Gregory the Great, Doctor and Bishop
by CCW | 12 March 2012 01:00
The collect for today, the Feast of St Gregory the Great (540-604), Bishop of Rome, Doctor of the Church (source[1]):
[2]O merciful Father,
who didst choose thy bishop Gregory
to be a servant of the servants of God:
grant that, like him, we may ever desire to serve thee
by proclaiming thy gospel to the nations,
and may ever rejoice to sing thy praises;
through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord,
who liveth and reigneth with thee,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
The Lesson: 1 Chronicles 25: 1a, 6-8[3]
The Gospel: St Mark 10:42-45[4]
Artwork: Francisco de Zurbaran, Saint Gregory the Great, c. 1626-27. Oil on canvas, Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes, Seville.
- source: http://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-worship/worship/texts/collects-and-post-communions/traditional-language/tradseptember.aspx
- [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Zurbaran_GregoryTheGreat.jpg
- 1 Chronicles 25: 1a, 6-8: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20chronicles%2025:1,6-8&version=ESV
- St Mark 10:42-45: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=mark%2010:42-45&version=ESV
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