Pope St. Gregory the Great saved Rome from the plague he ordered a procession around the
city to beg the heavens to end their affliction and their prayers were answered!
THE ‘GREATNESS OF
GREGORY’
On his
father's death, Gregory converted his family villa into a monastery dedicated
to the Apostle Saint Andrew. In his life of contemplation, Gregory concluded
that "in that silence of the heart, while we keep watch within through
contemplation, we are as if asleep to all things that are without."
Gregory had
a deep respect for the monastic life. He viewed being a monk as the 'ardent
quest for the vision of our Creator.’
He made the
following modifications in the pre-existing practice
In the
Canon of the Mass he inserted the words "diesque nostros in tua pace
disponas, atque ab aeterna damnatione nos eripi, et in electorum tuorum jubras
grege numerari" (order our days in
Thy peace and bid us to be delivered from eternal damnation and numbered among
the flock of Thy elect).
He ordered the
Pater Noster to be recited in the Canon before the breaking of the Host;
He provided
that the Alleluia should be chanted after the
Gradual out of paschal time, to which period, apparently, the Roman use had previously confined it;
He prohibited
the use of the chasuble by subdeacons assisting at Mass.
Novena Prayer
to St. Gregory the Great
(March 3 – March 11)
St. Gregory, you are known for your zeal for the
Catholic faith, love of liturgy, and compassion and mercy toward those in
need. Please help and guide us so that
we may share in these virtues and thereby bring Jesus into the hearts of our
families and all we encounter. We
especially ask for blessings on our parish family, our priests and our deacons.
I also ask that you graciously intercede for me before
God so that I might be granted the special assistance and graces that I seek…
(Mention
personal intentions here)
Help me to live as a faithful child of God and to
attain the eternal happiness of heaven.
Papa Sancte Gregorius Magnus, ora pro nobis!
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