ST AMBROSE EDWARD BARLOW, PRIEST AND MARTYR - 10 SEPTEMBER

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN SEPTEMBER

Saints celebrated on the 10th 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.

ST AMBROSE EDWARD BARLOW, PRIEST AND MARTYR

⬅️ Forty Martyrs of England and Wales

[Saint] Ambrose Edward Barlow is a priest and martyr, born at Barlow Hall, 1585; he died September 10, 1641. 

THE BAPTISMAL REGISTER STILL EXISTS

He was the fourth son of Sir Alexander Barlow, Knight of Barlow Hall, near Manchester, by Mary, daughter of Sir Uryan Brereton, Knight of Handforth Hall, and was baptised at Didsbury Church on November 30, 1585; the entry in the register may still be seen. 

HE WAS ORDAINED A PRIEST IN 1617

Educated at the Benedictine monastery of St Gregory, Douai, he entered the English College, Valladolid, September 20, 1610, but returned to Douai where his elder brother William Rudesind was a professed monk. He was himself professed in 1616 and ordained in 1617. 

Sent to England, he laboured in South Lancashire with apostolic zeal and fervour. 

HE WAS APPREHENDED AT WARDLEY HALL

He was apprehended at Wardley Hall, near Manchester, on Easter Sunday, April 25, 1641. He was preaching at the time and could have escaped in the confusion, but yielded himself up to his enemies, and was carried off to Lancaster Castle.

Here after four months’ imprisonment he was tried, on September 6 or 7, and sentenced next day, having confessed that he was a priest. On Friday, September 10, he suffered the usual penalties at Lancaster. 

(From Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913)

➡️ Eighty-five Martyrs of England and Wales