A Collect of Our Lady of Walsingham

O God, who in the blessed Virgin Mary didst make a fit dwelling place for thy Son, grant we beseech thee, that we who honour her shrine at Walsingham may also become temples of thy Son, our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, and the same Holy Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen.


From the Orthodox Christian Society of Our Lady of Walsingham.

A Walsingham Prayer

Lord, be merciful unto me, a sinner.

Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.

Mary, Mother of Jesus, pray for us.

Our Lady of Walsingham, intercede for us.



From The Anglican Service Book. (Pennsylvania: Church of the Good Shepherd, 1991), 734.

Ave Regina coelorum

Said during Candlemas to Maunday Thursday.

Queen of the heavens, we hail thee,
Hail thee, Lady of the Angels;
Thou the dawn, the door of morning
Whence the world's true Light is risen:
Joy to thee, O Virgin glorious,
Beautiful beyond all other;
Hail and farewell, O most gracious,
Intercede for us alway to Jesus.

V. Vouchsafe that I may praise thee, I holy Virgin.
R. Give me strength against thine enemies.

Let us pray:

Grant us, O merciful God, protection in our weakness: that we who celebrate the memory of the holy Mother of God may, through the aid of her intercession, rise again from our sins, through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.

From The Anglican Service Book. (Pennsylvania: Church of the Good Shepherd, 1991), 731.

Sewanee OLW Society Update

The OLW icon is sitting in Fr. Walter's office! We're waiting on the conversations to commence and I suspect that we'll see Our Lady adorning the walls of COTA's Lady Chapel soon.

In the meantime, I'm still looking for some help in putting together a liturgy for the founding of the Sewanee Society of OLW. Please email me at chad.m.krouse@gmail.com to let me know if you'd be interested in helping.

Stay tuned!