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Our Christmas gift to you is a meditation by the only diocesan parish priest to have been canonized a Saint – indeed, he is the patron Saint of Parish Priests. Saint John Marie Vianney (1786-1859) is known to many as the Cure d’Ars. His priesthood began in August 1815, only two months after the Battle of Waterloo. The Church in France lay in tatters after the disaster of the French Revolution and the Reign of Napoleon. After a quarter-century of turmoil, many Frenchmen had forgotten whatever training in the Faith they had before 1789. It fell to priests like the Cure d’Ars to restore the Faith to those who lost it during the tumult. Here is a sermon given by Saint John Vianney on Christmas Day. It comes from a marvelous book, The Sermons of the Cure d'Ars: For the Sundays and Feasts of the Year, published by Mediatrix Press, which has graciously given permission for The Return to Order Moment to bring it to you. The book is available through the Mediatrix Press website at https://mediatrixpress.com/product/sermons-of-the-cure-dars-for-the-sundays-of-the-year/.
Critical Race Theory has been called “an idea that is so absurd that only an intellectual could believe it.” Indeed, many intellectuals and pseudo-intellectuals do believe it – and many of them are helping to inflict Critical Race Theory on America’s children. Critical Race Theory is part of the so-called woke movement. Wokeness, in turn, is a component of the so-called Social Justice narrative that afflicts modern America. Why do so many people listen to the siren song of Social Justice? What can be done to preserve the remnants of American Christian society? To read the essays in their original format, please use the following links: A Glimpse into the Minds of “Social Justice Warriors” at the University of Texas (returntoorder.org) Is an Anti-Woke University in the Middle of Weird Austin Enough? (returntoorder.org) For Those Fighting Left-Wing Critical Race Theory, the Future is Local and Vocal (returntoorder.org)
President Biden is the epitome of a breed that is sometimes called the “cafeteria Catholic.” He claims belief and frequently attends Holy Mass. Yet at the same time, his actions and political positions fly in the face of Catholic teaching. That is most apparent in his promotion of procured abortion, but it does not stop there. President Biden’s vision is thoroughly modernist. It is in line with the so-called “spirit of Vatican II.” At the same time, it has little in common with the faith of his working-class forbearers – of whom he claims to be so proud. This contradiction is apparent in several aspects of his presidency. Three of them are discussed in this podcast. To read the essays presented here in their original form, and to see the footnotes in Mr. Solimeo's essay, please refer to teh following links: https://www.returntoorder.org/2021/11/did-pope-francis-tell-president-biden-to-continue-receiving-holy-communion/ https://www.returntoorder.org/2021/05/the-family-is-the-only-thing-missing-in-bidens-american-families-plan/ https://www.returntoorder.org/2021/05/the-president-jumps-into-the-critical-race-theory-battle/.
There is nothing more basic than the fight between good and evil. Everything else in life hinges on the monumental struggle between God and Satan. Indeed, most people define their lives based on which side they embrace. Until recently, Satan’s favorite tactic was to convince people that he did not exist. This turned on the idea that Satan does not need for people to swear allegiance to him. He only needs to prevent people from following God. However, in the past few years, Satan has made himself far more prominent. This podcast looks at three weapons that Christians have at their disposal in the war against Satan - exorcism, confidence in Our Lady, and the angels. To read the articles in their original form, please use the following links - https://www.returntoorder.org/2021/10/exorcist-reveals-strongest-weapons-in-war-on-satan/, https://www.returntoorder.org/2021/10/how-lepanto-teaches-us-to-confide-in-our-lady/, and https://www.returntoorder.org/2021/09/understanding-saint-gabriel-by-his-high-mission/.
The Leftists’ War on Culture continues unabated, even while the leftists themselves deny that it is happening. All around us, we see the wreckage of cultural institutions that were once thought to be unassailable. At the same time, the left tries to convince us that everything is fine – in fact, they tell us that it is getting better by the minute! In this podcast, we focus on three aspects of the peculiar world of the "woke." The first essay looks at the implications of the 2021 Virginia elections, and especially the role that social issues played in it. Then, we turn to the "National Sex Education Standards," which have no connection to any national or state organization, other than those that promote promiscuity, The third topic looks at the self-destructive behavior of liberal institutions - in this case the Art Institute of Chicago - when they are confronted with "woke" demands. To read the essays in their original form, please use the following links - https://www.returntoorder.org/2021/11/the-war-on-the-culture-war-flares-up-again/, https://www.returntoorder.org/2021/11/why-sex-ed-teachers-are-thrilled-with-return-to-in-person-learning/, and https://www.returntoorder.org/2021/11/when-radicals-turned-on-centrists-at-chicago-art-institute/.
Most modern day people are unfamiliar with an old and erroneous set of ideas called Gnosticism. Yet, as you will hear, Gnosticism is the root of the errors that modern society faces. Both Communism and the Sexual Revolution have their roots in Gnosticism. Since modernism and post-modernism are the spawn of Communism and the Sexual Revolution, they can be called the descendants of this ancient heresy. Long-time TFP supporter, Mr. Vincent Gorre explores both the root and the branches of Gnosticism. To read this essay, please use the following link - https://www.tfp.org/gnosticism-the-force-behind-the-chaos/ . Thank you for listening.
Until recently, the word woke was a past tense verb – as in the sentence, “He woke at dawn.” Now it is a noun, and a very destructive noun at that. The word is a kind of shorthand term that describes both leftists and the Marxist society into which they want to plunge us. As with most leftist ideas, “Wokeness” germinated for a long time before emerging into the light. It sat in the compost heap of modern academia and grew deep roots. Then, it matured and sent its shoots out into the wider culture. Today, the Return to Order Moment examines the culture of the Woke. To read the essays in their original published form, please go to https://www.returntoorder.org/2021/07/an-invitation-to-awaken-to-the-woke-revolution-around-us/, https://www.returntoorder.org/2021/10/why-woke-warriors-aim-to-strangle-classical-music/, and https://www.returntoorder.org/2021/10/how-lgbtq-activists-attack-birdwatchers-as-subversives/. Thank you for listening.
All of the world’s societies draw near a crossroad. A time of decision approaches. Will we continue down the absurd and selfish path that society has taken for the past several centuries? Or will we take a careful look at the signs, and select a new path? These questions are too large to be answered in a half-hour podcast. All we can do here is to raise the question and suggest a course of action. That is our purpose. There are real answers and even some signs that a guarded optimism is in order. To read the essays in their original published form, please follow these links - https://www.returntoorder.org/2021/10/why-metaphysics-can-fix-this-mess-america/, https://www.returntoorder.org/2021/10/why-the-abortion-and-transgender-issues-are-two-sides-of-the-same-coin/, and https://www.returntoorder.org/2021/10/what-will-a-post-roe-america-look-like/. Thank you for listening.
In Two Thousand Nineteen, Pope Francis began discussing a set of ideas that have come to be referred to as “The Economy of Francesco.” Vatican News described it as, “a worldwide movement of young people who aim to change the current economic models and craft a future that is more inclusive and just.” As the idea has taken shape over the last two years, one aspect of it is becoming increasingly apparent. Throughout the discussion, there is little, if any, discussion of the supernatural power of God or of humanity’s need to rely upon Him as the source of all that is good. While such omissions are commonplace in economic plans drafted by governments and other secular organizations, they are startling when they are inspired – indeed even named after – the world’s best known religious leader. This episode examines the many ways in which "The Economy of Francesco" is really more a prescription for Socialism, rather than a moral and ethical framework.
Today, the Return to Order Moment is honored to bring you two essays written by the founder of the international TFP Movement, Professor Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira. Both essays describe the virtues and actions of Popes named Gregory. However, their names, their loyalty to the Catholic Faith, and the fact that both occupied the Throne of Saint Peter are all that these two men have in common. Four Hundred years separated them, and the problems that they faced were very different. The first is Pope Gregory the First, usually known as Saint Gregory the Great. Pope Saint Gregory the Great was so influential that fifteen subsequent popes took his name. Not all of them lived up to his example, but one in particular did. He was also canonized a saint, Gregory the Seventh. Pope Saint Gregory the Seventh was born about the year 1015. He was Pope for twelve years – from 1073 to 1085. Professor Plinio summed up his importance in the title of an essay that he wrote in 1972, Saint Gregory the Seventh, the Pope Par Excellence. One quick note, in two places Professor Plinio refers to Pope Paul the Sixth, who was pope at the time this essay was written. Certainly, it takes little imagination to substitute Pope Francis’s name, for the situations that Professor Plinio describes still exist today.
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