BL. RALPH CORBIE, PRIEST AND MARTYR - 7 SEPTEMBER

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER

Saints celebrated on the 7th of September

Prayer to the Angels and the Saints

Heavenly Father, in praising Your Angels and Saints we praise Your glory, for by honouring them we honour You, their Creator. Their splendour shows us Your greatness, which infinitely surpasses that of all creation.

In Your loving providence, You saw fit to send Your Angels to watch over us. Grant that we may always be under their protection and one day enjoy their company in heaven.

Heavenly Father, You are glorified in Your Saints, for their glory is the crowning of Your gifts. You provide an example for us by their lives on earth, You give us their friendship by our communion with them, You grant us strength and protection through their prayer for the Church, and You spur us on to victory over evil and the prize of eternal glory by this great company of witnesses.

Grant that we who aspire to take part in their joy may be filled with the Spirit that blessed their lives, so that, after sharing their faith on earth, we may also experience their peace in heaven. Amen.

BL. RALPH CORBIE, PRIEST AND MARTYR 

⬅️ The Eighty-five Martyrs of England and Wales

(Called at times Corrington) Blessed Ralph Corbie was brother of Ambrose Corbie; martyr-priest, born March 25, 1598, near Dublin; died September 7, 1644. 

HE WAS ORDAINED AT VALLADOLID

From the age of five he spent his childhood in the north of England, then going overseas he studied at Saint-Omer, Seville, and Valladolid, where he was ordained. 

Having become a Jesuit about 1626, he came to England about 1631 and laboured at Durham. 

THEY BOTH ADMITTED TO THE PRIESTHOOD AND WERE SENTENCED TO DEATH BY THE GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES

He was seized by the Parliamentarians at Hamsterley, July 8, 1644, when clothed in his Mass vestments, conveyed to London, and committed to Newgate (July 22) with his friend John Duckett, a secular priest. 

At their trial at the Old Bailey on September 4, they both admitted their priesthood, were condemned to death, and executed at Tyburn, September 7. Stonyhurst has a relic of Father Corbie. 

Source: Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913 - 📷  1. Newgate Prison, London, c. 1810. Newgate Prison was a prison at the corner of Newgate Street and Old Bailey Street, originally at the site of Newgate, a gate in the Roman London Wall. It was built in 1188 and demolished in 1904. For much of its history, a succession of criminal courtrooms were attached to the prison, commonly referred to as the "Old Bailey". The present Old Bailey - officially, Central Criminal Court - now occupies much of the site of the prison. 2. Today's Royal Courts of Justice, London, taken from the rear window of a bus

➡️ The Forty Martyrs of England and Wales

PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that we who know how courageously your holy martyr Ralph confessed the faith, may experience his goodness as he intercedes for us with you. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.