JD Vance, Thomas Aquinas, and the Ordo Amoris

Godsplaining

Dominican Friars Province of St. Joseph

Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 17 April 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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With his upcoming visit to the Vatican, JD Vance went viral with his talk about Ordo Amoris. But what is the Ordo Amoris? Is it Biblical? What does St. Thomas Aquinas say about it? Am I supposed to love others more than myself? Where does the world of politics fit into the order of love? On this week's episode of Godsplaining, Fr. Gregory and Fr. Patrick teach us the proper order of love. Subscribe to our channelhttps://www.youtube.com/c/Godsplaining Support the Podcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/godsplaining Shop our NEW merch store: https://godsplaining.org/store/ Shop Books Written by the FriarsSt. Dominic's Way of Life: https://www.amazon.com/Saint-Dominics-Way-Life-Knowing/dp/1681929392Prudence: Choose Confidently, Live Boldly: https://www.amazon.com/Prudence-Choose-Confidently-Live-Boldly/dp/1681927322/ Connect on Social MediaFollow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/godsplaining/Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/godsplaining/Follow us on X: https://x.com/godsplaining To learn more about the Province of St. Joseph visit: www.opeast.orgTo support the Province of St. Joseph visit: www.dominicanfriars.org

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0:00.0	This is Father Patrick Briscoe.
0:07.1	And this is Father Gregory Pine.
0:08.4	Welcome to Godsplining.
0:09.4	Thanks to all who support us.
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0:15.0	That makes our project possible.
0:17.3	And otherwise, be sure to like and subscribe to God's planning wherever you listen to your
0:20.9	podcasts.
0:22.7	Father Gregory, I know that you are a man of order. Great order in your life.
0:28.9	Thank you. And I've seen that grow in the years that we've known each other. And I've been
0:36.4	moved to, by the way, you organize your
0:38.6	schedule. And I think that, uh, in part that has brought a certain amount of productivity,
0:47.5	but also freedom. I hope so. To your life. Yeah. You know, it's, it's funny like,
0:53.4	you want to, I mean, maybe you don't want to, but I want to
0:56.2	plan my life well enough, but not too well, because ultimately order is in the service of spontaneity.
1:03.4	Because it's like, what's the point? The point is to be with, to be with God, and to be with each other.
1:08.0	There's like no other point. And if your schedule makes it such that it's hard for you to be with, to be with God and to be with each other. There's like no other point. And if your schedule makes it
1:12.2	such that it's hard for you to be with, to be with God, and to be with each other, then it seems a
1:16.5	little bit silly. It's like, wait a second, you mean to tell me that you're treating life like a series
1:20.2	of tasks to be accomplished? Well, that's not quite the fact or that's not quite the case. And so I like to plan such that I can get the
1:29.6	things done that need be done so that when I'm with the people or even when the people interrupt,
1:33.6	I can be present to them. Sometimes I succeed. A lot of times I fail. But here we are on the way.
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