On the eve of the feast of St. Bridget prayers and best wishes to Walsingham Way’s sister St. Brigitta’s Trail
The Benedictine monk, subsequently Cardinal, Adam Easton was a local Norfolk boy who made good. Adam promoted the beatification of Bridgit and did much to popularise her cult in his home town. It has been suggested that Adam had been Mother Julian’s Spiritual Director and some have noted similarities between St. Bridget and Mother Julian. They were both visionaries, both writers and the Passion of Christ was central to them both.
Beyond speculation we know that Adam held the living of Heigham, through which the Walsingham Way passes as it follows the River Wensum out of Norwich on the outskirts of Norwich; that Margery Kemp and her friend and mentor the Carmelite friar Alan of Lynn, were also fans; that Bridget’s Book was widely read by educated women in 15th C Norfolk; and that she is pictured on the rood screen in the church of St. Mary and St. Andrew at Horsham St.Faith’s .
The Walsingham Way 