These two great Reformation saints were both martyred in 1535. St Thomas More’s last words were: ‘I die the King’s good servant, but God’s first’. St John Fisher, as he ascended the scaffold upon which he would die, holding his Bible, said: ‘Christian people, I am come hither to die for the faith of Christ’s Catholic Church …’

There takes place today the Episcopal Ordination of Bishop-Elect David Waller at Westminster Cathedral. He is being ordained as Bishop for the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, by His Eminence Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, and he will formally take possession of the Ordinariate tomorrow.

May Our Lady of Walsingham watch over him, that he will be a faithful shepherd to his people always; and may God bless you this day.