Catholic Chat with Fr. Cody

Homily for the 2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time 01/20/2019

Do you remember the signs? God is constantly showing us signs as ways to understand his ways. We must be on the lookout to find them so that we can come to know his ways.

Homily for the Baptism of Our Lord 01/13/2019

What do you hear when you listen to the Gospel? Words, phrases, concepts that are largely confusing? Let's take a moment to put ourselves into the Gospel and imagine what it would be like to be there. Who am I? What am I experiencing? Am I willing to recognize that God is speaking to me, that he is calling for me?

Homily for Epiphany 01/06/2018

How do we expect God to fulfill the prophesy? More importantly, how do we expect God to show himself in our lives? These two questions are the central ideas of Epiphany Sunday.

Homily for the Feast of the Holy Family 12/30/2018

What does it mean to be a family? How do we live it? Vatican 2 said "the family is, so to speak, the domestic church." Through family we learn the faith, through family we become ourselves. As Catholics our family extends beyond our immediate family into the whole world. 

Christmas Day Homily 12/25/2018

Glory to God in the highest and peace to people of good will, proclaimed the angels. But what do we mean by peace? How do we bring about peace in our lives? The message of Christmas is God came to establish peace to all people, shouldn't we try to live the peace he gave us?

4th Sunday of Advent 12/23/2018

Does God have favorites? If he does, how do I become his favorite?

3rd Sunday of Advent 12/16/2018

This weekend is Gaudete Sunday, rejoice Sunday. But what is joy? How do we live lives of joy?

2nd Sunday of Advent Homily 12/09/2018

Christmas is fast approaching, and we are all keenly aware. But what are we spending time preparing for during this Advent season? Are we truly preparing for God to come into our lives more fully? What does it mean to prepare for Christ's coming?

1st Sunday of Advent 12/02/2018

The season of Advent has begun; a season marked by hope. What does it mean to be hopeful? What are we hopeful for? These are the questions of the season of Advent