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.

Music from the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Permission to podcast / stream the music in this service obtained from One License #706462-A, and CCLI licenses #11534746 and #CSPL176036.

Are you staying close to enough to Jesus that He can do something miraculous with the little you have?

OCIA Director Matt Gray, reflects on the readings for the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Our God is a god of surprises willing to do great things.

If you feel broken or imperfect, trust God and His love and vision for you.

Martha in the gospel teaches us how to hope, grieve, believe, and trust.

The Kingdom isn't built by people who have all the answers, but by those who trust the One asking the question.

Today is still a chance to be holy, merciful, and be wheat in the world

What act of faith can you perform today that will draw you closer to the Kingdom of God?

Music from the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Permission to podcast / stream the music in this service obtained from One License #706462-A, and CCLI licenses #11534746 and #CSPL176036.

With so many things competing for our attention and our hearts, what is it that we truly treasure?

It is up to us to simply preach the Gospel, the word of God.

Will you give it all up for that one pearl of great price?

Our relationship with Jesus is what changes the world.

Ask God for the grace to recognize the treasure He has placed in our lives

God makes room for us and delights in restoring His relationship with us

The world can benefit from lives that demonstrate Christ is truly alive

Music from the 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Permission to podcast / stream the music in this service obtained from One License #706462-A, and CCLI licenses #11534746 and #CSPL176036.

Let us better worship God and care for each other so that the Kingdom of God becomes real.

OCIA Director Matt Gray, reflects on the readings for the 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time

We are called to really make Sunday the Lord's day and experience the beautiful things God does in and through us.

Salvation comes from God and humanity cannot create it.

We are called to know about God and to know Him personally.

God has been at work in your life and isn't finished with you yet.

We are far more blessed than many others in this world.

Peace takes a side - the side of what is true and just.

Music from the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Permission to podcast / stream the music in this service obtained from One License #706462-A, and CCLI licenses #11534746 and #CSPL176036.

We ask for the grac that Christ will find in each of us a heart that is no longer hard.

OCIA Director Matt Gray, reflects on the readings for the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time

We are called to make this world a better place however challenging it may be.

God's leash on us is one of love, mercy, and compassion

Where have parts of your heart gone hard and where does your field need to be broken up so planting can begin?

Jesus invites us to rest and then ask ourselves what kind of soil are we becoming?

God works in your life

Let love influence and guide you

Music from the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Permission to podcast / stream the music in this service obtained from One License #706462-A, and CCLI licenses #11534746 and #CSPL176036.

The God we depend on tells us to come and find rest.

OCIA Director Matt Gray, reflects on the readings for the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time

God's words are true and all of the just and should transform us.

We are called to be people God desires to be and the world needs us to be.

Bring your real authentic self, with a child-like faith to God.

God is more powerful than any storm that comes our way.

Today the Lord is asking us "Who are you to me and who am I to you?"

Music from the 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Permission to podcast / stream the music in this service obtained from One License #706462-A, and CCLI licenses #11534746 and #CSPL176036.

God has been placing souls and Himself into our lives

OCIA Director Matt Gray, reflects on the readings for the 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time

We find hope in knowing we are free to love God and our neighbor

How deep does our relationship with God go?

We each have a role to play in God's salvation history

Jesus doesn't ask us to control the future but asks us to be faithful in the present

The narrow path leads to the life that Christ died to bring to us.