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Margaret of Scotland’s Lessons on Immigration and Compassion

November 16, 2021 By Rosemary Thomas Leave a Comment

An American friend recently introduced me to Ted Lasso — a comedy series about an American football coach who is brought over to the UK to […]

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Filed Under: Saints Tagged With: Church of England, immigration, Lesser Feasts and Fasts, saints

Re-Imagining Mary

December 16, 2018 By Rosemary Thomas 3 Comments

Mary was a distant figure for me before having children. As a child she was the part in the nativity I never got to play (my short brown hair meant that I always lost out to my long blond-haired friends). As an adult, to me she was the venerated saint of Catholics, whose hailing brought a comfort I did not understand. I knew she was important, but I could not relate to her.

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Filed Under: Parenting, Saints Tagged With: Mary, motherhood, nativity, poetry, pregnancy

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