St Clement of Rome Catholic Church

Empowered by the Holy Spirit, we welcome, embrace, and unite the many faces of Christ who worship with us. As a family, we deepen our faith and seek God through prayer and good works.

Third Sunday of Lent

Time is a very valuable gift given to us by the Lord. He is the owner of the vineyard where our “fig tree” is growing. It would be absurd to expect the fig tree to determine when its time is up. (Luke 13:1-9)

That right belongs to the owner of the vineyard. Similarly, we don’t decide when our time on earth is up. Regardless of our bearing good fruit or of our sterility; regardless of our preparedness, age, health condition, goodness or lack thereof, the Lord reserves the right to call us to himself whenever he sees fit. Besides old age, the end of our life on earth could also be the result of a “mean Pilate” who mingles our blood with the one of our sacrifices, or due to a “falling tower,” or simply a little bacterium or a mysterious virus.

Location Details

343 S. Main Street Romeo, MI 48065

Online Giving

Make a one-time gift without an account… Schedule repeat giving with an account… Make your CSA contribution. A few minutes is all it takes to get started.

Now is the Time

Forty years ago a parish priest in Kansas, Father Stephen Scheier, was involved in a near-fatal car accident, and was rushed, unconscious, to a hospital for emergency treatment. Miraculously he survived, thanks in part to constant prayers from his parishioners and members of other local church congregations. After a long and painful recovery, he returned to his parish and resumed his duties. One day during Mass, after reading aloud this Gospel passage, he seemed to undergo a mystical experience, in which the printed letters of the Lectionary (the book of Scripture readings) seemed to enlarge and float off the page toward him. Following Mass, he suddenly remembered what had happened after his accident—a painful memory his mind had repressed.

Weekly Reflections

Time

Time is a very valuable gift given to us by the Lord. He is the owner of the vineyard where our “fig tree” is growing. It would be absurd to expect the fig tree to determine when its time is up. (Luke 13:1-9)  That right belongs to the owner of the vineyard. Similarly, we don’t decide when our time on earth is up. Regardless of our bearing good fruit or of our sterility; regardless of our preparedness, age, health condition, goodness or lack…

Sharing in Jesus’ Transfiguration

Already bruised by the skirmishes of life, we grown-ups let kids take refuge in a world of dreams, make-believes and incredible feats made easy by super-heroes. We do not want them to be scarred and traumatized by an early brush with the real world in which we must live. Alas, the world of grown-ups reserves many unpleasant surprises. At times, unceremoniously, we can be thrusted into surreal situations in which we would feel numb, disoriented, enveloped in darkness, trudging hesitantly…

God Tests Us

We all sense that Lent is a special time of grace from God… but we might think that giving up a few little things for 40 days or so is all that it takes to get in spiritual shape and ready for Easter. Lent is perhaps the most intensely spiritual time of the year but must be so for a more comprehensive and radical reason; one that covers all aspects of life. It is our fundamental choice to be unconditionally…

Preparing Ourselves for Unconditional Love

There is a story of a farmer who lost his watch in his barn. As it had sentimental value, he searched high-and-low among the bales of hay. Eventually, however, he gave up and decided to enlist the help of a group of children playing outside the barn. He promised them that the one who found it would be rewarded. Upon hearing this, the children hurried inside the barn, went through-and-around the stacks of hay but still could not find the…

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons

Vocations

Is God calling you to serve the Church as a priest, permanent deacon, religious sister or brother, or lay ecclesial minister?