11Jun

The Longing…

June 11, 2019 Gil Bailie

C. S. Lewis C. S. Lewis: The sweetest thing in all my life has been the longing — to reach...

12May

Florilegium

May 12, 2019 Gil Bailie

Paul Evdokimov “Sooner or later, all nihilism destroys itself from within with the frightening question, ‘What for?’ And sexual nihilism...

26Apr

April 26, 2019 Gil Bailie

I gave a short talk at the Good Friday service at my parish on the question of vicarious suffering. I...

18Apr

April 18, 2019 Gil Bailie

The Rule The oil for extreme unction must be blessed On Maundy Thursday, so the rule has ruled, And by...

14Apr

April 14, 2019 Gil Bailie

Just before entering into the spirit of Holy Week, however, I am prompted by a piece about the retrofitting of...

10Apr

April 10, 2019 Gil Bailie

“May God grant my continued understanding of one thing: attachment to the Church’s tradition, far from being a stumbling block...

04Apr

April 4, 2019 Gil Bailie

Charles Péguy “It is one and the same movement which makes people no longer believe in the Republic and no...

29Mar

March 29, 2019 Gil Bailie

Henri de Lubac “The story is told of a priest who, shortly after apostatizing, said to a visitor who...

23Mar

March 23, 2019 Gil Bailie

Joseph Ratzinger Before he became Pope Benedict XVI, Joseph Ratzinger summarized something written by the French mystic and Jewish writer...

21Feb

February 21, 2019 Gil Bailie

Gil Bailie recently gave a presentation at the Convocation of the College of Fellows of the Dominican School of Philosophy...