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

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Royo Marín, O.P., [*Espiritualidad de los Seglares*](https://isidore.co/calibre/#panel=book_details&book_id=7120) 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)