‘Bury St Martin’

 

St Martin,

St Martin,

Where are you now?

 

Buried deep

Within our hearts,

Deep within our hearts,

In cold recesses

Where no one

Can see you,

No one can see you,

Or feel the warmth

Of your Grace-filled soul,

Of your Grace-filled soul,

Like a blazing

Diamond

Covered in dismal

Layers of earth,

In dismal

Layers of earth.

 

Who will uncover

You, that we may

Rest in the Light

We knew long ago,

We knew long ago,

That Western lands

May be Christ-filled

Once again,

Christ-filled once again?

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A life of St Martin of Tours by one of his contemporaries may be read here:

https://orthodoxchurchfathers.com/fathers/npnf211/npnf2114.htm#P156_9980

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Holy Ælfred the Great, King of England, South Patron, pray for us sinners at the Souð, unworthy though we are!

Anathema to the Union!