Joshua Whitfield

December 8, 2019

Column: Civil War or Reign of Terror?

Are we headed for civil war?
December 8, 2019

Homily: Laughing at Prophets

To listen to this homily click here. Yves Congar, the great twentieth century Dominican theologian, in a book he wrote a little more than a decade before the Second Vatican Council (a book which by the way influenced the future Pope John XXIII), said in rather a matter of fact way, but mystically nonetheless, that “Prophecy […]
December 5, 2019

Arrogance to Blindness

The Pharisees and Sadducees took too much pride in their heritage, in their education and status. It’s what blinded them to Christ.
December 1, 2019

Homily: Why We Can’t Go Deep

To listen to this homily click here. It was only at the end, in jail awaiting execution, that it became clear to him, the whiskey priest in Graham Greene’s famous novel, The Power and the Glory.
November 29, 2019

It’s Not Doubt. It’s Distraction.

It’s not doubt that’s the problem, but distraction.
November 27, 2019

Essay: On Hope and Advent Preaching