Catholic Diocese of Saginaw Podcast

Overcoming our Self-Imposed Blindness to see What God Sees: a Reflection on the Sunday Gospel- Fourth Week of Lent

Get all of Bishop Gruss' Lenten writings/recordings including overcoming temptations, growing in our capacity to love, the meaning of Lent & more. The Gospel of this 3rd Sunday of Lent is very familiar to most of us. This story of the “Woman at the Well” only appears in John’s Gospel. It is beautiful story of redemption. Redemption – isn’t this what the season of Lent is all about? Can yo...

More than 100 men, women and children entering the ‘Mission Field’ at Easter “You are being baptized for mission.” That’s the message Bishop Gruss shared with more than 100 candidates and catechumens who are preparing to receive the Easter sacraments. They gathered at the Cathedral of Mary of the Assumption on Sunday, March 8 during the Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion. This is t...

See videos, writings and more by Bishop Robert Gruss Bishop Robert Gruss is the Bishop of Saginaw (Michigan)

Growing in our Capacity to Love (First Friday Homily)

Click here to see our list of fish fries : sponsored by parishes, schools & Knights of Columbus councils in the 11 counties of the Diocese of Saginaw (Central Michigan and the Thumb)

“A heart that gazes on Pure Love, will overcome all temptations” (First Sunday of Lent Reflection)

"A time for turning away from our thirsts for the things of this world to what really matters in life." (Ash Wednesday Reflection)

Bishop Gruss’ homily on Feb. 9 at St. John Vianney Parish in Saginaw.

On Feb. 5, Bishop Gruss met Al Kresta for the first time and did an interview which aired on Kresta in the Afternoon on Ave Maria radio. Bishop Gruss shared the story of how he went from being a pilot to a priest, discussed his involvement with the canonization cause of Nicholas Black Elk and shared some of his early impressions of the Diocese of Saginaw and more. 

SAGINAW - During his First Friday homily message today, Bishop Robert Gruss talked about what true love and true repentance are with more than 300 people gathered for Mass at the Cathedral. "True repentance allows us to be carried by the Father," Bishop Gruss said. "Now, allow yourself to imagine this. True repentance allows us to be carried by the Father. It allows us to be possess...

On Jan. 3, at the monthly First Friday gathering at the Cathedral, Bishop Gruss shared an informal presentation to another packed room of faithful. He shared some of the thoughts below: "Whatever is my heart, for better or for worse, will come out in my actions- my thoughts, words and deeds....If envy/jealousy is there, it's gonna come out... Don't you want the love of God in you to...

Bishop Gruss talked about the power of the name of Jesus in his homily today. He also shared teachings from the Catechism of the Catholic Church and from the writings of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux

Bishop Gruss: I would like to offer one resolution for everyone in the diocese: Spend a half hour each day with the Lord Jesus in prayer – only one half hour of the twenty four hours allotted to us each day! When we think about the magnitude of God’s love for us, how are we not compelled to return daily to the Lord in gratitude?   Merry Christmas and Happy New Years to you all.  I hope and pray th...

Father Andy LaFramboise talks about prayer in the family. He discusses: What is prayer? How to foster prayer in the family Examples of ways to promote prayer in the family such as setting up a place for prayer Dealing with distractions in prayer Father LaFramboise gave this talk on Nov. 7 at St. Agnes Parish, Freeland.  Father Andy LaFramboise is the pastor of St. Agnes Parish, Freeland. He is als...

Bishop Gruss' Christmas Eve Homily

As we continue this journey into the season of Advent, recall that the true meaning of Advent, in the mind of Jesus, is other centered. The coming of Jesus was centered on us – a wayward, sinful people who had become lost and didn’t really know it. The advent of Jesus came with an invitation to a new life, a new relationship, a new reality, a new and deeper experience of love. Jesus used the voice...