Tag Archives: tradition

Maundy Thursday & Richard Wilbur…The Rule

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Gil Bailie

The Rule The oil for extreme unction must be blessed On Maundy Thursday, so the rule has ruled, And by the bishop of the diocese. Does that revolt you? If so, you are free To squat beneath the deadly manchineel, … Continue reading →

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Summer Newsletter & Complimentary Download – King Lear Pt 4

Posted on August 11, 2018 by Randy Coleman-Riese

Here in California it looks like we are in for another difficult and dangerous fire season. The skies are again hazy with the smoke of numerous not too distant blazes. As we pray for those who fight the fires and … Continue reading →

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Calculus

Posted on September 15, 2017 by Randy Coleman-Riese

The school year has begun and many high school and college students are beginning the study of calculus – the mathematical study of continuous change. In the present age, if one lives through all the intimate and personal changes from … Continue reading →

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A Look Back At – Tradition

Posted on May 11, 2017 by Gil Bailie

          The word “tradition” and the word “treason” come from the same root. The very name “modernity” self-consciously used to describe the period of the last several centuries in Western cultural history clearly exemplifies the spirit … Continue reading →

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A Lenten Reflection – The Multiplication Table

Posted on March 2, 2017 by Randy Coleman-Riese

The website The Catholic Thing has published a Lenten reflection by Gil Bailie entitled, The Multiplication Table. It is a classic piece of Gil’s work. I especially appreciate the play of the title and the text. ‘Multiplication table’ is not … Continue reading →

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Kairos, Courage, Love

Posted on December 30, 2016 by Gil Bailie

In his Trojan Horse in the City of God, Dietrich von Hildebrand wrote of the way a particular historical situation compels Christians to speak a perennial truth with special forcefulness. The Greek term for such moments is kairos, what von … Continue reading →

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Utopia

Posted on June 26, 2015 by Randy Coleman-Riese

“Those who advocate Utopia presume that they can become fathers of the future without having been children of the past.” – Hans Urs von Balthasar

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Teaching history…

Posted on May 30, 2015 by Randy Coleman-Riese

“When a nation’s history is poorly taught in schools, ignored by the young, and proudly rejected by qualified elders, awareness of tradition consists only in wanting to destroy it.” – Jacques Barzun

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