Catholic Chat with Fr. Cody

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. 

Homily for the 25th Sunday of Ordinary Time 09/22/2019

How much do we know about the world around us versus how much do we know about God? Today we are challenged to learn about God's way and to strive to learn about him constantly.

Gospel of Matthew Intro part 1 (live version)

In our first session of the Gospel of Matthew series we covered the historicity of the Bible and the different methods of interpreting Scripture. The recording is poor. The non-live version will be much better.

Homily for the 24th Sunday of Ordinary Time 09/15/2019

What is the sin of presumption? Why does it matter whether i repent if I know that God will forgive my sins? How is God just if he forgives everyone?

Homily for the 22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time 09/01/2019

Humility before God: finding our rightful place before God. We may have heard of the virtue of humility or may even be trying to work towards it. This homily is focused on understanding being humble in relation to God.

What is Purgatory?

What is purgatory? Why do we even claim that it exists? Listen in to this episode to understand why purgatory is necessary for God to be both just and merciful.

Homily for the 21st Sunday of Ordinary Time 08/25/2019

What do we mean by a "spiritual life"? What does it look like and how do we even talk about it? In this homily we will explore the beginnings of the spiritual life and the first stages is developing our relationship with God.

Homily for the 20th Sunday of Ordinary Time 08/18/2019

How do you see Jesus? Do you think of him as a social revolutionary, a teacher, a mystic, or God? Let us explore who Jesus is by listening to him.