Tag Archives: Shakespeare

A Theater of Envy – René Girard & The Bard of Avon: an Albertus Magnus Institute podcast

Posted on September 14, 2021 by Randy Coleman-Riese

It is always encouraging to find others who are working to make the work of René Girard better known. Of course, sometimes the initial excitement is dimmed by finding the approach to and interpretation of mimetic theory reflects the common … Continue reading →

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Waning days of Summer Newsletter

Posted on August 14, 2019 by Randy Coleman-Riese

New to the Cornerstone Forum Store This is the last of Gil Bailie’s Reflections on the works of William Shakespeare – and appropriately The Tempest was the Bard’s final play. All those who have signed up for our episodic email … Continue reading →

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A Prayer Before Meals

Posted on May 19, 2018 by Randy Coleman-Riese

Amid the jarring juxtaposition of a recent school shooting and a royal wedding joining the now too familiar cacophony of daily news, it is the return to prayer that grounds my mind and spirit. And the routine of a prayer … Continue reading →

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Read All About It! – Spring Newsletter

Posted on April 7, 2018 by Randy Coleman-Riese

Free complimentary downloadable MP3 audio – Part 8 of Gil Bailie’s Reflections on St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans WE wish a glorious Easter season to all! – As a special Easter gift to those visiting us here we are … Continue reading →

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Filling the Vacuum….

Posted on January 28, 2017 by Randy Coleman-Riese

Virgil tells Dante what it was that caused the Assyrian Queen, Semiramis, to be tormented in the region of the Inferno reserved for the lustful. Her sin, however, seems to have been more than just lust, which for Dante is … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar

Posted on September 25, 2016 by Randy Coleman-Riese

After having spent the past two and a half years editing and transferring Gil Bailie’s cassette recordings of Reflections on Dante’s Divine Comedy to the world of digital audio, I am now ready to take on the next transition task. … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare’s Sonnet 129

Posted on August 18, 2016 by Randy Coleman-Riese

As an account of our fallen condition and the perennial temptation to escape into a utopian future, has Shakespeare’s sonnet 129 ever been improved upon? Th’ expense of spirit in a waste of shame Is lust in action; and till … Continue reading →

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