Father Kevin A. Codd

Celebrating the Mercy: 5th Mission Reflection, Fr. Denis Carlin, Sept 22, 2016

Father Denis Carlin's final mission reflection prepares us for the Sacrament of Reconciliation in which we encounter the Mercy of the Father in a very tangible way. 

The Church—A Community of Mercy; the Christian—Missionary of Mercy: Fr. Denis Carlin's 4th Mission Reflection, Sept 21, 2016

Father Denis continues to inspire us as he reflects on God's Mercy and our response: to be merciful!

"Our Need for Mercy: Hard to Admit?" Msgr Denis Carlin's 3rd Mission Reflection, Sept 20, 2016

Enjoy listening in to Father Denis' third reflection on God's great gift of mercy. 

"The Father's Mercy: Hard to Believe?" Msgr. Denis Carlin's 2nd Mission Reflection, Sept 19, 2016

Listen in to the second night of our Parish Mission on Mercy as Father Denis shares his stories and insights on God's great gift of mercy.

"What is Mercy?" Msgr. Denis Carlin, First Parish Mission Reflection, Sept 18, 2016

Fr. Denis, in his first Mission reflection, helps us understand just what mercy is.

Parish Mission: Msgr. Denis Carlin's Sunday Homily, Sept 18, 2016 (25th Ordinary Sunday-C)

Msgr Denis Carlin, a priest of the Diocese of Paisley, Scotland, introduces himself to our parish at the Sunday homily as we begin our parish Mission on Mercy.

Philemon and Onesimus: Slavery then and Now. 23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time-C, 2016

Paul's brief letter to Philemon does not tackle slavery in the Roman Empire, but it does undercut the moral underpinnings of every kind of slavery, then and now. Once the "slave" becomes a "brother", it is impossible to treat him or her as a possession, pawn, or object in our lives. 

Visiting Guatemala: My Idea of Mission

Having just returned from two weeks in the village of Santa Catarina Ixtahuacán, in the highlands of Guatemala, where our diocese has been involved since the very early 1960's, I offer to my parishioners here in Spokane a bit of an explanation of why I go there and what I hope I bring back with me. 

The Pilgrim Way...then and now, Feast of St. James, July 23, 2016

As pilgrim veterans, prospective pilgrims, and pilgrims-at-heart gathered for the first time in the Spokane area to celebrate the Feast of Saint James, the Apostle ("Santiago"), Father Kevin offered this reflection on the pilgrim's Way both in Jesus' time and in our own. 

Hospitality is not an industry. 16th. Sunday of Ordinary Time-C, July 17, 2016

The biblical stories of Abraham welcoming the three strangers and Marty and Mary welcoming Jesus make clear that hospitality is not just an "add-on" to the Christian life, but an essential part of our living as God would have us live. In welcoming the stranger, we encounter God.