Saint Clement Shrine Podcast

Managing Fear I was on vacation in Maine, and I went to the other side of the lake to catch the evening hatch. As I was walking along, I turned off the flashlight to see how far I would walk. It was dark. Close your eyes…that is how dark it was without street lights. The... The post Gospel-Homily for Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time (2023) appeared first on St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine.

Nothing Like First Class My brother asked if I wanted to go to his daughter’s wedding. Now if he had asked “Do you want to go on a fly fishing trip,” there would have been no hesitation. But I hesitated because I did know if my brother really wanted me. You know the burden of... The post Gospel-Homily for Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (2023) appeared first on St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine.

Don’t Let the Obstacles Stop You. When I was in second grade, after receiving my First Communion, I went to Mass every day. The staff of the church thought that was unusual. What kid goes to church every day? So they came to me and told me it was not normal for me to come... The post Gospel-Homily for Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (2023) appeared first on St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine.

Opportunity Is Everywhere: We Just Have to See It My academic advisor asked me if I could read German. I told him I could not. So he replied, “You need to learn.” So here was my strategy. I made hundreds of German flashcards, made stacks of 50, and put a rubber band around them. When... The post Gospel-Homily for Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity (2023) appeared first on St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine.

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The Happiest Word: “Good” Dad told me to pick up 20 two-by-fours at Home Depot. We were working together on a job at our retreat center in Milton. As I was dashing out the door, he said, “Make sure they are straight.” Well, that changed everything. Home Depot’s two-by-fours are not all straight. Sure enough,... The post Gospel-Homily for Sixth Sunday of Easter (2023) appeared first on St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine.

How to Build a Church Peter, the Apostle, likes to talk about rocks in his letter. He uses rocks as an analogy, not because his name means rock, but because he wants to tell us how to build a church. This is how you build a church. You start with a cornerstone. This is the... The post Gospel-Homily for Fifth Sunday of Easter (2023) appeared first on St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine.

Fr Peter Grover looks at 1 Peter for the 5th Week of Easter 1 Peter 2:4-9: Beloved: Come to him, a living stone, rejected by human beings but chosen and precious in the sight of God, and, like living stones, let yourselves be built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood to offer... The post What are Spiritual Sacrifices? (Bible Study) appeared first on St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine.

Graves Have Doors “I am the gate.” It is a metaphor. Picture going to a cemetery and one of the graves has a door so the dead person can walk out. That would be ridiculous because dead people cannot walk through open doors. But Jesus says that tombs have doors. Remember when Lazarus was in... The post Gospel-Homily for Fourth Sunday of Easter (2023) appeared first on St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine.

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After the 8:00 pm Mass, I went downstairs to join the fellows at the Super Bowl party. The atmosphere was jovial and energetic with lots of laughter and high-fives. The reason for such a festive mood was because the Seattle Seahawks were one or two plays away from defeating the Patriots. As you could guess,... The post Gospel-Homily for Third Sunday of Easter (2023) appeared first on St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine.

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Fr Peter Grover takes a look at 1 Peter for this second Sunday of Lent and addresses how suffering can allow us to show off God’s qualities to others and ourselves 1 Peter 1:3-9: Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who in his great mercy gave us a new birth... The post How Can Suffering Reveal God’s Qualities? (Bible Study) appeared first on St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine.

One of the doors was hinge-bound so I grabbed my chisel. Apparently, someone had used it as a crowbar. It was so dull that it couldn’t cut through pudding. No, I didn’t throw it out. I brought it to my father, who knows how to sharpen chisels. When I handed it to him, I lamented, “Just look... The post Gospel-Homily for Easter Sunday (2023) appeared first on St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine.

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For Easter, Fr Peter Grover discusses the way Nicodemus wraps Jesus in the burial clothes and what that means for his faith and ours. Listen to Palm Sunday’s episode: The Most Studied Verse in the New Testament. The post Why Jesus’ Burial Clothes Are So Important (Bible Study) appeared first on St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine.

He Saved Me as Well Pilate is having a conversation with the crowd. Pilate said to the crowd, “Whom shall I release to you?”  The crowd shouted, “Barabbas, Barabbas.”  Pilate then asked, “What should I do with Jesus your Christ?” And the crowd shouted back, “Crucify him, Crucify him.”  Then Pilate inquired, “But what evil... The post Gospel-Homily for Palm Sunday (2023) appeared first on St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine.