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Gil Bailie

28Nov
A Civilizational Crisis

A Civilizational Crisis

November 28, 2023 Gil Bailie Blog
Bari Weiss delivered a lecture at The Federalist Society * on November 10, 2023, in which she gave what I...
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26Aug

Preserving a Nation . . .

August 26, 2023 Gil Bailie Blog
“The value of the nation is elevated through Christianity, insofar as the higher value of the ‘individual, ‘ the person,...
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03Aug
Prophetic insight by Giorgio Agamben

Prophetic insight by Giorgio Agamben

August 3, 2023 Gil Bailie Blog
Written in 2010, Agamben’s comments – though admittedly complex – are profoundly insightful and, sadly, prophetic. “With the eclipse of...
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13Jun

Attempting to be wiser than God made us . . .

June 13, 2023 Gil Bailie Blog
“The greatest risk will result from attempting to be wiser than God has made us, and to outstep in the...
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19Apr
November 1940: A Distant Mirror

November 1940: A Distant Mirror

April 19, 2023 Gil Bailie Blog
In the years leading up to the Nazi era, Theodor Haecker published his “Vergil: Father of the West.” In the...
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28Mar
The Middle Coming of Christ and René Girard

The Middle Coming of Christ and René Girard

March 28, 2023 Gil Bailie Blog
For Benedict XVI, the Second Coming of Christ occurs, not only in a final and definitive form, but also in...
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21Feb
Truth as the Reigning Principle

Truth as the Reigning Principle

February 21, 2023 Gil Bailie Blog
Today’s prize for the combination of breadth and depth goes once again to Joseph Ratzinger, whose 1985 analysis of our...
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11Feb

True and False, Good and Evil

February 11, 2023 Gil Bailie Blog
One of the many salient insights to which Benedict XVI/Joseph Ratzinger often alluded was his conviction that when we cease...
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02Feb

Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, 1985

February 2, 2023 Gil Bailie Blog
“The loss of the humility of being leads to the emergence of a perverse kind of humility, one in which...
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07Jan

The Saintly Benedict XVI

January 7, 2023 Gil Bailie Blog
I devote a great deal of my morning spiritual reading to rereading books that have become dear to me, many...
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