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FrJoshTX

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A homily for Immaculate Conception.

“What does Mary teach us? She teaches us that grace is near, that it is warm, welcoming and holy.”
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The Immaculate Warmth of Grace

A homily for the Immaculate Conception

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December 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM

FrJoshTX

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A homily for the Second Sunday of Advent on how you should take care not to repent backwards.
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Don't Repent Backwards

A homily for the Second Sunday of Advent

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December 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM

FrJoshTX

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“Truth does not fail, righteousness is not confining, virtue does not deceive.”
-Saint Ambrose

December 7, 2025 at 1:04 PM

FrJoshTX

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Today’s homily on how not to lose hope.
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Friday Homily Notes

Don't lose hope in anything

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December 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM

FrJoshTX

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Today’s homily on St. John of Damascus and the heresy of barbarism.
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Thursday Homily Notes

The heresy of barbarism

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December 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM

FrJoshTX

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Sunday’s homily wherein I talk Dallas Stars hockey, paying attention, and Advent. Trust me, it makes sense.
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Homily for the First Sunday of Advent | November 30th, 2025 | Matthew 24:37-44 | Fr. Josh Whitfield

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December 3, 2025 at 9:30 PM

FrJoshTX

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Should we Christians still send missionaries? Today’s homily on Substack.
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Wednesday Homily Notes

Should Christians still send missionaries?

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December 3, 2025 at 1:53 PM

FrJoshTX

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Today’s homily on Christianity, martyrs, and the big inside joke.
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Tuesday Homily Notes

The inside joke

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December 2, 2025 at 1:08 PM

FrJoshTX

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Today’s homily on hoping for other things.
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Monday Homily Notes

Hope for other things

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December 1, 2025 at 1:37 PM

FrJoshTX

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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

FrJoshTX

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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

FrJoshTX

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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

FrJoshTX

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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

FrJoshTX

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“Thanksgiving Day. Let all give humble, hearty, and sincere thanks, now, but the turkeys.”
-Mark Twain

November 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM

FrJoshTX

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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

FrJoshTX

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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

FrJoshTX

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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

FrJoshTX

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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

FrJoshTX

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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

FrJoshTX

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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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