The Catholics of Pleasanton Podcast is a series of homilies, inspirational messages and content to nourish the faith of the community in Pleasanton and beyond.
OCIA Director Matt Gray, reflects on the readings for the Second Sunday of Lent.
We must forgive those who hurt us.
What will life be like if we forgive from the heart?
Conversion of heart happens in the great experience of being loved
Christ will take us from temptation to transformation.
We must be like soil, open and willing to accept God's word like water so that new life may grow.
We are called not just to be good persons, but to also be the presence of God
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Forgiveness changes us and it can change others
OCIA Director Matt Gray, reflects on the readings for the First Sunday of Lent.
Can we share God's mercy and get rid of unforgiveness?
This Lent we are called to see something new in ourselves
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During the next 40 days, bring to God whatever is in your heart.
Ash Wednesday marks us publicly but Lent transforms us privately
When it comes to faith, family, relationships, work - why is it we don't understand each other?
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Do we choose human ideology or do we choose Christ?
OCIA Director Matt Gray, reflects on the readings for the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
We are called to proclaim with open tongue that Jesus Christ is Lord.
Jesus will go over valleys, mountains, and anywhere necessary to save us.
Jesus is Living Water and we get to share in that living water.
Choose the more loving option, not the easier one.
Our faith is not simply religious practice.
God comes to heal us and strengthen us and that the relationship with Him endures forever.
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If we are salt and light to others, they will see Christ in us.
If we are salt and light to others, they will see Christ in us.
OCIA Director Matt Gray, reflects on the readings for the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
The human heart has great capacity for love and courage.
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How willing are we to admit our faults and become who God wants us to be?
Carry your light into everyday life.
Can we come to embrace Jesus not for what He does for us, but for who He is to us?
We should become persons of hope so when people see us, they can experience that hope.
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God is alive in us and we give it all to the Lord.
OCIA Director Matt Gray, reflects on the readings for the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
As long as we stay with God we take a leap closer to what awaits
Rejections and failure are part of life and help us grow.
Do we just know facts about Jesus or do we know Him?
Jesus doesn't come to make us comfortable — he calls ordinary people to live bravely, love dangerously, and resist a hardened world with mercy.
Give yourself permission to be a little "crazy" for the God who loves us.
Ask God for the grace that we can forgive ourselves.
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The Kingdom of Heaven is not far away...how will you respond?
OCIA Director Matt Gray, reflects on the readings for the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Never lose sight of what we value or care for or our own selves
We must uphold the dignity of the sanctuary of the womb.
Remember how God has gotten you through the challenges or "Goliaths" in life before and that He will do so again.
Faith doesn't stop at recognition but asks for relocation, moving us to action.
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