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Dear Friends,
I just returned from a trip to northern California, during which I had a lovely visit with René and Martha Girard, attended a presentation at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology by Fr. Luke Buckles, OP, had lunch with DSPT president, Fr. Michael Sweeney, and had a couple of beautiful days in Sonoma with my children and grandchildren.
I return to postponed chores and responsibilities, but before diving into them I would like to share a few things that we have posted to our Facebook page for those who have chosen (wisely?) to forgo such things.
There are two links to the two-part series on religious liberty questions written by Melissa Moschella earlier this week. I highly recommend them, especially the first one.
Earlier, among the things we posted were these two brief items, to each of which René Girard's work lends anthropological credence:
"To overcome man's efforts at self-destruction is no small matter for God. ... He did not overcome our death through omnipotence but by descending into death's powerlessness. ... Paul hopes that we will imitate this, at least in a broad sense, by giving out of our material power to those who are needy to the extent that we at least achieve the sort of 'balance' that suits a fraternal attitude. To this end, Jesus' example of descent from complete wealth to utter poverty ought to serve as an, admittedly unattainable, ideal." - Hans Urs von Balthasar
"Jesus Christ is the ... great hidden key to human history and the part we play in it." - Pope Paul VI
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Thank you as always for your interest in our work and especially for your prayers and support. I'm tremendously grateful.
With gratitude and affection,
Gil Bailie
 
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