Father Joshua J. Whitfield provides a reflection for the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, Dec. 28, 2025.

A Reflection for Thursday of the Third Week of Advent As a kid, the readings during Advent always felt special. I locked into the readings during that time of year since I knew they would precede ...

Jesus is even identified as the “son of Mary” in the Qur’an (Q 19:34), a subversion of the typical patriarchal naming ...

There is more to the Advent calendar we see in shops. Why not embrace meaningful traditions, light candles weekly, reflect on ...

The church has given us many wonderful preachers and prophets. It has also been home to countless monks and hermits. What ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — St. Patrick’s School is in the Christmas spirit! The Richmond school revived a cherished tradition this ...

Isaiah 7.10-16; Psalm 80.1-8,18-20; Romans 1.1-7; Matthew 1.18-end COMMENTATORS note that John marks his Gospel as a new Genesis, by his echo of Genesis 1.1: “In the beginning”. But Matthew does ...

On a quiet Christmas morning two years ago, Freeman resident Stuart Curry stood in his kitchen without electricity, trying to figure out how to make a cup of coffee. The power outage stripped away the ...

Of all the four themes of Advent, love is the one that seemingly ties a bow around the others — both positively and ...

With the great feast of Christmas only a few days away, and the narrative of Luke's Gospel, complete with the angels, shepherds, and the Bethlehem manger awaiting us, the church turns for a moment to ...

It is finally the time of year when the whole world turns towards the welcome little Jesus and understands the true meaning ...

Receiving a chalk blessing at the doorway or decorating wooden boats instead of Christmas trees may seem unfamiliar to many ...