On Tue, 24 Sep 1996 09:51:40 +0100 (BST) CA. Muessig wrote:
> Our Lady of Ransom (patron of Mercedarians, founded c. 1220s): On this
> day, in a vision Peter Nolasco was requested by the BVM to establish a
> religious order especially devoted to the ransom of captives. Peter
> Nolasco thereupon founded the Mercedarian order.
>
>
>Hang on! This deserves a bit more footage. The feast of Our Lady of Ransom is the only Marian
feast proper to England. It expresses the desire of the faithful that England should become once
again the Dowry of Mary, and obedient to Peter the prince of the apostles. I celebrated it myself
yesterday with due solemnity.
"O Mary! O mother! rule o'er us once more;
Be England thy dowry as in days of yore."
And the sooner the better say I. Oriens.
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