Saint Clement Shrine Podcast

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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.

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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...

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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,  ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Fr Peter Grover takes a look at Romans 5:1-2 for the 3rd Sunday of Lent

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