Father Joshua J. Whitfield provides a reflection on the readings and Gospel for 5th Sunday in Lent, March 22, 2026.

Father Joshua J. Whitfield provides a reflection on the readings and Gospel for the 3rd Sunday in Lent, March 8, 2026.

There is a lot of wisdom to be had in this particular Gospel passage from Matthew, but I want to spend this reflection talking about the importance of wine to the Christian tradition. It has always ...

Rules are (despite what rebellious teenagers believe) good and necessary. Without rules, those same teenagers wouldn’t have the freedom to be rebellious. The English author G. K. Chesterton wrote, ...

Elie Wiesel once wrote, “Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love.” We may intuitively know what he means, but what is it that makes friendship so powerful? In the mid-twentieth century, a ...

Author bares critique on Catholicism that few dare to expose STAFFORD, Va. – According to the most recent Statistical Yearbook of the Church, there are over a billion Catholic devotees and followers ...

Lenten retreat at Daylesford Abbey featuring reflections, prayer, Confession, and dinner hosted by the St. Raymond Nonnatus ...

Those looking for spiritual nourishment during Lent have long turned to the Boston College Alumni Association’s Lenten Reflections, in which a member of the University community shares thoughts on the ...