Tag Archives: Henri de Lubac

Election Day Thoughts

Posted on November 2, 2020 by Gil Bailie

“Cultures are constituted by the union of the living and the dead in rituals of living memory. Never before … has the authority of the past been sacrificed with a more conscious effort of forgetfulness. Forgetfulness is now the curricular … Continue reading →

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Keeping Faith & Breaking Ground Episode 3: Nothing Remains Intact Without Effort

Posted on April 20, 2020 by Gil Bailie

It is not safe to entrust a doctrinal treasure to the passivity of memory. Intelligence must play a part in its conservation, rediscovering it, so to speak, in the process. Fr. Henri de Lubac, S.J. Recorded in August 2009 at … Continue reading →

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Enthusiastically Ecclesisatic…

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Gil Bailie

“For myself,” said Origen, “I desire to be truly ecclesiastic.” He thought – and rightly – that there was no other way of being a Christian in the full sense. And anyone who is possessed by a similar desire will … Continue reading →

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False Prophets

Posted on February 12, 2020 by Gil Bailie

“A false prophet is not one who predicts false things, but one whose guiding principle is not true … one who fondles the spirit of the age…. He takes up the cause of generous ideas just when these are beginning … Continue reading →

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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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