INTENTION OF THE DAY: In reparation for the destruction of the
Walsingham Shrine during the English Reformation, and for the sins
of disunity in Christ’s Church.

OPENING PRAYER: We fly to thy protection, O holy Mother of God.
Despise not our petitions in our necessities, but deliver us from all
dangers O glorious and blessed Virgin. Amen.

REFLECTION: On the eve of His passion Jesus prayed, “Father may they be one
in us” (Jn 17:21). St John Paul II asked pardon of God for the sins of the sons
and daughters of the Church, for a “purification of memories” of all that caused
scandal, destruction and betrayal within the Church and without. We in
England, Mary’s Dowry and Wales pray in Reparation for the destruction of
the Church and Our Lady’s Shrines throughout our lands which sadly led to
the divisions among Christians which remain prevalent to this day.

We pray for the grace of Christian Unity and for the healing of the
wounds of sins and division because by the Holy Cross, Jesus has
redeemed the World. We pray for all the faithful departed and for
those near death at this time. May they rest in peace.

PRAYER: Father most merciful, grant us the grace of true sorrow for
the many sins which offend the Sacred Heart of your dear Son, and
the Immaculate Heart of his Holy Mother, and grant pardon and rest
to the souls of those who, for whatever motive, destroyed the holy
Shrine of Walsingham, and brought about divisions which have
lasted to our day.

Our Father… Hail Mary… Glory be…
Our Lady of Walsingham, pray for us.
St Joseph, pray for us.
St Edward the Confessor, pray for us.

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