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"I AM THE HANDMAID OF THE LORD, LET WHAT YOU HAVE SAID BE DONE TO ME. "

Our Lady of Penrhys Shrine


"Gentle Mary, Mother of Mercy
In Mary's hands is our prayer
The prayer of the labourers
who, in hosts, are ever at Penrhys"
(From an ancient Ode to the Lady of Penrhys)

Standing on top of Penrhys Hill, overlooking the vallies of Rhondda Fawr and Rhondda Fach stands a concrete image of the Crowned Virgin with Child.  This image marks the spot of a once popular and ancient shrine along the Cistercian way.

 

The statue of Our Lady of Penrhys

Pilgrims still come to this spot to pray to the fair lady and seek her intercession.

 

 
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