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 serves on the staff at Jesuit Retreat House in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

All Saints’ Day

November 1, 2026October 30, 2026 Articles, Faith and Spirituality

I’ve sometimes asked people, “Do you think you will become a saint?” The answer is usually, “I sure hope so.” My response is, “You better do more than hope.” Becoming a saint is more than “wishful thinking.” That sort of hope is like saying “I hope it won’t rain today.” There’s nothing you can do […]

The Feast of the Guardian Angels

October 2, 2026October 2, 2026 Articles, Faith and Spirituality

Popular pictures of Guardian Angels show them helping children cross a rickety bridge which spans a chasm, or about to grab a child reaching over a cliff to pick a flower. These pictures were meant to inspire children with the reality of angels. In dramatic ways they showed children that God loves them so much […]

The Feast of the Holy Archangels

September 29, 2026September 29, 2026 Articles, Faith and Spirituality

In the Creed which we pray every Sunday and Solemnity, we say that we believe in God, the “maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible.” These invisible creatures are called “angels.” We know the names of some of them because they appear in the Bible: Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael. Why did […]

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 […]

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