St Clement of Rome Catholic Church

Even if it is incorrect because the earth is spherical, instinctively we look up in the sky whenever we think of heaven, and we look down into the bowels of the earth whenever we think of hell.  As always, the starting point should be the fundamental fact that we are living in Christ and with Christ as one, inseparable entity: Jesus the Head and we the members of the Body of Christ, i.e., the Church. So, the Ascension into heaven…

Growing up, I remember having a keen interest in real estate shows. These many years later, I think they interested me because as the hosts moved from town-to-town, neighborhood-to-neighborhood, and house-to-house, they always left me with a question: “When it is my turn to purchase a house and sign a mortgage, just what sort of house will I choose to live in?” This past week, as I’ve reflected upon the readings for this Sixth Sunday of Easter, the topic of…

On the Fifth Sunday of Easter, here is a very important question: what is our reaction to what Paul and Barnabas tell us today? They tell us that it is necessary for us to undergo many hardships to enter the Kingdom of God.(Acts 14:22) Before we answer that question, and point out our reaction to those inspired words, let me remind all of us that our God is the God of the living. Being the God of the living, today, he uses…

Jesus introduces himself as our Shepherd. Perhaps the Psalm most familiar and dearest to us is Psalm 23: “the Lord is my Shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.” However, even in our familiarity with that Psalm we are in no way hardwired to appreciate the role of Christ as our Shepherd and, even less, to accept our role as his sheep. Hence, first, we ought to delve into the Hebrew psyche as evidenced in the Bible if we want…