Celebrating the Feast of the Holy Cross
Since we are celebrating the Feast of the Holy Cross and this is Holy Cross Church I will talk about the cross today. What if a tour...
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The God of Surprises and His Amazing Grace
My topic today is grace and how grace is sometimes found in the midst of sinful situations. Why? Because God is the God of Surprises....
Fr. Jerry Schik, o.s.c.
- Aug 27
Giving Witness, Reporting the Truth.
My key word for today is “Witness” and in the Bible Witness means reporting the truth. But first, a little story that leads into my...
Fr. Jerry Schik, o.s.c.
- Aug 13
Keep Yourself Focused on God
I will begin with my conclusion: Keep yourself focused on God. 850 years before Jesus was born, Elijah was the leading prophet for the...
God's Spiritual Kingdom Breaking In
Today I want to talk about a break in. Not a robbery but the Kingdom of God breaking into the secular kingdom of this earth. One good...
Fr. Jerry Schik, o.s.c.
- Jul 30
Messages from God through Creation
I wish to talk about Care for God’s Creation. For two reasons: 1. Because today’s Gospel contains nature parables, and 2. ...
Fr. Jerry Schik, o.s.c.
- Jul 23
Weeds Growing with Wheat
Today I want to talk about three people who were like weeds that were growing in the midst of the wheat: Saint Peter, Saint Paul and...
People Who are Humble
Humility will be my topic today and I will talk about people who are humble. In Rome there is a centuries old tradition that says that...
Christian Freedoms
I begin with this question? How did the Crosiers come to Onamia and Wahkon and Hillman and McGrath and other parishes in this area? ...
Fr. Jerry Schik, o.s.c.
- Jun 18
Reflecting Light - Father's Day
Recently I heard about a country that has a lot of shoreline; and at one point there are two lighthouses to warn the sailors of dangerous...
Fr. Jerry Schik, o.s.c.
- Jun 11
Corpus Christi
My goal for this Corpus Christi liturgy is to tell the story of the Mass. Most of this story will be quite familiar. But some parts of...
Most Holy Trinity
Sometimes my homily has three parts to it; and today is one of those days. I want to talk about the First Creation, the Second Creation...
Fr. Jerry Schik, o.s.c.
- May 28
Pentecost - Journey
The key word for today’s Mass is JOURNEY. By journey I don’t mean physical travel from one town to another. By journey I’m thinking...
Fr. Jerry Schik, o.s.c.
- May 21
Ministers of Hope
My topic today is hopefulness, and I will enter into the topic with a short story. About thirty years ago Dennis Logan was teaching art...
Bringing joy to others: serving, praying and forgiving.
Several years ago, I heard a speech on a Christian radio station. The speaker was Jack Rushton. Jack had been a teacher until the...
Fr. Jerry Schik, o.s.c.
- Apr 30
Good Shepherd Sunday
Since today is Good Shepherd Sunday I wish to take a close look at the work of the shepherds in the first century. In the time of Christ,...
Fr. Jerry Schik, o.s.c.
- Apr 16
Glimpse
My key word today is glimpse. Picture yourself driving at night in a rainstorm. Your headlights allow you to see the road but that is...
Our Sinfulness, God's Mercy
Since today’s gospel was longer than usual, my homily will be shorter than usual. We just heard the story of the Passion that took place...
Fr. Jerry Schik, o.s.c.
- Mar 19
The God of Surprises
Today I will talk about the God of Surprises and I will begin with a true story. In 1998, the Associated Press published a story which...
Fr. Jerry Schik, o.s.c.
- Mar 12
A Compassionate Heart
I have three stories today. Three stories about having a compassionate heart. In 1807 in northern Virginia, James Wilson, an elderly...
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