Author Topic: Our Lady of Walsingham Devotion (Read 3389 times)

Canuk the Lionheart · « **on:** March 13, 2011, 10:52:41 PM »

Hi, first off, I am a Traditionalist Catholic and if you have read some of the posts from my other account (Crusading Canuk) you will know that I am a firm believer in the British Monarchy (as secular rulers certainly not as head of any church). This has led me to trying to find authentically (pre-Reformation) English Catholic devotions. One of these is to Our Lady of Walsingham. The only prayer to Our Lady of Walsingham I could find was from an Anglican source origionally although I found it on a Catholic site. Is it appropriate for me to pray this to Our Lady? And is it ok if I buy an Our Lady of Walsingham statue from an Anglican shop if I cannot find a Catholic site who sells them? Also, if anybody could point me in the direction in a Catholic prayer to Our Lady of Walsingham (and a site which sells Catholic statues of Our Lady) and other English Catholic devotions, I would appreciate it greatly.

Hobbledehoy · « **Reply #1 on:** March 13, 2011, 11:55:23 PM »

Hello: You just missed the Feast Day of St. Gregory the Great (12 March), who sent St. Augustine of Canterbury to evangelize the heathen Anglo-Saxons. He is considered by English Catholics as one of the great Patrons of Catholic England.

Canuk the Lionheart · « **Reply #2 on:** March 14, 2011, 11:51:59 AM »

Quote from: Hobbledehoy

Hello: You just missed the Feast Day of St. Gregory the Great (12 March), who sent St. Augustine of Canterbury to evangelize the heathen Anglo-Saxons. He is considered by English Catholics as one of the great Patrons of Catholic England.

Really? Well, they only have a Tridentine Mass here once a week on Sundays and I live in Newfoundland so English Feast Days probably wouldn't be celebrated anyways. But does anybody know any private devotions traditionally used by English Catholics?

Sigismund · « **Reply #3 on:** March 14, 2011, 10:34:13 PM »

Is the prayer itself orthodox? It seems to me that, if it is, it becomes a Catholic prayer when said by a Catholic. Have your statue blessed by a Catholic priest./ It is then an object for Catholic devotion.

Canuk the Lionheart · « **Reply #4 on:** March 14, 2011, 10:54:50 PM »

Quote from: Sigismund

Is the prayer itself orthodox? It seems to me that, if it is, it becomes a Catholic prayer when said by a Catholic. Have your statue blessed by a Catholic priest./ It is then an object for Catholic devotion.

Here is the text of the prayer:

Walsingham Prayer to Our Lady

(From the Pilgrim Manual of the Anglican Shrine)

O Mary, recall the solemn moment when Jesus, Your divine Son, dying on the Cross, confided us to Your maternal care. You are our Mother, we desire ever to remain Your devout Children. Let us therefore feel the effects of Your powerful intercession with Jesus Christ.

Make Your Name again glorious in this place once renowned throughout our land by Your visits, favours and many miracles.

Pray, O holy Mother of God for the conversion of England, restoration of the sick, consolation of the afflicted, repentance of sinners, peace to the departed.

O blessed Mary, Mother of God, Our Lady of Walsingham, intercede for us. Amen.

I got it from a site dedicated to the conversion of England to Catholicism. I do have grievences about supporting a heretical religious organisation, but if I can't fiind the statue anywhere else... Anyways, what do you guys think of the prayer? Is it orthodox or should I keep looking?