25Dec MERRY CHRISTMAS December 25, 2022 Gil Bailie Blog I can’t resist sharing something that I just coincidentally happened upon in my reading this morning, from a book by...Read more
09Dec Freedom Anchored in Moral Order December 9, 2022 Gil Bailie Blog The Cornerstone Forum “The liberal theory of politics is predicated on the assumption that, essentially, the role of government should...Read more
08Dec The Unavoidable God Question December 8, 2022 Gil Bailie Blog “The question of God’s existence runs, mercury-like, through the discussion and evaluation of all the other questions which stimulate or...Read more
07Dec Disintegration of Language December 7, 2022 Gil Bailie Blog “The anonymous medium of language can be harmed by incessant lying and thus become unsuitable for inscribing one’s personal truth...Read more
06Dec Louis Simpson December 6, 2022 Gil Bailie Blog For years I have quoted this poem by Louis Simpson, a gifted poet and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for...Read more
22Nov Augustine’s Political Archetype November 22, 2022 Gil Bailie Blog In his reflections on Augustine’s The City of God Hans Urs von Balthasar makes the following remark, an essential one...Read more
29Oct Religious Education October 29, 2022 Gil Bailie Blog Reviewing the manuscript on which I am now working, I came upon one of Joseph Ratzinger’s beautiful insights. I would...Read more
25Oct Awaiting the breath of the Spirit October 25, 2022 Gil Bailie Blog “Present-day thought is leading us in the direction of the valley of death, and it is cataloguing the dry bones...Read more
08Oct An Objectively Apocalyptic Situation October 8, 2022 Gil Bailie Blog “No one takes the trouble to reflect uncompromisingly about the enigma of a historical situation that is without precedent: the...Read more
22Sep The Catholic Church, American labor unions, and the New Left September 22, 2022 Gil Bailie Blog Our friend, Fr. George Schultze, is a spiritual director at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Jerusalem and the Latin Patriarchal...Read more
MERRY CHRISTMAS
Freedom Anchored in Moral Order
The Unavoidable God Question
Disintegration of Language
Louis Simpson
Augustine’s Political Archetype
Religious Education
Awaiting the breath of the Spirit
An Objectively Apocalyptic Situation
The Catholic Church, American labor unions, and the New Left