by Walt Wainwright | Jul 14, 2021 | Walt's Insights
In just two days from today our diocese will celebrate the feast of the saint who is the patron saint of the Diocese of Rochester: St. John Fisher. It was on this date in the year 1535 that Bishop John Fisher was beheaded at Tyburn. Just two weeks...
by Walt Wainwright | Jul 11, 2021 | Walt's Insights
When Jesus summoned the twelve and told them he was sending them out two by two it was a kind of training mission. He gave them instructions as to what they should take with them; he told them to go to various places to stay there proclaiming the gospel and...
by Walt Wainwright | Jul 4, 2021 | Walt's Insights
Archbishop John Carroll, the first bishop of Baltimore, was asked to compose the Inauguration Prayer for President George Washington’s first inauguration as President of the United States. I am going to borrow some of the lines from the Archbishop’s Inauguration...
by Walt Wainwright | Jun 28, 2021 | Walt's Insights
This Sunday’s gospel gives us yet another account of two different people approaching Jesus seeking healing: Jairus who comes to plead that Jesus come down and heal his daughter who is at the point of death. The second, a woman afflicted with severe...
by Walt Wainwright | Jun 14, 2021 | Walt's Insights
Today, June 13th, while it is the 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time, it also happens to be the feast of St. Anthony of Padua. St. Anthony’s feast day won’t be celebrated this year because it falls on a Sunday, but St. Anthony still has a big part in the hearts of...
Recent Comments