Category Archives: Slightly Pious
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Spiritual Fatherhood…??
2May 14, 2013 by lucieromarin
At last Sunday’s Mass, a friend of mine experienced the following during the Prayers of the Faithful: “Let us pray …
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Brooding – a Postscript with Mutants
Leave a commentApril 13, 2013 by lucieromarin
So, having established that the essence of brooding is not just the sitting upon something for a long time, but …
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Brooding – Best Left for Hens
Leave a commentApril 11, 2013 by lucieromarin
So, yesterday I took up my current pious reading (yes, I do read holy stuff!) and opened it upon a …
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Perspective
Leave a commentMarch 27, 2013 by lucieromarin
Every year, I find these lines helpful: Laetare Sunday: “…for the children of the desolate woman are more numerous than …
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Belated Rhapsody – St Joseph
1March 21, 2013 by lucieromarin
Well, true to form, within a day of posting a list of other people’s unhelpful questions and comments, I’d remembered …
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The Challenge: Reasons Four and Five
Leave a commentFebruary 22, 2013 by lucieromarin
A break from bullying! So – I’ve set myself the challenge of coming up with ten reasons to be grateful …
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The Feast of the Holy Family
Leave a commentJanuary 13, 2013 by lucieromarin
If there’s one thing that singing in a liturgical choir has taught me, it’s that every joker in the pew …
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Maybe We Can Help
Leave a commentDecember 17, 2012 by lucieromarin
As I’ve never experienced anything remotely approximating Connecticut-magnitude grief, I’m reluctant to comment on it. At the same time, it …
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Unchosen States of Life – the Silver Queens
3December 9, 2012 by lucieromarin
Second place in the search for the top three Saints Who Became Happy and Holy in Vocations They Never Wanted …
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In Which I Try to Pray for My Enemies
Leave a commentNovember 16, 2012 by lucieromarin
Today is the Feast of a saint much-loved by one of my least favourite people in the whole wide world, …
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Roadkill Rhapsody 