Tag Archives: George Bernanos

Civilization & Barbarism

Posted on July 21, 2019 by Gil Bailie

Hans Urs von Balthasar, quoting and commenting on observations of the French novelist George Bernanos: “The thing we still call ‘civilization’ has outstripped every form of barbarism in accomplishing works of destruction. It now threatens to destroy, not only the … Continue reading →

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The Role of the Laity

Posted on February 21, 2019 by Gil Bailie

Gil Bailie recently gave a presentation at the Convocation of the College of Fellows of the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley. Following are some excerpts: My remarks take their point of departure and borrow their resolve from … Continue reading →

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Spiritual Adventure

Posted on October 9, 2018 by Gil Bailie

    I am no George Bernanos, but what the French novelist said about the condition of a Christian writer conforms to my own experience:   “If the good Lord really wants you to bear witness, you must expect to … Continue reading →

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Destiny…Man’s and God’s Kingdom

Posted on April 27, 2016 by Randy Coleman-Riese

Where others saw only superficial politics, Bernanos saw man’s eternal destiny and, indeed, the destiny of God’s Kingdom at stake. Just as an individual sins, plunges into the abyss, undergoes conversion, and confesses his wrongdoing, so too a country in … Continue reading →

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Our hidden faults…

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Randy Coleman-Riese

The great misfortune is that the justice of men always comes too late. It represses or stigmatizes certain acts, without ever tracing these either higher or farther back than the person who has committed them. But our hidden faults poison … Continue reading →

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“Joy is in the gift of the Church”

Posted on April 16, 2016 by Randy Coleman-Riese

The shabbiest tuppeny doll will rejoice a baby’s heart for half the year, but your mature gentleman’ll go yawning his head off at a five-hundred franc gadget. And why? Because he has lost the soul of childhood. Well, God has … Continue reading →

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Poverty

Posted on March 12, 2016 by Randy Coleman-Riese

The great Catholic theologian, Hans Urs von Balthasar, quoting in passing the great Catholic novelist and essayist, George Bernanos: “The worst thing is that the rich have dishonored the poor in a new way: they have absorbed the poor into … Continue reading →

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