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…will he find faith on the earth?

Posted on February 11, 2019 by Randy Coleman-Riese

In a post from late last year the question Jesus poses in Luke 18:8 regarding the Son of Man’s return and what he might expect to find was left for us to ponder. The steady receding of many of the … Continue reading →

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Feb 1st & 2nd at DSPT: The Role of the Laity in the Church

Posted on January 25, 2019 by Randy Coleman-Riese

    Gil Bailie will be one of the featured speakers at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley at the 10th annual convocation of the College of Fellows held on Friday and Saturday February 1st and 2nd. … Continue reading →

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Keep the Faith

Posted on January 19, 2019 by Gil Bailie

Here is something Joseph Ratzinger told an interviewer in 1996, before he became pope: “ . . . the church lives not only synchronically but diachronically, as well. This means that it is always all—even the dead—who live and are … Continue reading →

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What is Orthodoxy?

Posted on January 16, 2019 by Randy Coleman-Riese

Gil Bailie reviews a recent release from Angelico Press: This is an immensely important work which has the potential of enriching and deepening the ecumenical conversation. The scholarly density of the text is regularly interrupted by almost breathtaking moments of … Continue reading →

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Looking ahead . . .

Posted on January 10, 2019 by Gil Bailie

In the preface to his translation of Thomas à Kempis’ The Imitation of Christ, William C. Creasy sketched the historical circumstances in which the book was written: “When Thomas wrote The Imitation, he saw a world in deep conflict, a … Continue reading →

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The Catholic meaning of the church

Posted on January 4, 2019 by Gil Bailie

    In an interview in 1985, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger – the future Pope Benedict XVI – to his interviewer:   “My impression is that the authentically Catholic meaning of the reality ‘church’ is tacitly disappearing, without being expressly rejected. … Continue reading →

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A Girard Christmas Card

Posted on December 24, 2018 by Randy Coleman-Riese

This excerpt from the Hoover Institute’s Uncommon Knowledge series in which Peter Robinson interviews René Girard was recorded in 2010. We make it available at this time of year in celebration of the Christmas feast which also coincides with the … Continue reading →

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The House of Broken Dreams

Posted on December 19, 2018 by Randy Coleman-Riese

And now for something completely different….A Christmas story courtesy of Bob Dylan and Roland Janes: The story linked to below was posted on the Bob Dylan website in August of 2017. It is one of those rambling narratives reflective of … Continue reading →

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Paradox

Posted on December 11, 2018 by Randy Coleman-Riese

In the Gospel reading for Monday of the Second week of Advent Jesus heals a paralytic who has been lowered down through the ceiling of the crowded room where Our Lord has been teaching. It is a well-known story. Luke … Continue reading →

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A Recent Review of God’s Gamble

Posted on December 7, 2018 by Randy Coleman-Riese

It has been over two years since Gil Bailie’s book God’s Gamble: The Gravitational Power of Crucified Love was published by Angelico Press. In that period the book has been reviewed a number of times, most recently by Fr. Dwight … Continue reading →

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