07Jan

The Saintly Benedict XVI

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

A Tribute to Benedict XVI

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...

07Dec

December 7, 2022 Gil Bailie

“The anonymous medium of language can be harmed by incessant lying and thus become unsuitable for inscribing one’s personal truth...

06Dec

December 6, 2022 Gil Bailie

For years I have quoted this poem by Louis Simpson, a gifted poet and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for...

22Nov

November 22, 2022 Gil Bailie

In his reflections on Augustine’s The City of God Hans Urs von Balthasar makes the following remark, an essential one...

29Oct

October 29, 2022 Gil Bailie

Reviewing the manuscript on which I am now working, I came upon one of Joseph Ratzinger’s beautiful insights. I would...

25Oct

October 25, 2022 Gil Bailie

“Present-day thought is leading us in the direction of the valley of death, and it is cataloguing the dry bones...