Day: March 12, 2011

The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Gregory the Great (540-604), Bishop of Rome, Doctor of the Church (source):

Almighty and merciful God, who didst raise up Gregory of Rome to be a servant of the servants of God, and didst inspire him to send missionaries to preach the Gospel to the English people: Preserve in thy Church the catholic and apostolic faith they taught, that thy people, being fruitful in every good work, may receive the crown of glory that fadeth not away; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

The Lesson: 1 Chronicles 25: 1a, 6-8
The Gospel: St Mark 10:42-45

Artwork: Sebastiano Ricci, Pope Gregory the Great before the Virgin Mary, c. 1700. Oil on canvas, Basilica di Santa Giustina (Basilica of Saint Justine), Padua. Photograph taken by admin, 7 May 2010.

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