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Father Kevin A. Codd, recently retired, is a priest of the Diocese of Spokane, WA. He is now serving the Catholic Expat community in Cuenca, Ecuador. Here he shares his Sunday homilies and other occasional reflections.
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Sunday May 14, 2017
Sunday May 14, 2017
The apostle, Philip's request to Jesus in the 14th chapter of John's Gospel, "Master, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us," is not so different from a five-year-old's question to his/her mom: "What is God like?" The answer: To know Jesus is to know what God is like.
Saturday Apr 22, 2017
Saturday Apr 22, 2017
The Big Bang Theory has a curious corrolary: at some point in the future, all the stars of the universe will have been blown out so far by the Big Bang that they will no longer be visible to us on earth. The night sky will be starless and dark. Will people then believe the testimony of our generations who tell of such stars in the sky or will they believe only in what they can see with their own eyes?
It is a question that brings us to Thomas and his famed doubting...believing only what he could see and not the testimony of others. His story of coming to faith reminds us that faith in what we cannot see
Sunday Apr 16, 2017
Sunday Apr 09, 2017
Sunday Apr 09, 2017
The previous Sunday, we found Jesus weeping at the cold, hard tomb of Lazarus.
Today, it is we who now weep at the cold, hard tomb of Jesus.
Thursday Apr 06, 2017
Thursday Apr 06, 2017
In the third of three reflections on the magnificent parable of the Prodigal Son, Father Kevin offers insight into the end of the story, which features the Father's encounter with the elder brother, a stand-in, obviously, for those Pharisees who have challenged Jesus' practice of sharing table fellowship with sinners.
Father Kevin's reflections are largely based on the book by Kenneth E. Bailey, The Cross & The Prodigal: Luke 15 Through the Eyes of Middle Eastern Peasants. Click here for a link to the book on Amazon: CLICK!
Thursday Apr 06, 2017
Thursday Apr 06, 2017
In the second of three reflections on the parable of the Prodigal Son, Father Kevin retells the heart of the story: the Father's welcome back into the family and community of his lost son, now found!
Father's reflections on the parable are largely based on the book by Kenneth E. Bailey, The Cross & the Prodigal: Luke 15 Through the Eyes of Middle Eastern Peasants. Click here for the link to Amazon: CLICK!
Thursday Apr 06, 2017
Thursday Apr 06, 2017
On April 6, 2017, Father Kevin shared three reflections on the parable of the Prodigal Son at a Day of Prayer at Immaculate Heart Retreat House in Spokane. This is the first of his reflections, based largely on the book by Kenneth E. Bailey, The Cross & The Prodigal: Luke 15 Through the Eyes of Middle Eastern Peasants, Intervarsity Press, 2005. Click here for a link to the book on Amazon: CLICK!
Sunday Apr 02, 2017
Sunday Apr 02, 2017
Three words: "And Jesus wept." Among the most important of the Gospels. They plunge us into the heart of the mystery of the Incarnation. In Jesus, God weeps with us and for us as one of us.
Sunday Mar 19, 2017
Sunday Mar 19, 2017
The Third Sunday of Lent in the "A" Cycle presents us with a terrific story...one that merits a sort of narrative analysis to see just how masterly Jesus brings the Living Water of salvation to a whole town.
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
The Transfiguration featured in this gospel is yet another episode in the Lenten Adventures of Jesus of Nazareth. The meaning of Jesus' upcoming passion and death is not yet grasped by Peter, James and John. The Father's voice from heaven commands Jesus' disciples to shut up already and LISTEN to him... Good advice for all of us in this Lenten season!