by Michael Vento | Oct 18, 2024 | Uncategorized
Throughout history, literature has played a crucial role in forming (and deforming) civilizations. Postmodernism produced a plethora of works espousing skepticism and relativism, and we see the destructive results all around us. It forces us to seek out literary works...
by Michael Vento | Jul 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
Are you looking for hope in the troubled times in which we live? “I expect to die in bed, my successor will die in prison and his successor will die a martyr in the public square. His successor will pick up the shards of a ruined society and slowly help...
by Michael Vento | Jul 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
Pope Benedict put his profound knowledge of Scripture to work in identifying the Old Testament texts used by the evangelists when writing of Christ’s crucifixion. Chief among them, spanning the entire Passion narrative, were Isaiah 53 and Psalm 22 (Jesus of Nazareth:...
by Michael Vento | Jan 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
It is obviously popular to question the historicity of the Gospels’ portrait of Jesus. Scholars who practice the historical-critical method of biblical study devoid of faith – and thus rejecting the possibility that God entered our world in Christ – object to the...
by Michael Vento | Jan 2, 2023 | Uncategorized
I became informed of the death of Pope Benedict XVI early yesterday from our chaplain, Fr. David Skillman. Although expected due to the report of his declining health, my heart stirred with both sadness and joy, knowing that a beloved spiritual father to me has...