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Non-mariées: à celles qui s'en vont solitaires (12ᵉ éd.)

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Royo Marín, O.P., Espiritualidad de los Seglares pp. 536-43 (PDF pp. 519-526), "Artículo 4 .— Una palabra a las solteras", cites this "magnífica obra ".

After explaining why he speaks of solter a s and not solter o s (∵ "El hombre puede contraer matrimonio siempre que quiera; la mujer, no siempre "; "A man can marry whenever he wants: a woman, not always"), Fr. Royo Marín briefly explains Grimaud's division of solteras :

the

  1. généeuses (generosas , generous) → eunuchs for the Kingdom of God (Mt. 19:12)
  2. apeurées (tímidas , timid) → "eunuchs, who were made so by" themselves?
  3. malchanceuses (desgraciadas , unfortunate) → "eunuchs, who were made so by [other] men"?
  4. maladroites (inhábiles , inept) → "eunuchs, who were born so from their mothers womb"?

Their afflictions (amarguras)

  1. seule (soledad, loneliness)
  2. inassouvie (insatisfacción personal, personal discontent)
  3. inoccupée (ociosidad, laziness)
  4. tentée (tentación, temptation)