Gregory the Great, Doctor and Bishop
by CCW | 12 March 2016 01:00
The collect for today, the Feast of Saint Gregory the Great (540-604), Bishop of Rome, Doctor of the Church (source[1]):
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[2]
The Gospel: St. Mark 10:42-45[3]
[4]Artwork: Peter Paul Rubens, The Ecstasy of St. Gregory the Great, 1608. Oil on canvas, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Grenoble[5].
- source: http://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-worship/worship/texts/collects-and-post-communions/traditional-language/tradseptember.aspx
- 1 Chronicles 25: 1a, 6-8: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20chronicles%2025:1,6-8&version=ESVUK
- St. Mark 10:42-45: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=mark%2010:42-45&version=ESVUK
- [Image]: http://christchurchwindsor.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Rubens_EcstasyOfStGregoryTheGreat.jpg
- Musée des Beaux-Arts, Grenoble: http://www.museedegrenoble.fr/962-english.htm
Source URL: https://christchurchwindsor.ca/2016/03/12/gregory-the-great-doctor-and-bishop-5/