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In Third Place…
Leave a commentDecember 5, 2012 by lucieromarin
Third place, and the title ‘Bronze Queen of Not Having the Vocation You Want’ goes to to Archangela Tarrabotti, a …
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She Certainly Never Guessed…
Leave a commentDecember 4, 2012 by lucieromarin
… that she’d end up as the name of an asteroid! On a related note, I was making a list …
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Vocation: Nothing’s Inevitable
Leave a commentDecember 3, 2012 by lucieromarin
It has become commonplace to present vocation discernment something along these lines: Pray. Eventually, hear the Voice of God. Meet …
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Modesty: A Less Weird and Angry Approach
Leave a commentDecember 1, 2012 by lucieromarin
Alas! If you are going to move in Catholics circles, you are going to hear lots of other people’s thoughts …
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Modesty, and Why Men Talk Like That About It
Leave a commentNovember 29, 2012 by lucieromarin
A recent post over at Charming Disarray – in which the writer describes having to argue with Catholics against wife-beating …
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No Gyrovagues!
Leave a commentNovember 27, 2012 by lucieromarin
Some years ago, a young man of my acquaintance invited the Missionary Sisters of Charity to a University O-Week. They …
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Taught, Sold, or Chosen
3November 24, 2012 by lucieromarin
There are two ways (other than prayer!) by which to combat a widespread vocations crisis. One is education. The other …
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What God Loves About Your Past
1November 21, 2012 by lucieromarin
It is certainly not a tenet of the Catholic faith that life only becomes valuable on the day you marry …
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What Should I Do?
4November 18, 2012 by lucieromarin
The speaker: someone I no longer think of as a good friend, but with whom I am still on polite …
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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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