Saint Clement Shrine Podcast

Remember when the Israelites were in Egypt? They were waiting for God to rescue them from slavery for 400 years. They were waiting for the Lord. When God appeared to Moses, he said, “I have heard the cry of my people.” “Yes, 400 years of crying what took you so long,” we might imagine the... The post Gospel-Homily for First Sunday of Advent (2018) appeared first on St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine.

When I die, I want to ask St. Peter a question: “Why did Jesus have to ask you three times if you loved him?” Apparently, Jesus wasn’t all that impressed the first time Peter answered him, so he had to ask him again, and then again a third time. What was Jesus looking for in... The post Gospel-Homily for Christ, King of the Universe (2018) appeared first on St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine.

There was a man who received a nice inheritance. He made a donation to our seminary. We were grateful, and so I invited him over, and I showed him around the seminary… this is where the seminarians pray, this is where they eat, over here is where they study. As we walked through the refectory,... The post Gospel-Homily for Thirty-Third Sunday of Ordinary Time (2018) appeared first on St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine.

So there I am standing in the Temple in the first century, and a widow comes up to me and says, “Excuse me, are you a priest?” I said, “Yes, I am.” She then says, “I was going to make my annual donation to the Temple, but I only have two pennies. Do you think... The post Gospel-Homily for Thirty-Second Sunday of Ordinary Time (2018) appeared first on St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine.

Someone forgot to put a liner bag in the shop vacuum, and the plaster dust ended up in the air, which in turn set off the fire alarm. Usually, the fire department shows up right away, that is, when the telephone lines are connected properly. Apparently, something was wrong so I called the phone company, and a... The post Gospel-Homily for the Thirty-first Sunday of Ordinary Time (2018) appeared first on St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine.

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Does God love good people more than bad people? Answer: the lost sheep. Jesus leaves the 99 good sheep, righteous sheep, to go after the rebel, the one who is going to do his own thing. When he finds the renegade, he throws a party. The Bible answers questions so this is my question this... The post Gospel-Homily for Thirtieth Sunday of Ordinary Time (2018) appeared first on St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine.

When I graduated from Princeton, the president handed me a scrolled up paper with a ribbon. It was blank. You do not get the real diploma until you hand over the receipt that says “Paid in Full.” So after the graduation, I had to drive to another building to pick up my diploma. Mom and... The post Gospel-Homily for Twenty-Ninth Sunday of Ordinary Time (2018) appeared first on St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine.

Can you say that you have kept the Ten Commandments all your life? Can you say that a bad word never came out our your mouth; you never stretched the truth; never looked at someone and had lust in your heart. Can you say you have kept the commandments since your youth? Do you have... The post Gospel-Homily for Twenty-Eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time (2018) appeared first on St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine.

Future Hope   When Job’s three girls and seven boys were tragically killed, when his house collapsed, when 15,000 animals comprising his livestock perished in a fire, when sores broke out over his body, it is said that he sat on a pile of cow manure and ash to express how he felt about his... The post Gospel-Homily for Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (2018) appeared first on St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine.

Before they let you climb what used to be called Mt. McKinley, the rangers of Denali National Park sit you down to show you the perils of climbing the highest mountain in North America.  The presentation views images of thunderous avalanches, storms that flatten tents, hands, and feet blackened by frost bit, and twisted bodies... The post Gospel-Homily for Twenty-Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time (2018) appeared first on St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine.

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Let’s Roll One of my confrère’s brothers is a professional roofer. We asked him to supervise our roof job. On the first day he told me that we needed a dumpster because we are going to begin stripping the roof.  called the dumpster company. “First thing tomorrow,” they informed me. I said that would not... The post Gospel-Homily for Twenty-Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time (2018) appeared first on St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine.

Wisdom is so good. Wisdom is not just a bunch of cold facts or brute knowledge. It understands with heart. When I look up at the stars at night, and my heart is moved to say “God you are wonderful because you are so big and vast!” That is wisdom. It is the heart and... The post Gospel-Homily for Tuesday of the Twenty-Third Week of Ordinary Time (2018) appeared first on St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine.

Dad and I finished a day of fishing, and we stopped for ice cream. I went to the window and gave our order to the girl as I handed over a twenty dollar bill. She gave me change, and I put it all in her tip jar. I was hoping that she saw me put... The post Gospel-Homily for Twenty-Second Sunday of Ordinary Time (2018) appeared first on St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine.

I am a religious in the congregation of the Oblates of the Virgin Mary. We have houses in nine countries. One man oversees and manages all of this: the Rector Major. His name is Fr. David Nicgorski. Before he became a priest, before he entered the seminary, before he even thought about becoming a priest,... The post Gospel-Homily for Twenty-First Sunday of Ordinary Time (2018) appeared first on St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine.

In one word, can you describe your relationship with God: master, servant, judge, lawyer, friend, counselor, service personnel, psychologist, Ticketmaster? If you read the Bible, you will notice that God is often referred to as a “Father,” but what does that mean? It means that dads in the biblical world always passed on secrets and... The post Gospel-Homily for Twentieth Sunday of Ordinary Time (2018) appeared first on St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine.

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God tells Elijah, the prophet, to go to Mount Horeb. Mount Horeb is in the middle of the hottest, most brutal desert on the planet. It takes Elijah forty days to get there. Let’s do some math. It takes one day to walk about twenty-five miles in the ancient world. Multiply that by forty, that... The post Gospel-Homily for Nineteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time (2018) appeared first on St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine.

So the Israelites are no longer under the oppressive thumb of Egypt. They are free. When they leave Egypt in freedom, they enter the desert where they find they have no grocery stores, no banana trees, no sheep wandering around. But they have God. So they turn to God, and he sends them food for one day only. That... The post Gospel-Homily for Eighteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time (2018) appeared first on St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine.