!
4September 2, 2013 by lucieromarin
Magyarország is Hungary, and today is the feast of St Stephen of Hungary, who was not only the nation’s first …
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Bishops, Other than the Bad Ones
Leave a commentAugust 11, 2013 by lucieromarin
So…bishops, huh. We’ve all heard a lot about awful bishops, and I’ll admit that in the past few decades we …
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Eight Things You Weren’t Told About St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
3August 11, 2013 by lucieromarin
1. It’s her real name. It’s her real name! Enough with this ‘St Edith Stein’ business! From the moment of …
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Good Priests, Largely Forgotten
1August 3, 2013 by lucieromarin
The more you look to a priest for leadership, the greater is the suffering when that leadership is not given. …
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Fathers of the Poor
Leave a commentJuly 31, 2013 by lucieromarin
Inferior priests make roadkill. They break hearts and lose souls; we all know that, and we can all think of …
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The Continuum
2July 13, 2013 by lucieromarin
I mentioned that I’ve been reading John Saward’s “Sweet and Blessed Country: the Christian Hope for Heaven.” If your idea …
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Mysticism – Not a Fun Job
Leave a commentJuly 6, 2013 by lucieromarin
At university, I took a course on women’s spiritual writings, during which the lecturer suggested that female mysticism existed as …
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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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St Anthony: Patron Saint of Items Wedged into Flowerpots
3June 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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Roadkill Rhapsody 