This weekend I will be away with my wife, at the national shrine of Our Lady - Walsingham. This part of the country is a wonderful place, and we really enjoy staying with my mum's cousin Janie, who runs a Bed and Breakfast in Tatterford.
Along with the wonderful statue of Our Lady of Walsingham in the Slipper Chapel, is this beautiful altar. Mass is, of course, said in the correct orientation versus Deus ad orientem presumably because it is too small a chapel to renovate to modern specifications. Next door is the Chapel of Reconciliation where many of the larger shrine masses are said, and is likely to be where we will go to mass on Saturday.Walsingham is a very interesting place, which has a long and varied history. Of interest is the state of Anglicanism there, which seems to be very high if one judges from their Shrine in Little Walsingham just opposite the site of the original abbey (of which now remains only ruins). Here they have built a replica of the house of Nazareth, with a replica of the original statue of Our Lady of Walsingham based on the one destroyed by Henry VIII:
So I won't be blogging this weekend but will have a novena said for all the readers of Lacrimarum Valle!
aww! Thanks for the prayers! How sweet of you!
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Walsignham is indeed a lovely place.
bye!
antonia
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Matt, the Anglican shrine is not built on the site of the original shrine, but near to it. In fact, as far as I know, there is no particular significance to this site. Nonetheless, it is a very well kept shrine. The RC site, which is based round the Slipper Chapel, was before the Reformation, the last wayside chapel to Walsingham on the Pilgrim route from London. Enjoy you visit - Walsingham is the heart of this land. Fr Richard
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ReplyDeletePlease remember to pray for Aid to the Church in Need UK's Annual Pilgrimage to our Blessed Mother's Shrine at Walsingham on Saturday 27th June. Please pray for the Suffering Church and for those generous Benefactors who support ACN in bringing Aid to our Brothers and Sisters who are persecuted for their Faith
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