Category Archives: Vocation
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In Which I am Forced to Reconsider Married People, Americans and Trads
8September 17, 2013 by lucieromarin
I’m gobsmacked. See, there are some things I just don’t expect of the blogosphere: I don’t expect to meet my …
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Positions Vacant
Leave a commentSeptember 7, 2013 by lucieromarin
So, you’re building a new life. What to aspire to? It’s not only the secular world that can define ‘success’ …
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How Shall We Survive the Winter?
2September 1, 2013 by lucieromarin
First day of spring! So, I’ve been thinking about the winter, especially as it appears in two books I read …
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Have You Tried Prayer?
8August 13, 2013 by lucieromarin
Seraphic shared the story of a reader told two astounding things at a Theology on Tap meeting. The first was …
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Pot-Pourri
3July 27, 2013 by lucieromarin
A miscellany today: So, you know this ‘spiritual motherhood of/for priests’ business, and the way it seems odd that men …
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That No One Dates You Doesn’t Mean You’re Called to Spiritual Motherhood!
3July 25, 2013 by lucieromarin
Having reached the age at which confessors no longer advise me to storm Heaven with prayers for a spouse, and …
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Gypsy Motherhood; Spiritual Motherhood
Leave a commentMay 12, 2013 by lucieromarin
Gypsy motherhood is not often discussed in Catholic circles – presumably because it is not so much a theological concept …
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In Which We Rewrite Everyone’s Vocation Discernment Programmes
Leave a commentMay 9, 2013 by lucieromarin
It’s easy to resent those who give one a disappointing formation, especially where vocation is involved. However, I’ve come to …
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Unhelpful Lines Part 2
Leave a commentMarch 23, 2013 by lucieromarin
1. Our love is so great it has given rise to a new life… This, and its many variants, appears …
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Let’s Not Use These Again – Unhelpful Questions and Comments
2March 19, 2013 by lucieromarin
1. When are you going to have a baby? If you want to help married Catholics end up as roadkill, …
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