Saint Clement Shrine Podcast

We Can Now Say We Live to Eat. The ancient Greeks loved to write pithy wisdom sayings to help us get through life. “A stitch in time saves nine;” “Giving is better than receiving;” “We eat to live, not live to eat;” “If we cannot say no to legitimate requests, our “yes” will have no...

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The Greatest Message from God: I Will Send Some Help. Elijah is the prophet God brought to heaven without the pain of death. Before that happened, Elijah was in the desert, asking God to take his life. Why would he want to die? Because Jezebel, the queen, was very mad at him and had sent...

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Give Us Our Daily Bread. I have a tool caddie with lots of pockets. I put all my tools in it. If I have to fix something, I just take the tool caddie, and all my tools are organized and at my fingertips. On one occasion, I needed to fix a door, so I reached...

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What Do You Do with the Crumbs that Fall from Your Table. The Lord said to the disciples, “Gather up the crumbs.” Why crumbs?  Why are crumbs so important to God? You can accomplish a lot with the crumbs.  One late afternoon, I decided to run out to Winthrop to fly fish. When I got...

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From a Nobody to Someone Important. The good shepherd, in addition to bringing the sheep to verdant pastures, leading them to safe water instead of the dangerous desert wadi, setting the table before enemies who want your lunch money, and leading you through the dark valley, the shepherd also anoints your head with oil. What...

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Home Is Where We Heal. Here is my shortlist for good health. Get plenty of rest, breathe clean air, eat a balanced diet, exercise, and don’t do drugs.  What is the first thing they do when you are admitted to the hospital?  They connect you to an I.V. machine, and they place a loud alarm...

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The Meaning Behind “My Grace Is Sufficient”. Everything breaks. The good news is that most things can be fixed. I know because I am the house fix-it guy. Whenever something breaks, people come to me. For example, a guest that locked himself out of his room. I had a spare key. Then someone came to...

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Wisdom: The Orange Lollypop. When Adam and Eve traded wisdom with the knowledge of good and evil and ate the forbidden fruit, they realized they were naked. They hid themselves from each other; they hid from God. Then they blamed each other, “It was the snake;” “it was the woman.” They no longer had wonderful...

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Biblical Storms: They Reveal Who Has Faith and Who Does Not. The Ninevites were the cruelest, most inhuman people that ever walked the planet. They were responsible for the destruction and deportation of the ten northern tribes of Israel. God asked Jonah, the prophet, to go to Nineveh and preach. Jonah protested, saying, “I am...

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The Greatest Lifetime, Unlimited, Warranty. When I bought my first cell phone, the salesman convinced me to pay fifty dollars for the limited warranty. A few months later, I was out in the rain with my phone. The phone, of course, died, so I returned with my limited warranty. I handed it, together with the phone,...

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