Saint Clement Shrine Podcast

Check it out. The disciple entered the tomb, and he saw and believed. That means believing is an experience of something amazing. If that is what belief feels like, then how can we believe all the time? Here is how. Believing is enjoying life with this one detail: five minutes at a time. Once when I...

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Like your Friends. What are some of the perks that God enjoys? What are the advantages of being divine? The first thing that comes to mind is death. God can never die. God lives forever. I also note that God does not suffer. Every day in eternity, God basks in glory and joy. He experiences...

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Show the Tears. 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 their tears. I learned this early on playing in...

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Great Endings. How do you create a great ending? You need a horrible story. At the end of my first year in the seminary, I went to the Rector’s office for my evaluation. It didn’t go very well. He said my grades were low, and the staff didn’t think I could cut it as a...

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Play the Hand. I was at a priest convention, and after the conferences, the leader said, “Let’s have a poker tournament tonight for fun. We divided ourselves into tables of five. They handed out the cards. My hand consisted of a 2, a 4, a 7, a 9, and a jack. I do not play poker,...

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A Kindred Spirit. The first time I told my father that I was training to run a marathon, he enthusiastically responded, “Are you out of your mind?” I ran the marathon and experienced something for the first time in my life: the wall. The best way to describe the wall is that sometime between mile 20...

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