Roger Buck: Ep 25 - The Gentle Traditionalist: the Opening (+ Personal Notes)

This video comes in TWO DISTINCT PARTS.

After that, a *very different* section of personal commentary follows, regarding the Catholic Mystery, the dehumanisation of our computerised media-saturated society as well as the hope of Saints and Angels interceding for us.

Other themes in the video include Catholic Ireland and France, the Latin Mass, Catholic conversion, the New Age Movement and the love of Christ and Our Lady.

THE GENTLE TRADITIONALIST

"As brilliant a guide for the perplexed as this age is capable of producing” — Charles A. Coulombe

COR JESU SACRATISSIMUM: From Secularism and the New Age to Christendom Renewed

"Spiritually rich meditations on politics, economics, social movements, modernity, the spiritual dangers of our age, and the eternal mysterium of the Church. Roger Buck, with great clarity, holds our times up to a mirror and shows us our own faces.” - Michael Martin

His third book THE GENTLE TRADITIONALIST RETURNS is just out!

"I hugely enjoyed The Gentle Traditionalist and ended up distributing many copies of it to friends and family. I was therefore overjoyed to see a sequel, though also a bit anxious, because sequels can sometimes be disappointing.

The new book succeeds immensely. The new story features the same unique combination of whimsy and surprise, keen social commentary, and deft argumentation. This one has more pathos, draws its characters more fully, and sustains a more serious tone throughout, though never descending into preachiness. The tragedy of Ireland, the plight of the unborn, and the self-disembowelment of the Church are particularly prominent themes.

In the central part of the story, GT (the Gentle Traditionalist) skewers a New Age activist, though the latter is too besotted with himself to realize he's been made a fool of. In the process, GT exposes political and cultural connections most Christians have never heard of, much less reckoned with. (The lengthy appendix, where Buck drops the story and simply expounds the penetration of Eastern esotericism into the West, is worth the price of the book all by itself.) - Peter A. Kwasniewski

[Cinemadamenic]

Thank you for this, Roger. I sympathise entirely with your fears about the social media empires (and all the world's engines of power), and the difficulty of casting oneself loose from them, but I agree with you too as to where we are to find consolation, which (alleluia!) is also where we find the truth. Greetings from London and wishing you a happy and blessed Christmas.

[daniell.devine]

Bravo Roger, so glad to see you back with another video! You and Kim both are remembered often in my prayers.

[briandelaney]

Thank you for that Roger.
You really should think about recording the full book as an audiobook. You read it so well

[kimmariabuck]

Great video about a GREAT book! Shame not enough people know how great ; - )

[RogerBuck]

Please would you consider sharing this video online and hitting the like button, if you liked it? This will really help me and the work I'm trying to do.

[hglundahl]

Some New Age community in Scotland ... ha!