Mary's Dowry: Rededication of England
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THE REDEDICATION IN 2020
On Sunday 29th March at 12noon, The Rededication will take place throughout the country.
As King Richard II once gave England as a gift to Our Lady, so we are invited to give ourselves, as the people of this country, to Mary.
We respond to this invitation on the day of Rededication in two ways; by making a personal promise and a communal entrustment.
Our personal promise brings us closer to Mary, the first disciple of Christ. In this we unite in her joy by following her openness to God’s call.
Our communal entrustment unites us together as the people of our country in prayer, by renewing the vows of dedication made to Mary by our ancestors.
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T.E. Bridgett, CSSR, Our Lady's Dowry: How England Gained That Title (London, 1890).
The contemplation of the great mystery of the Incarnation has drawn all Christian nations to venerate her (Our Lady) from whom come the first beginnings of our redemption. But we English, being the servants of her special inheritance and her own dowry, as we are commonly called, ought to surpass others in the fervour of our praises and devotions.
Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury, wrote these sentences in 1399 to the Bishop of London and the rest of his suffragan bishops.
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