The Gift of Faith
Today’s homily is about the gift of faith and I begin with Sarah and Abraham because they were featured in our second reading. The author...
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Fr. Jerry Schik, o.s.c.
- Jul 31
Wisdom
Wisdom is my topic for today. Wisdom is my theme. Once upon a time there was a crow that was dying of thirst. She found a pitcher that...
Fr. Jerry Schik, o.s.c.
- Jul 24
“God gives, God takes away and God gives again.”
Way back in 1967, when I was a sophomore in college, I spent my summer vacation with my family on the farm. The crops were in bad shape...
Fr. Jerry Schik, o.s.c.
- Jul 17
God is calling us to care for His creation and to care for our guests.
Today I want to take a look at three saints and consider the ways in which they can help us to grow in faith. And those three saints...
Fr. Jerry Schik, o.s.c.
- Jul 10
The law of love is the highest law.
My topic today is compassion because Jesus says in today’s Gospel that the Good Samaritan was moved with compassion when he saw the...
God’s love is abundant
The voice of nature. That is my topic for today: The voice of nature. Why? Because Jesus had such a high regard for the lessons that...
Fr. Jerry Schik, o.s.c.
- Jun 19
People are more important than things.
Dwight Wilson and his wife Sarah and their sons Ethan and Thomas live in Tiffin, Ohio. Ethan is the second son, and he is a perfectionist...
Fr. Jerry Schik, o.s.c.
- Jun 12
The Most Holy Trinity Sunday - Love Stories
My topic today is love stories and I want to tell four love stories. Back in 1975, Charlotte Von Sledvin was 19 years old and the member...
Pentecost key word: Dynamite!
My key word for today is dynamite. When my brother and I were seven and nine years old, we would frequently visit our grandparents and...
Fr. Jerry Schik, o.s.c.
- May 29
Journey
The key word for today’s Mass is JOURNEY……… By journey I don’t mean physical travel. By journey I’m thinking more of a person’s...
Fr. Jerry Schik, o.s.c.
- May 22
Convict and Convince!
I will begin with a short story. Joe and George were farmers, and they were traveling to Pipestone for a farm show. They stopped in...
Keyword today is Challenge.
My key word for today will be challenge. About twenty-five years ago I heard a talk given by Sister Jose Hobday a Franciscan sister from...
Curious details in today’s Gospel
I would like to take a close look at three of the more curious details in today’s Gospel. First of all, we have a symbolic number: 153. ...
Fr. Jerry Schik, o.s.c.
- Apr 24
What did Jesus do after he rose from the dead?
During my homily today I will answer three questions. Question Number One: What did Jesus do after he rose from the dead? That is my...
Fr. Jerry Schik, o.s.c.
- Apr 17
Three celebrations of freedom
My key word for today is freedom and I wish to look at three celebrations of freedom. I wish to look at the Feast of Passover, the...
Fr. Jerry Schik, o.s.c.
- Apr 10
Our God is the God of Surprises.
Since today’s Gospel is extra long my homily will be extra short. The history of our faith reveals to us that God is the God of Surprises....
Fr. Jerry Schik, o.s.c.
- Mar 27
Prayer of Imagination
My topic today will be the Prayer of Imagination. Many of the saints have used the Prayer of Imagination to bring themselves closer to...
Fr. Jerry Schik, o.s.c.
- Mar 20
God is kind and merciful.
Some of the most inspirational stories come to us from the life of St. Francis of Assisi; and my favorite is the story of San Damiano....
Fr. Jerry Schik, o.s.c.
- Mar 13
Prayer means talking to God and God talking to us.
Today’s homily will have two parts to it. I will present a short homily and then I will introduce Richard Schumacher and he will speak...
Spiritual Awakening
Spiritual awakening. That is my topic for today. Spiritual Awakening. Every year, the church calls us to look upon Lent as the season...