Tag Archives: Henri de Lubac

From the archives: Just Before Entering Holy Week

Posted on April 14, 2019 by Gil Bailie

Just before entering into the spirit of Holy Week, however, I am prompted by a piece about the retrofitting of the Lord’s Prayer by a group calling itself the “Non-Theistic Liturgy Resources Working Group” at St. Stephen’s College in Edmonton, … Continue reading →

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A Thirst for Communion

Posted on March 29, 2019 by Gil Bailie

  “The story is told of a priest who, shortly after apostatizing, said to a visitor who was about to congratulate him: ‘From now onward I am no more than a philosopher – in other words, a man alone.’ It … Continue reading →

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Some Thoughts to Ponder…

Posted on March 23, 2019 by Gil Bailie

Before he became Pope Benedict XVI, Joseph Ratzinger summarized something written by the French mystic and Jewish writer Simone Weil… “People recognize the good only when they themselves do it. They recognize the evil only when they do not do … Continue reading →

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The Crutch of Disbelief

Posted on December 21, 2016 by Gil Bailie

Many people believe either that Christianity is nonsense or that any form of it that would be recognizable to the Christians of the past is too out of step with the age and too politically dangerous to be tolerated. They … Continue reading →

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The Obedience of Faith

Posted on November 29, 2016 by Randy Coleman-Riese

“Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” Matthew 6:21 That, it seems to me, is the synoptic analogue for Paul’s references to “the obedience of faith” in his Letter to the Romans (1:5; 16:26). As for the … Continue reading →

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The anguish of Pascal

Posted on November 1, 2015 by Randy Coleman-Riese

“If we want to understand the anguish of Pascal, let us make an effort to recall the critical situation created at that time for the Christian Faith by the new orientation of the human mind. Many, within the Church, suspected … Continue reading →

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Liberation of man…social emancipation

Posted on October 30, 2015 by Randy Coleman-Riese

For those who speak of being on the right or wrong side of history — that old Hegelian-Marxist axiom — the renown French theologian has a reminder: “‘Liberation of man,’ understood as a social emancipation, is a human undertaking which, … Continue reading →

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The Human Problem…

Posted on October 6, 2015 by Randy Coleman-Riese

“Without God, without this personal and transcendent God in the world, this Spirit and Father God, who reveals himself first to Abraham, to Moses and to the prophets and who is made definitively manifest in Jesus, this God of the … Continue reading →

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Western Civilization and Christianity

Posted on October 4, 2015 by Randy Coleman-Riese

“Let us state to begin with that our European civilization is basically Christian. It would be foolish to seek another basis for it. It is no less foolishly irresponsible than thinking we could maintain it at all costs, coping with … Continue reading →

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A Sunday morning thought . . .

Posted on June 7, 2015 by Randy Coleman-Riese

The great French theologian, Henri de Lubac, insisted that Christianity is deeply paradoxical. Here’s one of the paradoxes from an early twentieth century German theologian:   “No human authority, no extraneous personality, may stand between Christ and the believing subject. … Continue reading →

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