{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Why G.K. Chesterton Thought St. Gabriel More Glorious Than St. Michael","description":"In 1929, with the world at peace, G.K. Chesterton wrote a prayer to St. Michael, the warrior archangel. For Michaelmas, Grettelyn Darkey and Joe Grabowski read &quot;To St. Michael in Time of Peace&quot; and ask what Chesterton saw coming that made him call on Michael then\u2014and why he still counted Gabriel, stooping to greet a peasant girl, the more glorious angel. In This Episode:  The Pope Leo XIII backstory behind the poem: his Prayer to St. Michael, and a famous 1884 vision no one has traced to a source Why G.K. Chesterton prayed to the warrior archangel in a year of peace: he sensed what he called Prussianism returning The poem's image of St. Michael at the Crucifixion, hand on the hilt, holding back his legions until Christ said &quot;It is finished&quot; Chesterton's warning against a peace kept by money A 1926 G.K.'s Weekly passage where Chesterton, arguing against Nietzsche, calls St. Gabriel stooping to greet the peasant girl more glorious than St. Michael striking down the traitor, and how Joe connects it to the single feast the three archangels now share  Resources Mentioned:  To St. Michael in Time of Peace by G.K. Chesterton Lepanto by G.K. Chesterton Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton &quot;A Word with Dr. Oscar Levy&quot; by G.K. Chesterton, G.K.'s Weekly, October 16, 1926  FOLLOW US  Instagram Facebook X  SUPPORT  Consider making a donation Visit our Shop  Chapters:  00:00: Michaelmas and the Feast of the Archangels 01:43: Oxford's Michaelmas term and the darkening of the year 05:17: St. Michael through the centuries 08:19: Leo XIII and the Prayer to St. Michael 13:38: The 1884 vision: a legend without a source 16:42: &quot;To St. Michael in Time of Peace&quot; (1929) 21:23: St. Michael at the foot of the Cross 25:56: Why invoke St. Michael in time of peace 31:30: Why the archangels belong together 34:14: Michael, Gabriel, and the Sacred Heart 37:09: Humility, Tobit, and the Annunciation 40:18: Michaelmas in Tolkien  Produced by Saint Kolbe Studios Episode art image credit: &quot;St-Michel-Mont-Mercure, Vend\u00e9e&quot;, original photo by Pom', 26 July 2023; on Flickr; CC BY-SA 2.0 ","author_name":"Uncommon Sense","author_url":"https:\/\/sites.libsyn.com\/23918\/site","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/43065038\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/206757823"}