Saint Clement Shrine Podcast

On the day I left the parish in New Jersey to come to Boston many years ago, the parishioners came to say goodbye. There were many tears that day. Some of them were theirs, and some were mine. About two years later, I was invited back to the parish to give a talk. I was...

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Commemoration of the Lord’s Passion and Veneration of the Cross

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Commemoration of the Last Supper

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“Why Does God Hate Me”: Maybe to Set Us Up for Something Great. I was in my sixth-grade gym class. It was floor hockey, boys against the girls. “This should be fun,” I thought. Then, the teacher pulled me aside to ask if I would play on the girls’ side to balance the teams. I...

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The Rose Stands out, Not in Spite of, but Because of the Thorns. So, the Greeks want to see Jesus. The reason is because they want to see God. Jesus tells us how we can see God. Glory. What exactly is Glory? It is contrast. The rose basks in glory when thorns surround it: contrast....

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Learning Now Means You May Not Need It Now, But You Will in the Future. When my friend came back from lunch, I asked him, “What took you so long? Did you go to Florida”? He told me the car wouldn’t start because of the activated anti-theft device. Apparently, the car itself thought that Jerry...

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You Want to Be the First, Not The Last to Find Out. Imagine if I had lived in the first century on my way to the Temple to offer a sacrifice to the Lord. So the first thing I need to do is go to the moneychangers table and exchange my Gentile money for temple...

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What Is Your Road to Success? Someone once asked a rich man, “What is the secret to success?” The man responded, “Make sure you are the dumbest person in the room.” In other words, if you are doing all the talking, you are not listening. My worst grade in college was a B-. It was...

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First Sunday of Lent 2024 What Is in the Treasure Box for You?: Find Out When You Meet the Father At the bottom of the Cape Cod Canal, there is a hole, a crater. Fish love to gather in this hole to get out of the fast current. It also allows them to reach out...

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Christianity is Ordinary People Empowered to Do the Extraordinary The goal for Lent is to get to Easter. Paul, in his letter, told us how to do that. We are buried with Christ so we can rise with Him. Allow me to illustrate this with an analogy. There was a buy-one-get-one-free deal, so I bought 500...

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