The Feast of St. Walstan
On Monday 30th, we celebrate the feast of St. Walstan (975-1016). Walstan was an Anglo-Saxon prince, known for the miracles which occurred during and after his life after he became a farm worker. He is a patron saint of agricultural workers and farm animals, who once visited his shrine at the church at Bawburgh, in the English county of Norfolk.
Here is a prayer you may wish to use on Monday:
Oh, Holy Walstan,
Well do you deserve praise in the Church of God!
You may be compared to the apostles for your renunciation of temporal things;
You are like to the martyrs by penitential mortification of the flesh;
You are the companion of confessors for your almsgiving,
And pouring forth abundantly holy prayers.
Pray that we may so follow your steps in the way of truth and justice
And perfect humility,
That we may be enabled to come with you to the Kingdom of Light and Glory,
Through our Lord Jesus Christ,
Who reigns with the Father and the Holy Ghost
For endless ages of ages.
Amen.
Here is a prayer you may wish to use on Monday:
Oh, Holy Walstan,
Well do you deserve praise in the Church of God!
You may be compared to the apostles for your renunciation of temporal things;
You are like to the martyrs by penitential mortification of the flesh;
You are the companion of confessors for your almsgiving,
And pouring forth abundantly holy prayers.
Pray that we may so follow your steps in the way of truth and justice
And perfect humility,
That we may be enabled to come with you to the Kingdom of Light and Glory,
Through our Lord Jesus Christ,
Who reigns with the Father and the Holy Ghost
For endless ages of ages.
Amen.
