Joshua Whitfield

May 23, 2021

Homily: Stranger Saints

It was a religious procession ready for war.
April 17, 2021

Know Scripture, Know the Mass, Know Christ

Ignorance of Scripture, St. Jerome said, is ignorance of Christ. We’ve heard this often. We know it’s true.
April 3, 2021

Homily: Easter, The Only Revolution

This is the night, very simply and gloriously, of our salvation.
April 2, 2021

Homily: Good Friday, On Holding Sadness

Why are we here? It’s a good question, an ancient question too.
April 2, 2021

Column: Scars and Peace

That he still bore scars is what I’ve always thought so beautiful. It’s what’s intrigued me more than almost anything else all these years about the story so many celebrate at Easter all over the world, believers, half-believers, unbelievers too. The story of resurrection, the idea of it, the hope of it.
April 1, 2021

Homily: Holy Thursday and the Hidden Kingdom

This is the “night he was handed over.”[1] The night the slow murder began.