FrJoshTX
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Catholic Priest at St. Rita, Dallas + Author: Why Sunday Matters (Wipf and Stock) + The Crisis of Bad Preaching (Ave Maria Press)+ Eucharist (Liturgical Press). Also at times, The Dallas Morning News, et. al.
An Advent homily on why we can’t go deep.
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Why We Can't Go Deep
A Homily for the First Sunday of Advent
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November 30, 2025 at 3:46 PM
An Advent homily on why we can’t go deep.
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Some thoughts on the readings for the First Sunday of Advent.
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Are You Awake?
On the First Sunday of Advent
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November 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Some thoughts on the readings for the First Sunday of Advent.
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Today’s homily on one of my favorite saints, on the miraculous and the mundane.
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November 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Today’s homily on one of my favorite saints, on the miraculous and the mundane.
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For Thanksgiving, a Dallas Morning News column from a few years back about my gratitude for all you sinners. Happy Thanksgiving!
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Thanksgiving Sinners
Why this priest is thankful for sinners
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November 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
For Thanksgiving, a Dallas Morning News column from a few years back about my gratitude for all you sinners. Happy Thanksgiving!
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“Thanksgiving Day. Let all give humble, hearty, and sincere thanks, now, but the turkeys.”
-Mark Twain
-Mark Twain
November 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
“Thanksgiving Day. Let all give humble, hearty, and sincere thanks, now, but the turkeys.”
-Mark Twain
-Mark Twain
Today’s homily is on loudmouths, Christian and otherwise.
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Wednesday Homily Notes
Loudmouths, Christian and otherwise
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November 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Today’s homily is on loudmouths, Christian and otherwise.
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Today's homily on how and when Christians should welcome destruction.
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Tuesday Homily Notes
On Christian destruction
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November 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Today's homily on how and when Christians should welcome destruction.
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Today’s homily on the wealthy’s less and the poor’s more.
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Monday Homily Notes
The wealthy's less and the poor's more
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November 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Today’s homily on the wealthy’s less and the poor’s more.
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Today’s homily on a question the Church asks and answers in each age, ours included.
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Who is King?
A Homily for Christ the King
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November 23, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Today’s homily on a question the Church asks and answers in each age, ours included.
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My column in today’s Dallas Morning News on death and liberation.
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Whitfield: Rehearsing death isn’t morbid; it’s human
Joshua Whitfield: It's good to remember that we are dust and to dust we will return, accepting that it is better to weep fragile before the mystery than to...
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November 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
My column in today’s Dallas Morning News on death and liberation.
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Substack has been good so far. I post daily homilies, Sunday homilies, columns, everything. It’s all on my Substack now if you want to subscribe and follow along.
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Fr. Joshua Whitfield | Substack
A Catholic priest, a pastor, a dad, a reader and writer. Writing: Dallas Morning News, Our Sunday Visitor, America, Plough, et. al. Books: Why Sunday Matters, The Crisis of Bad Preaching, et. al.
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November 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Substack has been good so far. I post daily homilies, Sunday homilies, columns, everything. It’s all on my Substack now if you want to subscribe and follow along.
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Today’s homily on the feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, on becoming mothers of Christ.
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Friday Homily Notes
Mothers of Christ
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November 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Today’s homily on the feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, on becoming mothers of Christ.
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Today’s homily on what makes Jesus weep.
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Thursday Homily Notes
Would Jesus weep over you?
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November 20, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Today’s homily on what makes Jesus weep.
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Wednesday’s homily on the disturbing idea that God wants everything.
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Wednesday Homily Notes
Give God everything
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November 19, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Wednesday’s homily on the disturbing idea that God wants everything.
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Tuesday’s homily on how exactly your soul may be at stake.
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Tuesday Homily Notes
How exactly your soul may be at stake
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November 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Tuesday’s homily on how exactly your soul may be at stake.
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Today’s homily notes on praying like the blind man.
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Monday Homily Notes
To pray like the blind man
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November 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Today’s homily notes on praying like the blind man.
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Today’s homily on how Christ really never wins the argument. And that’s the point.
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When Christ Loses the Argument
A homily for the Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
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November 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Today’s homily on how Christ really never wins the argument. And that’s the point.
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My thoughts on this Sunday’s gospel for Our Sunday Visitor.
“And that’s a beautiful lesson. To see how all the apocalyptic talk in the Bible relates to our ordinary lives…”
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“And that’s a beautiful lesson. To see how all the apocalyptic talk in the Bible relates to our ordinary lives…”
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The ultimate end: living virtue in ordinary life
Discover how the virtues of ordinary life can bring peace to the soul in times of uncertainty and impending change.
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November 15, 2025 at 10:58 PM
My thoughts on this Sunday’s gospel for Our Sunday Visitor.
“And that’s a beautiful lesson. To see how all the apocalyptic talk in the Bible relates to our ordinary lives…”
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“And that’s a beautiful lesson. To see how all the apocalyptic talk in the Bible relates to our ordinary lives…”
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Today’s homily on Gabrielle Bossis and the invitation to begin heaven now.
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Friday Homily Notes
Begin heaven
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November 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Today’s homily on Gabrielle Bossis and the invitation to begin heaven now.
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Thursday’s homily notes on an Egyptian monk, Mother Cabrini, and real Christianity.
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Thursday Homily Notes
An Egyptian monk, Mother Cabrini, and real Christianity
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November 13, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Thursday’s homily notes on an Egyptian monk, Mother Cabrini, and real Christianity.
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Wednesday Homily Notes on thankfulness, the Christian way.
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Wednesday's Homily Notes
Ingratitude is the soul's enemy
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November 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Wednesday Homily Notes on thankfulness, the Christian way.
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Tuesday’s Homily Notes on St. Martin, Veterans Day, and on converting violence into charity.
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Tuesday's Homily Notes
Saint Martin and the conversion of violence to charity
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November 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Tuesday’s Homily Notes on St. Martin, Veterans Day, and on converting violence into charity.
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Monday’s homily on Leo and the papal voice…
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Monday's Homily Notes
Listening to the papal voice
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November 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Monday’s homily on Leo and the papal voice…
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Today’s homily on an admittedly odd yet surprisingly powerful feast.
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God's Building
A Homily on the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
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November 9, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Today’s homily on an admittedly odd yet surprisingly powerful feast.
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Friday morning’s homily on how, at least for Christians, we should open ourselves to suffering before we open our mouths (and what’s off about YouTube evangelism).
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Friday's Homily Notes
Open yourself to suffering before you open your mouth
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November 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Friday morning’s homily on how, at least for Christians, we should open ourselves to suffering before we open our mouths (and what’s off about YouTube evangelism).
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