19Apr

November 1940: A Distant Mirror

April 19, 2023 Gil Bailie

In the years leading up to the Nazi era, Theodor Haecker published his “Vergil: Father of the West.” In the...

28Mar

The Middle Coming of Christ and René Girard

March 28, 2023 Gil Bailie

For Benedict XVI, the Second Coming of Christ occurs, not only in a final and definitive form, but also in...

21Feb

February 21, 2023 Gil Bailie

Today’s prize for the combination of breadth and depth goes once again to Joseph Ratzinger, whose 1985 analysis of our...

11Feb

February 11, 2023 Gil Bailie

One of the many salient insights to which Benedict XVI/Joseph Ratzinger often alluded was his conviction that when we cease...

02Feb

February 2, 2023 Gil Bailie

“The loss of the humility of being leads to the emergence of a perverse kind of humility, one in which...

07Jan

January 7, 2023 Gil Bailie

I devote a great deal of my morning spiritual reading to rereading books that have become dear to me, many...

30Dec

December 30, 2022 Gil Bailie

At the moment of this posting, Benedict XVI is in his last days or moments on earth. As we hold...

25Dec

December 25, 2022 Gil Bailie

I can’t resist sharing something that I just coincidentally happened upon in my reading this morning, from a book by...

09Dec

December 9, 2022 Gil Bailie

The Cornerstone Forum “The liberal theory of politics is predicated on the assumption that, essentially, the role of government should...

08Dec

December 8, 2022 Gil Bailie

“The question of God’s existence runs, mercury-like, through the discussion and evaluation of all the other questions which stimulate or...