26Aug

Preserving a Nation . . .

August 26, 2023 Gil Bailie

“The value of the nation is elevated through Christianity, insofar as the higher value of the ‘individual, ‘ the person,...

03Aug

Prophetic insight by Giorgio Agamben

August 3, 2023 Gil Bailie

Written in 2010, Agamben’s comments – though admittedly complex – are profoundly insightful and, sadly, prophetic. “With the eclipse of...

13Jun

June 13, 2023 Gil Bailie

“The greatest risk will result from attempting to be wiser than God has made us, and to outstep in the...

19Apr

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

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...