Saint Clement Shrine Podcast

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.

Listen to last week’s episode on Why God Makes Promises to Mortals Philippians 2:6-11: Christ Jesus, though he was in the form of God,    did not regard equality with God    something to be grasped.Rather, he emptied himself,    taking the form of a slave,    coming in human likeness;    and found human in appearance,    he humbled himself,  ... The post The Most Studied Verse in the New Testament (Palm Sunday) appeared first on St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine.

God Sees Every Tear, and He Knows How to Wipe Them Away I grew up with four brothers, no sisters. I worked for my father in his construction company, no girls. I now belong to a religious congregation, all guys. In my personal journey with the boys, I learned one thing. Guys like to hide... The post Gospel-Homily for Fifth Sunday of Lent (2023) appeared first on St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine.

Fr Peter Grover looks at for the 5th Sunday of Lent. Listen to last week’s episode on the Power and Paradox of the Psalms. Ezekiel 37:12-14: Thus says the Lord GOD: O my people, I will open your graves and have you rise from them, and bring you back to the land of Israel. Then... The post Why Would God Make Promises to Mortals? (Ezekiel 37) appeared first on St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine.

Care in a Way that They Never Forget My grandmother was a very religious person. So when my cousin was pregnant outside of wedlock, she avoided nana because she was ashamed. During a crowded Christmas party, my grandmother worked her way to my cousin. Nana wrapped her arms around her and said, “You make me... The post Gospel-Homily for Fourth Sunday of Lent (2023) appeared first on St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine.

Fr Peter Grover takes a look at the responsorial psalm for the 4th Sunday of Lent and discusses it in light of the darker, more grim Psalm 22. Psalm 22: My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish? My... The post The Power and Paradox of the Psalms (Bible Study) appeared first on St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine.

Happy Customers I have a good friend who is a Shakespearean scholar. After he had published a book on the Bard, he was interviewed by a newspaper. At the end of the interview, the journalist asked him, “Why do you like Shakespeare so much?” He answered: “If I could write just one poetic sentence like... The post Gospel-Homily for Third Sunday of Lent (2023) appeared first on St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine.

Fr Peter Grover takes a look at Romans 5:1-2 for the 3rd Sunday of Lent The post Accomplish What You Never Before Could (Bible Study) appeared first on St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine.

It Doesn’t Take Much to Impress God Why did God Choose Abraham?  Why did He go to Mesopotamia and ask Abraham to travel over one thousand miles, as the crow flies, to the Promised Land when He could have chosen someone already there?  Why Abraham?  It doesn’t say. Why did Jesus go to the Sea... The post Gospel-Homily for Second Sunday of Lent (2023) appeared first on St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine.

Fr. Peter Grover, OMV looks at 2 Timothy for the Second Sunday of Lent and asks: How is it that we combat bad teaching? Paul writes to Timothy and addresses this question. Check out Fr Peter’s encouragement for the start of Lent. Find this episode on Spotify or Apple Podcast or our YouTube channel. The post How to Combat Bad Teaching (Bible Study) appeared first on St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine.