Saint Clement Shrine Podcast

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.

Cloths, Adam and Eve, and Doing What We Were Made to Do Dad and I went fishing on the coldest day of the year. I wore so many clothes that I looked like the Michelin tire man. A guy strolled, and his dog jumped into the icy cold water. When he came out, he stood... The post Gospel-Homily for First Sunday of Lent (2023) appeared first on St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine.

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Fr Peter Grover dives into Joel 2:12-18 for Ash Wednesday. What does Joel want us to know about God and ourselves? Watch the video to find out, and see all of Fr Peter’s Bible Studies here. The post This Lent, Depend on God (Bible Study) appeared first on St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine.

Love: Giving that Benefits Others At the end of the snow season in March, I walked into a Sears store. They had something I wanted, and I had something they wanted. When the salesman discovered I wanted a snow blower, he got excited.  He exclaimed, “This is a great time to get a snow blower... The post Gospel-Homily for Seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time (2023) appeared first on St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine.

Fr Peter Grover dives into Leviticus 19 and explains why we still need to read and pay attention to Leviticus and the Torah (first fives books of the Bible) in general. Note: share this video with friends; Fr Peter promises a 5-piece series on the Pentateuch if the video gets 1,000 views on YouTube! The post Why Should We Still Read Leviticus? (Bible Study) appeared first on St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine.

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Fr Peter Grover dives into Matthew 5:17-37 for the 6th Week of Ordinary Time and reveals the key to understanding Matthew’s whole Gospel, and how to do the impossible with God’s help. Listen to Fr. Peter’s introduction to the Gospel of Matthew here: www.youtu.be/ntrUN_726v8 The post The Secret to Accomplishing the Impossible (Bible Study) appeared first on St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine.

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Fr Peter’s dive into 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 for this upcoming Sunday The post Do Others Benefit From Knowing Us? appeared first on St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine.

The Beatitudes: Everyone Is Rewarded Moses went up the mountain to receive the ten commandments. One and only one of the ten has a reward. Honor your father and mother, and you will have a long life. That is the megabucks of prizes in the ancient world because it was rare to die of old... The post Gospel-Homily for Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (2023) appeared first on St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine.

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Seeing the Treasure The greatest archeological find, period, was the discovery of the Dead Sea scrolls. Rich aristocrats who could read owned biblical scrolls. They had these scrolls because they wanted to learn more about God so they could make a difference in the world. When the Romans went to war with the Jews in... The post Gospel-Homily for The Epiphany of the Lord (2023) appeared first on St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine.