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.
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