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....
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Fr. Jerry Schik, o.s.c.
- Mar 27, 2022
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, 2022
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, 2022
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...
Fr. Jerry Schik, o.s.c.
- Mar 6, 2022
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...
Fr. Jerry Schik, o.s.c.
- Feb 20, 2022
Prepare ourselves to have a change of heart.
Today’s homily will have two parts. I will give a short homily and then we will listen to a short message from Bishop Kettler about the...
Fr. Jerry Schik, o.s.c.
- Feb 13, 2022
There is power in the community.
I read somewhere that in the schools in Japan every hallway and classroom and public gathering place is neat and clean. Why? Because...
Fr. Jerry Schik, o.s.c.
- Feb 6, 2022
Three people from the Bible who were weak and sinful.
Today I want to talk about three people from the Bible - 3 people who were weak and sinful. The first person is the prophet Isaiah, the...
Fr. Jerry Schik, o.s.c.
- Jan 30, 2022
6 year old Hannah asks “Why does the horse have a patch beside each of his eyes?”
When Hannah was 6 years old she went to the Fourth of July parade with her grandmother. At a certain point a horse and buggy went by and...
Fr. Jerry Schik, o.s.c.
- Jan 23, 2022
Each Bible passage is a love letter from God.
When I was serving at Saint Odilia Parish in Shoreview, Fr. Marven Tellers was one of the weekend assistants. He used to say that each...
Fr. Jerry Schik, o.s.c.
- Jan 21, 2022
Update from Bishop Kettler
January 2022 Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, You’ve been hearing about the resurgence of COVID-19 around the world due to the...
Fr. Jerry Schik, o.s.c.
- Jan 20, 2022
Marriage
The Gospel about the wedding feast of Cana tells you that I will speak about marriage today. Homilies are supposed to be based on...
Fr. Jerry Schik, o.s.c.
- Jan 9, 2022
The Baptism of the Lord gives us a chance to talk about our modern-day ritual of Baptism.
The Baptism of the Lord gives me a chance to talk about our modern-day ritual of Baptism. I want to look at each of the items that we use...
Fr. Jerry Schik, o.s.c.
- Jan 1, 2022
My blessing is the blessing of peace.
Our first reading today came from the Book of Numbers. After wandering in the Sinai Desert for more than 39 years, the followers of...
Fr. Jerry Schik, o.s.c.
- Dec 27, 2021
When Jesus was a child, he was a good listener.
Today’s Gospel has a short phrase that we sometimes fail to notice. It says that Jesus was listening to the elders in the Temple....
Fr. Jerry Schik, o.s.c.
- Dec 26, 2021
Christmas 2021 Homily
John Newton was born in Great Britain in 1725. His father was the captain of a merchant ship and at the age of 21 John became the captain...
Fr. Jerry Schik, o.s.c.
- Dec 15, 2021
God's Mercy
Back in 1967, when I came home from college for summer vacation, I helped our Dad and our neighbor build the foundation for our new house...
Fr. Jerry Schik, o.s.c.
- Dec 7, 2021
History has valuable lessons for us
History has valuable lessons for us. That is my topic for today. History has valuable lessons for us and I will begin with an example....
Fr. Jerry Schik, o.s.c.
- Nov 26, 2021
First Sunday of Advent
“Missed Opportunities.” My thoughts for today revolve around the phrase: “Missed Opportunities.” Our lives contain many “Missed...
Fr. Jerry Schik, o.s.c.
- Nov 14, 2021
What does the future contain?
My goal today is to talk about the future and my question is this: What does the future contain? I want to look at three answers to that...
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