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Go to, faithful soul, prepare thy heart for this bridegroom that he
may vouchsafe to come to thee and dwell within thee, for so He saith,
if any man loveth me he will keep my words: and my Father will love
him, and we will come unto him and make our abode with him [John xiv.
23.] Give, therefore, place to Christ and refuse entrance to all
others. When thou hast Christ, thou art rich, and hast sufficient. He
shall be thy provider and faithful watchman in all things, that thou
hast no need to trust in men, for men soon change and swiftly pass
away, but Christ remaineth for ever and standeth by us firmly even to
the end.
--Thomas à Kempis --Imitation of Christ Bk 2 Ch 1
<<>><<>><<>>
3 September – St Pope Gregory the Great
(540-604)
Father & Doctor of the Church. Also known as “Father of the Fathers”
(c 540 at Rome, Italy – Papal Ascension: 3 September 590 – 12 March
604 at Rome, Italy of natural causes). Pope, Prefect of Rome, Monk,
Abbot, Writer, Theologian, Teacher, Liturgist.
Patronages – • against gout • against plague,• choir boys,• teachers,
teachers,• stone masons, stonecutters, • students, school children,•
popes, the papacy,• musicians,• singers,• England,
• West Indies,• Legazpi, Philippines, diocese of,• Order of Knights of
Saint Gregory,
• Kercem, Malta,• Montone, Italy,• San Gregorio nelle Alpi, Italy.
Attributes – • crozier
• dove,• pope working on sheet music,• pope writing,• tiara.
4 Original Latin Fathers – Jerome, Gregory, Ambrose, Augustine
Pope St. Gregory was born in Rome, the son of a wealthy Roman Senator.
His mother was St. Sylvia. He followed the career of public service
that was usual for the son of an aristocratic family, becoming Prefect
of the City of Rome but resigned within a year to pursue monastic
life. He founded with the help of his vast financial holdings seven
monasteries, of which six were on family estates in Sicily. A seventh,
which he placed under the patronage of St. Andrew and which he himself
joined, was erected on the Clivus Scauri in Rome. For several years,
he lived as a good and holy Benedictine monk.
Then Pope Pelagius made him one of the seven deacons of Rome. For six
years, he served as permanent ambassador to the Court of Byzantium. In
the year 586, he was recalled to Rome and with great joy returned to
St Andrew’s Monastery. He became abbot soon afterwards and the
monastery grew famous under his energetic rule. When the Pope died,
Gregory was unanimously elected to take his place because of his great
piety and wisdom. However, Gregory did not want that honour, so he
disguised himself and hid in a cave but was found and made Pope
anyway.
The Eucharistic Miracle of St Pope Gregory
St Gregory the Great is perhaps especially remembered by many for the
Eucharistic Miracle that occurred in 595 during the Holy Sacrifice.
This famous incident was related by Paul the Deacon in his 8th century
biography of the holy pope, Vita Beati Gregorii Papae.
Pope Gregory was distributing Holy Communion during a Sunday Mass and
noticed amongst those in line a woman who had helped make the hosts
was laughing. This disturbed him greatly and so he inquired what was
the cause of her unusual behaviour. The woman replied that she could
not believe how the hosts she had prepared could become the Body and
Blood of Christ just by the words of consecration.
Hearing this disbelief, St. Gregory refused to give her Communion and
prayed that God would enlighten her with the truth. Just after making
this plea to God, the pope witnessed some consecrated Hosts (which
appeared as bread) change Their appearance into actual flesh and
blood. Showing this miracle to the woman, she was moved to repentance
for her disbelief and knelt weeping. Today, two of these miraculous
Hosts can still be venerated at Andechs Abbey in Germany (with a third
miraculous Host from Pope Leo IX [11th century], thus the Feast of the
Three Hosts of Andechs [Dreihostienfest]).
During the Middle Ages, the event of the Miraculous Mass of St.
Gregory was gradually stylised in several ways. First the doubting
woman was often replaced by a deacon, while the crowd was often
comprised of the papal court of cardinals and other retinue. Another
important feature was the pious representation of the Man of Sorrows
rising from a sarcophagus and surrounded by the Arma Christi, or the
victorious display of the various instruments of the Passion.
The artistic representation of this Eucharistic Miracle became
especially prominent in Europe during the Protestant Reformation in
reaction to the heretical denial of the doctrine of the Real Presence.
https://anastpaul.com/2017/09/03/
“When we attend to the needs of those in want,
we give them what is theirs, not ours.
More than performing works of mercy,
we are paying a debt of justice.”
“The Emperor of heaven, the Lord of men and of angels,
has sent you His epistles for your life’s advantage—
and yet you neglect to read them eagerly.
Study them, I beg you and meditate daily on the words
of your Creator. Learn the heart of God in the words of God,
that you may sigh more eagerly for things eternal,
that your soul may be kindled
with greater longings for heavenly joy.”
--St Pope Gregory the Great (540-604)
St Gregory’s Prayer of Praise
It is only right,
with all the powers of our heart and mind,
to praise You Father
and Your Only-Begotten Son,
Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Dear Father, by Your wondrous condescension
of loving-kindness toward us, Your servants,
You gave up Your Son.
Dear Jesus, You paid the debt of Adam for us
to the Eternal Father by Your Blood
poured forth in loving-kindness.
You cleared away the darkness of sin
by Your magnificent and radiant Resurrection.
You broke the bonds of death
and rose from the grave as a Conqueror.
You reconciled heaven and earth.
Our life had no hope of eternal happiness
before You redeemed us.
Your Resurrection has washed away our sins,
restored our innocence and brought us joy.
How inestimable is the tenderness of Your Love!
Amen
Saint Quote:
In proportion as a soul is generous in the service of God, she
experiences the effects of her liberality, and becomes day by day a
more fit recipient of heavenly gifts and graces.
--St. Ignatius
Bible Quote:
Dearly beloved, follow not that which is evil: but that which is good.
He that doth good is of God: he that doth evil hath not seen God. [3
John 1:11] DRB
Go to, faithful soul, prepare thy heart for this bridegroom that he
may vouchsafe to come to thee and dwell within thee, for so He saith,
if any man loveth me he will keep my words: and my Father will love
him, and we will come unto him and make our abode with him [John xiv.
23.] Give, therefore, place to Christ and refuse entrance to all
others. When thou hast Christ, thou art rich, and hast sufficient. He
shall be thy provider and faithful watchman in all things, that thou
hast no need to trust in men, for men soon change and swiftly pass
away, but Christ remaineth for ever and standeth by us firmly even to
the end.
--Thomas à Kempis --Imitation of Christ Bk 2 Ch 1
<<>><<>><<>>
3 September – St Pope Gregory the Great
(540-604)
Father & Doctor of the Church. Also known as “Father of the Fathers”
(c 540 at Rome, Italy – Papal Ascension: 3 September 590 – 12 March
604 at Rome, Italy of natural causes). Pope, Prefect of Rome, Monk,
Abbot, Writer, Theologian, Teacher, Liturgist.
Patronages – • against gout • against plague,• choir boys,• teachers,
teachers,• stone masons, stonecutters, • students, school children,•
popes, the papacy,• musicians,• singers,• England,
• West Indies,• Legazpi, Philippines, diocese of,• Order of Knights of
Saint Gregory,
• Kercem, Malta,• Montone, Italy,• San Gregorio nelle Alpi, Italy.
Attributes – • crozier
• dove,• pope working on sheet music,• pope writing,• tiara.
4 Original Latin Fathers – Jerome, Gregory, Ambrose, Augustine
Pope St. Gregory was born in Rome, the son of a wealthy Roman Senator.
His mother was St. Sylvia. He followed the career of public service
that was usual for the son of an aristocratic family, becoming Prefect
of the City of Rome but resigned within a year to pursue monastic
life. He founded with the help of his vast financial holdings seven
monasteries, of which six were on family estates in Sicily. A seventh,
which he placed under the patronage of St. Andrew and which he himself
joined, was erected on the Clivus Scauri in Rome. For several years,
he lived as a good and holy Benedictine monk.
Then Pope Pelagius made him one of the seven deacons of Rome. For six
years, he served as permanent ambassador to the Court of Byzantium. In
the year 586, he was recalled to Rome and with great joy returned to
St Andrew’s Monastery. He became abbot soon afterwards and the
monastery grew famous under his energetic rule. When the Pope died,
Gregory was unanimously elected to take his place because of his great
piety and wisdom. However, Gregory did not want that honour, so he
disguised himself and hid in a cave but was found and made Pope
anyway.
The Eucharistic Miracle of St Pope Gregory
St Gregory the Great is perhaps especially remembered by many for the
Eucharistic Miracle that occurred in 595 during the Holy Sacrifice.
This famous incident was related by Paul the Deacon in his 8th century
biography of the holy pope, Vita Beati Gregorii Papae.
Pope Gregory was distributing Holy Communion during a Sunday Mass and
noticed amongst those in line a woman who had helped make the hosts
was laughing. This disturbed him greatly and so he inquired what was
the cause of her unusual behaviour. The woman replied that she could
not believe how the hosts she had prepared could become the Body and
Blood of Christ just by the words of consecration.
Hearing this disbelief, St. Gregory refused to give her Communion and
prayed that God would enlighten her with the truth. Just after making
this plea to God, the pope witnessed some consecrated Hosts (which
appeared as bread) change Their appearance into actual flesh and
blood. Showing this miracle to the woman, she was moved to repentance
for her disbelief and knelt weeping. Today, two of these miraculous
Hosts can still be venerated at Andechs Abbey in Germany (with a third
miraculous Host from Pope Leo IX [11th century], thus the Feast of the
Three Hosts of Andechs [Dreihostienfest]).
During the Middle Ages, the event of the Miraculous Mass of St.
Gregory was gradually stylised in several ways. First the doubting
woman was often replaced by a deacon, while the crowd was often
comprised of the papal court of cardinals and other retinue. Another
important feature was the pious representation of the Man of Sorrows
rising from a sarcophagus and surrounded by the Arma Christi, or the
victorious display of the various instruments of the Passion.
The artistic representation of this Eucharistic Miracle became
especially prominent in Europe during the Protestant Reformation in
reaction to the heretical denial of the doctrine of the Real Presence.
https://anastpaul.com/2017/09/03/
“When we attend to the needs of those in want,
we give them what is theirs, not ours.
More than performing works of mercy,
we are paying a debt of justice.”
“The Emperor of heaven, the Lord of men and of angels,
has sent you His epistles for your life’s advantage—
and yet you neglect to read them eagerly.
Study them, I beg you and meditate daily on the words
of your Creator. Learn the heart of God in the words of God,
that you may sigh more eagerly for things eternal,
that your soul may be kindled
with greater longings for heavenly joy.”
--St Pope Gregory the Great (540-604)
St Gregory’s Prayer of Praise
It is only right,
with all the powers of our heart and mind,
to praise You Father
and Your Only-Begotten Son,
Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Dear Father, by Your wondrous condescension
of loving-kindness toward us, Your servants,
You gave up Your Son.
Dear Jesus, You paid the debt of Adam for us
to the Eternal Father by Your Blood
poured forth in loving-kindness.
You cleared away the darkness of sin
by Your magnificent and radiant Resurrection.
You broke the bonds of death
and rose from the grave as a Conqueror.
You reconciled heaven and earth.
Our life had no hope of eternal happiness
before You redeemed us.
Your Resurrection has washed away our sins,
restored our innocence and brought us joy.
How inestimable is the tenderness of Your Love!
Amen
Saint Quote:
In proportion as a soul is generous in the service of God, she
experiences the effects of her liberality, and becomes day by day a
more fit recipient of heavenly gifts and graces.
--St. Ignatius
Bible Quote:
Dearly beloved, follow not that which is evil: but that which is good.
He that doth good is of God: he that doth evil hath not seen God. [3
John 1:11] DRB
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