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.

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 […]

The Feast of St. Joseph the Worker

May 1, 2026April 28, 2026 Articles, Faith and Spirituality

Will Artificial Intelligence and Robots replace humans in the workplace? Will people no longer be slaves to their jobs but instead have unlimited leisure time? Won’t that be wonderful? These are important questions that the world and the Church face today. And the answer that Scripture and Church documents provide is “NO!” While leisure and […]

Christ is Risen!

April 5, 2026April 3, 2026 Articles, Faith and Spirituality

Some years ago, in a television report from Jerusalem, a reporter said “I’m standing in front of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, one of the holiest places in all of Christianity, where Jesus is buried.” NO! That’s where Jesus WAS buried. On the Sunday after He was crucified the followers of Jesus went to […]

The Solemnity of the Annunciation

March 25, 2026March 24, 2026 Articles, Faith and Spirituality

Imagine the moment when the Archangel Gabriel appeared to Mary and announced that God wanted her to be the mother of His Son, the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity. St. Bernard, the 12th Century monk and Doctor of the Church imagined that moment in a homily where he addressed Mary at the moment of […]

The Solemnity of St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary

March 19, 2026March 16, 2026 Articles, Faith and Spirituality

Today we celebrate a great solemnity which in some places is even a holy day of obligation. We honor St. Joseph, the Husband of Mary and Foster Father of Jesus, the Son of God. Though not one word of his is recorded in the Gospels, he was a powerful presence in the life of the […]

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