Category Archives: Vocation
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The Single Life is Not a Vocation – Part Two
Leave a commentMay 7, 2019 by lucieromarin
I’ve written already about why the single life is not a vocation and should not be thoughtlessly described as such. …
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Burying the Cake – and the Alleluia
Leave a commentNovember 10, 2018 by lucieromarin
I’ve been ironing baby-clothes and thinking about this post by Dorothy Cummings McLean, in which she writes about what it …
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On Turning Forty
Leave a commentJuly 18, 2018 by lucieromarin
Single women raised in conservative communities dread their fortieth birthdays. (I don’t know if the same is true for men; …
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The Doctor. The Disaster. The Drone. (Three Unrelated Theories)
1October 13, 2014 by lucieromarin
Last week, while absorbed in the thought that the majestic, aristocratic, nuanced, heart-rending Peter Capaldi is most certainly the best …
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Discerning and Not Discerning
Leave a commentSeptember 18, 2014 by lucieromarin
Historically, very few Catholics have discerned their vocations in the way that is now marketed as normal. The majority of …
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The Single Life is Not a Vocation
7June 25, 2014 by lucieromarin
People – including authoritative people – will tell you that the single life is a vocation. This is irksome for …
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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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Oddments
7December 9, 2013 by lucieromarin
I read this line the other day: “If any man has a mind to come my way, let him renounce …
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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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The Fairy Godmother (and Santa)
Leave a commentSeptember 21, 2013 by lucieromarin
The vexed question of friendship between the married-with-children and the unmarried-and-childless in the Catholic loop will certainly remain vexed for …
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Roadkill Rhapsody 