If St. John the Baptist were preaching today...
A Voice Crying Out in the Wasteland of the West
Repent! For the order of God has been cast aside, and the land staggers beneath the weight of its rebellion.
You ask why peace has fled your homes, why authority is mocked, why every bond dissolves into struggle. I tell you plainly: it is because self-will has been enthroned and the order of God despised.
Once, authority flowed downward like living water. God ruled. Christ reigned. The Church taught. Fathers led. Women obeyed their husbands, children learned obedience, and households stood firm. This was not tyranny—it was order. It was not degradation—it was harmony. It was not silence—it was peace.
But when men rejected the highest authority—when the world defied the Church and scorned her crown—every lesser authority soon followed. What began as rebellion against the Vicar of Christ became rebellion against kings, then fathers, then husbands, then any rule at all.
The Protestant revolt crowned private judgment. Democracy enthroned the multitude. And now each man is his own law, each household a contest of wills.
Hear this without softening: God is not the author of chaos. Where hierarchy is rejected, peace cannot dwell. Where paternal authority is denied and marital order is overturned, families fracture. Where obedience is mocked, disorder multiplies.
The sickness is grave. The medicine is bitter.
Return to the order God ordained. Let fathers lead. Let wives honor their husbands in obedience. Let children obey their parents. Let rulers govern as servants of God. Let the Church stand unashamed in her hierarchy—priests obeying bishops, bishops obeying the Pope, all submitting to Divine will.
The axe is already at the root. Neutrality will not save you.
Repent of self-rule. Submit to God’s order. Restore what was broken—before the wilderness claims what remains.
A voice has cried out. Whether the West will listen remains the final question.