Author: Fr. James Kubicki, S.J.

Fr. James Kubicki, S.J.

Fr. Jim Kubicki, S.J., a Milwaukee native, entered the Jesuits in 1971 and was ordained in 1983. He has ministered among the Lakota Sioux and served as national director of the Apostleship of Prayer from 2003 to 2017. An acclaimed author and retreat leader, he currently offers talks and spiritual direction while serving at St. Francis de Sales Seminary in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee.

Our Lady of Sorrows

September 15, 2026September 15, 2026 Articles, Faith and Spirituality

It’s been said: “There are no tears like the tears of a mother.” And so, there is no sorrow like that of Our Sorrowful Mother Mary. Imagine for a moment what she must have felt as she stood under the Cross on which her Son was hanging. The sorrow she felt then had been predicted. […]

The Feast of St. Gregory the Great

September 3, 2026September 2, 2026 Articles, Faith and Spirituality

St. Gregory the Great, who was elected pope on this day in the year 590 and served until his death in 604, loved music and wanted to make sure that the praise given to God at Mass and in other liturgical services would be simple yet beautiful. He gathered and organized chants from various traditions. […]

The Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary

August 15, 2026August 13, 2026 Articles, Faith and Spirituality

God called Moses to lead His Chosen People into freedom after years of oppression in Egypt. He then instructed Moses to make a special case which the Israelites carried into the Promised Land. This was the Ark of the Covenant, a sign of His presence with them. Eventually, when David’s son Solomon was king, he […]

The Feast of the Transfiguration

August 6, 2026August 6, 2026 Articles, Faith and Spirituality

According to tradition, the mountain where Jesus was transfigured is Mt. Tabor, located about eleven miles west of the Sea of Galilee. Though the Gospels describe it as a “high mountain,” it’s only 1,886 feet high, but its domed shape sticks out from the flat land around it. The Transfiguration of Jesus occurred at a […]

The Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

July 16, 2026July 16, 2026 Articles, Faith and Spirituality

More than eight centuries before the birth of Christ, the Israelite king Ahab turned away from God and led the people to worship and serve idols (1 Kings 16: 30-33). As a result, God allowed a drought to ravage the land for three years (1 Kings 17: 1). It broke after the prophet Elijah purified […]

The Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul

June 29, 2026June 25, 2026 Articles, Faith and Spirituality

With the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul we honor the pillars of the Roman Catholic Church. According to Scripture and Tradition, they came to Rome, the center of the empire, and were martyred there around the year 66. We read in the Acts of the Apostles (25: 1-12) that Paul, being a citizen of […]

The Solemnity of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist

June 24, 2026June 18, 2026 Articles, Catechesis, Faith and Spirituality

St. John the Baptist was a “miracle baby.” His mother St. Elizabeth, a relative of the Blessed Virgin Mary, “conceived a son in her old age” though she had been “called barren” (Luke: 1: 36). The reason she conceived was because, as the Archangel Gabriel told Mary, “Nothing will be impossible for God” (Luke 1: […]

The Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

June 12, 2026June 12, 2026 Articles, Faith and Spirituality, News and Culture

In the 17th Century, Jesus appeared to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque and showed her His Heart on fire with love for her and for all humanity. Though consecrated through an anointing with Sacred Chrism at her Baptism, and consecrated through her profession of religious vows, she made a further act of dedication to Jesus. In […]

The Feast of Corpus Christi

June 7, 2026June 8, 2026 Articles, Catechesis

The American author Flannery O’Connor was once at a dinner party with other writers, and the topic of the Holy Eucharist came up. Someone said that they thought the Eucharist was a “pretty good symbol.” Here’s how O’Connor responded: I then said, in a very shaky voice, “Well, if it’s a symbol, to hell with […]

The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity

May 31, 2026May 29, 2026 Articles, Faith and Spirituality

One week after Pentecost we celebrate a feast in honor of the Most Holy Trinity, the mystery that is at the center of our faith. This mystery cannot be scientifically proven. It is a mystery which required God to reveal to us. God is one and God is three. We tend to think of the […]

Pentecost Sunday

May 24, 2026May 21, 2026 Articles, Faith and Spirituality

Forty days after Jesus rose from the dead, He ascended into Heaven. However, before doing so He told the apostles: “I am sending the promise of my Father upon you; but stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high” (Luke 24: 49). Jesus spoke of the same promise at the […]

The Solemnity of the Ascension

May 14, 2026April 30, 2026 Articles, Faith and Spirituality

On April 12, 1961, Yuri Garagin, a Soviet cosmonaut, became the first human being to journey into “outer space.” A rocket took him away from the earth which he orbited once before safely returning. Later, Nikita Khrushchev , the leader of the Soviet Union, speaking to the Central Committee of the Communist Party, said: “Why […]

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