Catholic Chat with Fr. Cody

Homily for the 30th Sunday of Ordinary Time 10/27/2019

Does God have favorites? Does God show partiality? How do we become God's favorites?

Gospel of Matthew session 5 (livestream)

This episode covers Matthew 1:1-17

Homily for the 29th Sunday of Ordinary Time 10/20/2019

Lessons from Scripture

Homily for the 28th Sunday of Ordinary Time 10/13/2019

Today we are going on a quest to find God. How do we find God? How do we know when it is him?

Gospel of Matthew session 4 (livestream)

This final episode of introduction focused on life in the 1st century AD, moves into the formation of the new testament and the purpose of the Gospels, and ends with an introduction to the first part of the Gospel of Matthew.

Homily for the 27th Sunday of Ordinary Time 10/06/2019

From pictures of detention facilities to crowds at the border, we all have experienced the issue of immigration in America to some extent. This homily addresses the Catholic Church's perspective on immigration.

Now You Know: Can the Catholic Church change or be wrong?

Have you ever thought about how a religion can be wrong? Or, have you ever thought about how a church changes? Now expand that to a global church with members in every country and a 2000 year history. In this episode we will explore how the Catholic Church could be wrong or change.

Gospel of Matthew session 3 (livestream)

This session focuses on the major powers that heavily influences the Jewish people. The major moments are the start of the covenant with Abraham, the formation of the land of Israel and the kingship, the exile, then the Greek and Roman rule. Finally we will begin to explore the political, religious, and social climate of the 1st century AD.

Homily for the 26th Sunday of Ordinary Time 09/27/2019

What are we focused on? What is important to us? Where are our priorities?

Gospel of Matthew session 2 (livestream

This session concludes our introduction to the historicity of the Bible and the ways of interpreting the Bible. The final half of this episode examines different types of Bibles and their advantages as well as biblical commentaries.