Be ready for Mass on the Eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time! Father Joshua Whitfield examines the Gospel reading, in which Jesus reminds us that we first must take the plank from our own eye before we can remove the plank from the
Father Joshua Whitfield reviews a new book by Father Harrison Ayre, “Mysterion: The Revelatory Power of the Sacramental Worldview”: “In this book — itself materially a beautiful thing — Father Ayre walks us through the familiar basics of the Faith, really quite
Be ready for the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Father Joshua Whitfield explores the preaching of Jesus in the Gospel of Luke — the type of preaching that we might not want to hear but need to hear: “The work of the
In “Opening the Word” this week, Father Joshua Whitfield prepares us for the Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time by exploring the anger of the crowd in his hometown of Nazareth. Father Whitfield writes: “What enraged Jesus’ listeners at Nazareth was that he
Be ready for Mass on the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time. Father Joshua Whitfield dives into what the wedding at Cana means for us today: “The wedding at Cana belongs, as we’ve seen, to the tria miracula of the season, alongside the
Be ready for Mass this weekend with Opening the Word Scripture reflection. Father Joshua Whitfield writes that the feast of Epiphany is “a feast overflowing with the mysteries of Christ.” We’ve celebrated Christmas. “Christ has come to us … and the Magi
As he prepares us for Mass on the Fourth Sunday of Advent, Father Joshua Whitfield reflects on the Gospel reading that tells the story of the Visitation, where Mary and Martha experience one another as disciples of Christ. Father Whitfield notes that
As we prepare for Mass on the Second Sunday of Advent, Father Joshua Whitfield writes that as we continue to journey through Advent together, we are called to remember that just as Christ came to us as the Word made flesh, we
In a new column for Our Sunday Visitor, Father Joshua Whitfield, a pastor in Dallas, Texas, writes in no uncertain terms that “abortion is evil. It must end. Such is and will be our endless ‘evangelical cry.’ However, regarding Texas’ new abortion