Fr. Jerry Schik, o.s.c.

Today I want to look at the call to discipleship and the different callings that people have received from God. The call to discipleship is my topic today. One day, in early February, in the year 627 BC, Jeremiah was walking through a field when he noticed blossoms on the almond trees. He decided to pick some blossoms and take them home to his mother. While he was picking the blossoms he heard the voice of God saying, “Before you were born, I consecrated you. Yes, Jeremiah, I consecrated you...

My topic today will be Amazing Grace: not the song but the lived experience of God’s Amazing Grace. When the People of God were living in slavery in the land of Egypt, they cried out to God, “O Lord, save your people. Set us free from this terrible suffering. Set us free from the brutality of the Pharaoh. Set us free so we can go back to our homeland.” God was moved with compassion and sent Moses and Aaron to talk to the Pharaoh. But the Pharaoh was stubborn. Then God sent plagues on the...

Today we continue our celebration of the birth of Christ and I want to look at that special event from the viewpoint of the magi. Perhaps you have noticed that the magi have finally made it into our nativity scene. The magi were scientists who were following the path of a new star in the sky. They believed that every king has his own star.   So the appearance of a new star in the sky told them that there must be a new king somewhere. They came from the east and they travelled only at night...