Stay ConnectedBased on the book, “Return to Order” by John Horvat II, this podcast addresses the root causes of the nation’s moral decay and shows how we can return to those God-given institutions and principles that naturally regulate society and put it back in balance.
Hosted by Edwin Benson, Matthew Miller and John Horvat II himself, the Return to Order Moment brings you insights, analysis and information for a culture in crisis.
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Educational theories seldom make it into national news. Critical Race Theory (CRT) is an exception. As many states and localities base curriculum on it, parents openly reject it. Other states are trying to banish any traces of its Marxist influence. Much coverage of CRT is pessimistic, and with good reason. Informing the American public about its harms is critical. However, the situation is not lost. The CRT controversy exposes the left’s true motives – which they desperately want to conceal. Our task is to expose the leftist lies. To read the essays in this podcast. please refer to https://www.returntoorder.org/2021/06/13-ways-christianity-influences-daily-life-that-secularists-hate/, https://www.returntoorder.org/2021/07/with-higher-education-in-crisis-is-it-time-to-discern-a-calling/, and https://www.returntoorder.org/2021/06/defeating-the-arguments-favoring-critical-race-theory-at-public-meetings/. Thank you for listening!
If you want to know what the so-called Democratic Socialists have in mind for the United States, you need only look ninety miles south of Florida. Ever since 1959, Cuba has been ruled by the sort of government that modern leftists crave. If you want to see how well this Socialist Utopia works, you need only look at the demonstrations that rocked Cuban cities. The best way to assist the downtrodden Cuban people escape Socialism is for our government to support those demonstrators. This episode explores the reasons that modern leftists are so enthralled with the Communist regime in Cuba, and urges President Biden to throw the weight of the United States behind the overthrow of the Communists. To read the essays, please refer to https://www.tfp.org/president-biden-end-cubas-communist-regime-once-and-for-all/, https://www.returntoorder.org/2021/07/why-leftists-keep-backing-cubas-communist-regime/, and https://www.tfp.org/10-reasons-to-reject-socialism/. To add your name to our petition drive, please go to www.tfp.org/freecuba.
These are troubling times within the Catholic Church. We look around us and find a curious dilemma. Many Catholic laymen and some of the hierarchy lift high the Church’s timeless traditions. At the same time, the Pope and others among the highest leaders of the Church behave as though these traditions are obstructions to their goals. Mr. James R. Bascom analyzes this curious situation in his essay, President Biden, Holy Communion, and the Catholic Civil War. To read this article and view the footnotes, please refer to https://www.tfp.org/president-biden-holy-communion-and-the-catholic-civil-war/.
“The Big Lie” has long been a key weapon in the Socialist’s arsenal. Publically, they repeatedly profess their support for American values like human rights, freedom of speech, and responsible use of natural resources. At the same time, they promote policies that endanger people, cancel those whose opinions they oppose, and erode our energy infrastructure. This episode of the Return to Order Moment will examine these leftist lies, and the hypocritical words behind them. To read the articles, please refer to https://www.returntoorder.org/2021/06/democrats-dont-say-we-want-socialism-or-to-defund-the-policeeven-when-we-do/, https://www.returntoorder.org/2021/06/an-identity-crisis-at-the-aclu-leads-it-to-discard-the-first-amendment/, and https://www.returntoorder.org/2021/06/how-the-greens-are-taking-down-big-energy-from-within/.
Since the establishment of the Church by Our Lord, 266 men have served as pope. Over those two millennia, many of them left their fingerprints on both the Church and history. For that reason, there is always a good deal of discussion about the legacy of any pope. Most of these idle speculations are worthless. However, very few men have examined the actions of Pope Francis and their importance with a greater scholarly background than Luiz Sérgio Solimeo. This episode of the Return to Order Moment will bring you Mr. Solimeo’s insights into three aspects of Pope Francis’s career. To read the articles and gain access to the footnotes, please follow the links to https://www.tfp.org/for-pope-francis-the-holy-eucharist-is-the-bread-of-sinners-for-saint-thomas-aquinas-it-is-panis-angelorum/, https://www.tfp.org/is-pope-francis-enabling-homo-heresy-inside-the-church/, and https://www.tfp.org/pope-francis-submits-to-religious-leaders-opposed-to-our-lord-jesus-christ/.
What do you see when you watch the television news footage of the ‘mostly peaceful’ demonstrations that have taken place over the last year? Like most people, you probably notice the fires first. However, the next time that you see some of this film, look at the mostly young people doing the protesting. These are haunted faces – hostages of anger and rage. If you asked them why they are so angry, they would probably say something about racism and oppression. But, yet, the vast majority of those protesters are White. Their clothing is that of the middle class. That means that, according to Critical Race Theory, they are among the oppressors. There is good reason to pity those caught up in the insanity of the impulses that the world describes by the four letter word, “woke.” They are spending their lives working toward an illusion of “social justice.” It gnaws at their souls, dooming them to be permanently angry unless they can escape its spell. This episode of the Return to Order Moment examines the bizarre world of “wokeness.” To read the articles, please refer to https://www.returntoorder.org/2021/05/is-moms-apple-pie-a-symbol-of-oppression/, https://www.returntoorder.org/2021/05/is-woke-broke-the-perils-of-living-in-a-parallel-universe/, and https://www.returntoorder.org/2021/06/in-a-world-of-invisible-sculptures-everything-is-crazy/.
The modern world has embraced so-called transgenderism with the fierceness of a mother bear protecting her cubs. That is an apt analogy, because this class of people was an invention of the so-called Gender Studies movement. They pretend to protect human rights, but their real goal is right out of the Karl Marx playbook – the destruction of the traditional family. Mr. James Bascom’s essay, “Why the Book Irreversible Damage Will Not Stop the “Transgendering” of Children,” examines that situation and the ways that it displays realities that the Gender Theorists would prefer that you not know about. Mr. John Horvat describes the likely outcome of that revolution in his essay, “This Is What Will Come After the Transgender Revolution.” To read the articles and see the footnotes in Mr. Bascom's article, please refer to https://www.tfp.org/why-the-book-irreversible-damage-will-not-stop-the-transgendering-of-children/?PKG=TFP210601&utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=How+Liberal+Law+Can+Destroy+Business&utm_campaign=TFP210601+-++How+Liberal+Law+Can+Destroy+Business&vgo_ee=RzhDWAj2ZtedKt6qm5Yg%2FTpxdzkQNl9LgdxZ9pnzLRY%3D and https://www.returntoorder.org/2019/07/this-is-what-will-come-after-the-transgender-revolution/.
Modern Americans often treat History as a kind of Trivial Pursuit game, only played by those who enjoy such esoteric pursuits. In reality, History is far more important. In the best sense, it is the story of God’s providence for humanity, the capstone of His creation, as described in the book of Genesis. Indeed, much of Holy Scripture consists of books of History. In today's podcast, Mr. John Horvat explores this providential idea of history and compares it to the political situation in the early twenty-first century. Then, Mr. Edwin Benson discusses the secularist urgency to replace God and everythign supernatural with their idea of an all-powerful state. In the last essay, Mr. Horvat discusses the need to return to a sense of Natural Law, especially in light of the Supreme Court's Bostock v. Clayton County decision. To read the essays, please refer to: https://www.returntoorder.org/2021/01/recovering-a-providential-vision-of-history-after-the-election/ https://www.returntoorder.org/2021/04/a-battle-plan-for-defeating-the-secularist-state-religion/ https://www.returntoorder.org/2020/06/natural-law-judges-are-the-only-way-to-save-the-judiciary/
The Crusaders of the Middle Ages shed their blood to free the Sepulcher of Our Lord Jesus Christ from the hands of the infidels and to establish a Christian kingdom in the Holy Land. Those of us who have not been called upon to shed our blood like these martyrs can, and must, pray and act to free the world not only from the errors of Communism and Islam, but also those of the cultural revolution sweeping the West, possibly toward persecution as well. Our constant aim should be to restore the Kingdom of Christ, that His will may be done “on earth as it is in Heaven.” The principles for the restoration of Christendom are what Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira outlines in the article we present here. To read the article, go to https://www.tfp.org/magazines/crusade_mag_vol_49.pdf (pages 13-19).
Perhaps no pope – certainly no pope in modern history – has persistently created controversy and concern among faithful Catholics than the current pontiff, Pope Francis. The pope is given to words and gestures that are often ambiguous. Then, he refuses to clarify the concerns that his conduct raises. Within those raised to respect the office of the Papacy and its occupants throughout history, Pope Francis’s attitude creates great conflict. During Holy Week Two Thousand Twenty-one, he placed a picture of Our Resurrected Lord leaning over the body of the traitorous disciple, Judas. Again, both Catholics and non-believers are left to wonder, what can such a gesture mean? In this podcast, the renowned Catholic scholar and author, Luiz Sérgio Solimeo, examines both the pope’s action and its implications. To read the article, please go to https://www.returntoorder.org/2021/05/pope-francis-and-his-obscene-judas-painting/.
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