1. Psychosis – Not an Issue in Pastoral Care

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    April 5, 2018 by lucieromarin

    At the zenith of my director’s exorcistic activity, I started hearing voices presenting outside my head. I heard those voices …
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  2. Why I Like Monks

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    March 22, 2018 by lucieromarin

    Yesterday, on the Feast of St Benedict, the slackest Benedictine in the world received the latest copy of In Coenaculo …
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  3. The Really Odd Thing is…

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    March 20, 2018 by lucieromarin

    …that everyone knows that a prisoner is imprisoned. He can’t just go wandering about from parish to parish to find …
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  4. St Patrick – Not a Tipsy Leprechaun

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    March 16, 2018 by lucieromarin

    The Feast of St Patrick is not for binge-drinking and dancing jigs in silly hats. That’s because it’s not about …
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  5. Postscript about Heaven

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    March 13, 2018 by lucieromarin

    An impious opinionatrix remarked on the words in the previous post, “…but I do want to see him in Heaven.” …
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  6. Forgiveness as the Sister of Justice

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    March 11, 2018 by lucieromarin

    While looking into the possibility of legal action against my former director, I discovered that his file about me had …
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  7. Lessons Learned Along the Way

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    March 6, 2018 by lucieromarin

    Being on the right side of a reward-and-punishment system is not the same as being loved. Being found useful is …
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  8. Maronite Fast. Maronite Slow.

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    March 2, 2018 by lucieromarin

    Or: How to Confuse Your Friday – Bi-ritual Lent cont’d. Forget to check your Maronite liturgical calendar (or, possibly, forget …
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  9. Thread as a Primitive Magic

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    February 25, 2018 by lucieromarin

    Once, after a session of spiritual direction, I took my crochet hook and my yarn from my bag. “Do you …
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  10. Carnivore Eats Plants: A Tale with Recipes

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    February 18, 2018 by lucieromarin

    This is the story of what happens when a bone-lazy Australian-Hungarian descendant of Magyar aristocracy attempts the Maronite observance of …
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