restoration of the sick, consolation for the afflicted, repentance of sinners, peace to the departed. O blessed Mary, mother of God, our Lady of Walsingham, intercede for us.

But above the altar and in the Slipper Chapel the Magnificat is inescapable. The image of Our Lady of Walsingham is not the lowly maid of Nazareth, but a powerful woman. The Walsingham ballad ...