{"id":2770,"date":"2007-05-03T19:44:53","date_gmt":"2007-05-03T19:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2007\/05\/memorial-of-the-english\/"},"modified":"2007-05-03T19:44:53","modified_gmt":"2007-05-03T19:44:53","slug":"memorial-of-the-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2007\/05\/memorial-of-the-english\/","title":{"rendered":"The Holy Martyrs of England and Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/40-martyrs-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"40-martyrs-1.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/40-martyrs-1-thumb.jpg\" width=\"440\" height=\"255\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Memorial of the English and Welsh Martyrs<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>On May 4th in 1535 three <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Greenwood\">Carthusian<\/a> monks were put to death at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tyburnconvent.org.uk\/home\/index.html\">Tyburn<\/a>, the first of many English and Welsh men and women martyred for the Catholic faith between 1535 and 1680.  Among the English and Welsh Martyrs one finds secular priests, and monks and friars of many Orders; there are also men and women of every walk of life, rich and poor, married and single. The legacy of the English and Welsh Martyrs is one of  constancy in the Catholic faith, steadfast attachment to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, obedience to the Pope, the Successor of Saint Peter, and courage in the face of persecution.<br \/>\nThe Roman Missal in Latin and English, (Burns Oates and Washbourne, London, 1957) contains the Proper Mass for May 4th.  Here are two of the Collects given there.<\/em><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nCollect<\/strong><br \/>\nO God, Who didst raise up martyrs from every walk of life<br \/>\namong the English,<br \/>\nto be champions of the true faith and of the papacy,<br \/>\ngrant through their merits, and at their intercession,<br \/>\nthat we may all become and remain one<br \/>\nby professing the same faith,<br \/>\nand so fulfilling Thy Son&#8217;s Prayer:<br \/>\nWho is God living and reigning with Thee<br \/>\nin the unity of the Holy Spirit,<br \/>\nforever and ever.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nCollect <em>Pro Anglia<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nO God, Who from the beginning of our English Church<br \/>\ndidst make us the dowry of the Blessed Virgin Mary<br \/>\nand subjects of Peter, Prince of the Apostles,<br \/>\nin Thy lovingkindness grant that<br \/>\nstaunchly adhering to the Catholic faith,<br \/>\nwe may have grace to love that Blessed Virgin constantly<br \/>\nand to remain obedient to Peter.<br \/>\nThrough our Lord Jesus Christ, thy Son<br \/>\nwho is God, living and reigning with Thee,<br \/>\nin the unity of the Holy Spirit, forever and ever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Memorial of the English and Welsh Martyrs On May 4th in 1535 three Carthusian monks were put to death at Tyburn, the first of many English and Welsh men and women martyred for the Catholic faith between 1535 and 1680. Among the English and Welsh Martyrs one finds secular priests, and monks and friars of <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-saints"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paVypq-IG","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2770"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2770\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}