Two years, I started a plea on this blog to help set up 24/7 Adoration and a TLM house of prayer in Walsingham. I had several women who wanted to join for prayer for a few months every year and I had some people who said they would come weekly.
However, I could not raise the money for the house. The house is now sold and what I feared and saw in prayer will now happen.
The neo-pagans in the Anglican Church will continue to take over Walsiingham. Now, there are many excellent Anglo-Catholics in Walsingham, but in the last two years, it was obvious to me that the far-left agendas in that church were taking over the Walsingham scene.
I wrote about this several times. Sadly, this opportunity to have a house of Eucharistic Adoration for the laity and a place for priests who are TLM to come and give retreats is gone, with this house being sold.
It was perfect for a small community, with five bedrooms each with washing facilities, huge gathering rooms and a conservatory which could have been a chapel. The enclosed garden would have been perfect for prayer.
Many opportunities for putting God and Mother Mary back into Walsingham will not happen, as there are so few places for prayer and serious contemplation and none which are traditional.
I also wanted to bring the pro-life presence to Walsingham, as it is not there.
God gives us daily opportunities for evangelization. The world hates the truth and hates the Catholic Church.
How sad that the town of the national shrine to Our Lady, which should be Catholic, is increasingly not so.
"When England returns to Walsingham, Our Lady will return to England". Pope Leo XIII said this. If Catholic England does not return to live in Walsingham, there will be no revival.
I was warned of this two years ago. Too bad Catholics are not willing to support Catholic projects in England, Wales and Scotland.
Perhaps another house will open up for sale, but this one was reasonable, as the prices there are terrifically high.
Our Lady of Walsingham, pray for us for mercy.