Gregory the Great, Doctor and Bishop

by CCW | 12 March 2015 01:00

The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Gregory the Great (540-604), Bishop of Rome, Doctor of the Church (source[1]):

Southwark Cathedral, St. Gregory[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: Saint Gregory, stained glass, Southwark Cathedral, London. Photograph taken by admin, 20 October 2014.

Endnotes:
  1. source: http://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-worship/worship/texts/collects-and-post-communions/traditional-language/tradseptember.aspx
  2. [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/SouthwarkCath_StGregory.jpg
  3. 1 Chronicles 25: 1a, 6-8: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20chronicles%2025:1,6-8&version=ESVUK
  4. St. Mark 10:42-45: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=mark%2010:42-45&version=ESVUK

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