Fr. Kubicki 2 Minute Prayer Reflections

In the Gospel at Mass today Father Kubicki shares insights about the scene of Jesus walking on water. We can be afraid like the apostles were. Father reads a powerful quote from Saint Mother Teresa about the power of suffering.

Today is the feast of St. Anselm of Canterbury, philosopher and theologian who wrote “I seek not to understand in order that I may believe, rather I believe in order that I may understand.” The mysteries of our faith are not something that can be fully understood but must be accept with trust.

Father Kubicki shares insights on joy from a book from Cardinal Archbishop Timothy Dolan. There are four threats that take away our joy: Self-pity, Worry, Looking for Joy in exterior things and Complaining. We are called to live with joy, which means we must let go of these vices.

In this Easter season Father Kubicki shares some insights from Pope Francis about Joy because Jesus Christ Triumphed over sin and death. We are called to live in union with the risen Jesus and have faith that He brings good out of evil.

Father Kubicki shares insights from the first reading at Mass today from the Acts of the Apostles. According to Pope Francis the first community of Christians were or one heart and soul. Such unity is impossible for humans alone, but with God all things are possible.

Have you ever been asked if you were born again? Father Kubicki shares insights from the Gospel today about needing to be born of water and the spirit, or in other words baptism. We are all born from above at the moment of our baptism.

Happy Divine Mercy Sunday. Today we remember the story of how Saint Thomas came to believe in the resurrection of Jesus. The wounds of Jesus are a scandal and stumbling block, but also a test of faith in believing that God is love, mercy and faithfulness.

Father Kubicki shares insights into the message of Divine Mercy and how it relates to devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. As we enter into Divine Mercy Sunday let us place our trust in the loving and sacred heart of Jesus.

In the Gospel at Mass today, taken from John chapter 21, Jesus askes Peter three times if he loves Him and charges Peter to feed His sheep. Father offers insights into the different forms of love being referred to in this Gospel and how Jesus meets us where we are at just as He did with Saint Peter.

Today’s Gospel is recounting how Jesus met the Apostles in a room which they were gathered in even though the door was locked. To help his disciples believe that he was really resurrected in the flesh Jesus ate food in front of them. Let us have hope in the bodily resurrection.

The Gospel today is about Jesus meeting the disciples on the road to Emmaus. Father Kubicki reads some words from Pope Benedict about this reading and how the Lord walks beside us and helps to open our eyes. Let us recognize Jesus in the breaking of the bread.

The Gospel today is about the first meeting of Mary Magdalene and Jesus after His resurrection. Father Kubicki tells the origin of the tradition of coloring Easter eggs. We can thank Mary Magdalene for the custom of colorful eggs on Easter.

Today we still celebrate Easter. The Church celebrates Easter as a solemnity the whole week after Easter day. The resurrection is a core part of our Faith. Without the resurrection the Christian faith would be meaningless.

Happy Easter, Christ has risen! Father Kubicki shares some words from Pope Francis about the necessity of the letting the peace of Easter come into our world today which is plagued by war and fear. We need Jesus to stand in our midst and say peace be with you.

Today is Holy Saturday, a quiet day of mourning and anticipation. Father Kubicki invites us to take some time today to place ourselves in silence and imagine Jesus laid in the tomb cold and motionless. Father shares some timely words from the byzantine liturgy for today.

Today is Good Friday, the day that Jesus suffered on the cross and died for our sins. The Church invites us to stand under the cross with his disciple John and his mother Mary. Jesus loved you so much to die for you. Let us thank Him for his act of love.

Today is Holy Thursday. On this holy day we celebrate the Mass of the Lord’s Supper. Prayer and service are at the heart of Holy Thursday. Father shares some insights from Saint John Paul II about how we can measure the authenticity of our worship.  

Father Kubicki shares some words from Pope Benedict about this most holy week of the Church. We are about to remember and reflect on the most important mysteries of our faith. Let us pray that we are able to enter into this mystery in its fullness.

Father Kubicki shares insights from the Gospel at Mass today about Jesus predicting his death and how Peter was too proud and sure of himself when he said he would die with Jesus. Let us be humble and reliant on God’s strength rather than our own.

Today Father shares some reflections on the gospel of Mass today about Mary anointing Jesus’ feet with perfume and drying His feet with her hair. Father reads a powerful meditation from Saint Charles de Foucauld about this passage.

Today is Palm Sunday. Father Kubicki shares a reflection from Pope Francis given ten years ago. As we celebrate the arrival of the King, we should ponder what kind of a king Jesus is. His kingship is one of sacrifice grounded in the thrown of the cross.

Father Kubicki shares how the Byzantine Catholics fast much more rigorously during lent. Penance is really good for us to do, especially during lent. Father reads some words from St. Teresa of Calcutta about the high importance of penance.

Father discusses today’s Gospel, explaining why the enemies of Jesus wanted to stone Him because He claimed to be God. The name of God is in the present tense reminding us to always remain with God in each moment and not to worry about the future.

After reflecting on the Transfiguration of Jesus in his message for Lent this year, Pope Francis concluded his message by talking about the light that Jesus shows the disciples and how it is an anticipation of Easter glory, and that must be the goal of our own journey as we follow him alone.

In his message for Lent this year, Pope Francis focused on the Transfiguration of Jesus, which is recorded in three of the gospels and which we hear every year on the second Sunday of Lent.