FRIDAY 'September 3, 2010
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Saint of the Day: Saint Gregory The Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church
Rome, 540 - March 12, 604
(Pope from the 03/09/590 12/03/604)
born to the 540 family of senatorial Anici Gordian and his father's death, was elected, very young, the prefect of Rome. Monaco and later became abbot of the monastery of St. Andrew on the Coelian Hill. Elected Pope, he received episcopal ordination on September 3 590. Despite his poor health, express a diverse and intense activity in the government of the Church, charity care, in missionary. Author and legislature in the field of liturgy and sacred music, worked out a Sacramentary that bears his name and is the core of the Roman Missal. He wrote a pastoral nature, moral, and spiritual homily, whole generations of Christians who formed especially in the Middle Ages died 12 March 604. (Future)
Patronage: Singers, Musicians, Papi
Etymology: Gregory = one who awakens from the greek
Emblem: Dove, Gull
Martyrology: memory of St. Gregory the Great, pope and doctor of the Church, after having taken the monastic life, he held the office of the apostolic legate to Constantinople; then elected to the See of Rome on this day, settled earthly matters and as a servant of the servants took care of those sacred. He showed true pastor to govern the Church in every way in helping the needy, promoting the monastic life and to consolidate and propagate the faith everywhere, for that purpose by writing popular books of moral and pastoral. He died March 12.
MEDITATION ...
from the homilies on Ezekiel by Saint Gregory the Great, pope
(Book 1,11,4-6; CCL 142.170-172)
For the love of Christ does not save myself in speaking of him
For the love of Christ does not save myself in speaking of him
"Son of man, I have appointed watchman for the house of Israel" (Ezekiel 3, 16). It should be noted that when the Lord sends one to preach, calling him by name as a sentinel. The Sentinel is in fact always on a high place, to see from far away no matter what is going to happen. Anyone who has set as a sentinel of the people must stand up with his life in order to benefit by his foresight.
How these words sound harsh I say! So saying, hurt myself, because nor exercised my tongue as befits the preaching, nor my life follows the language, even when it does what it can.
Now I do not deny being guilty, and I see my slowness and carelessness. Perhaps the same recognition of my guilt I will lose with the court pitiful.
course, when I was in the monastery I was able to retain the language from the useless words, and to keep the mind occupied in an almost continuous state of deep prayer. But when I put the weight back to the pastoral office, the mind can no longer collect assiduously in itself, because it is divided among many affairs.
I must now turn to the issues of churches, monasteries hours, often to examine the lives and actions of individuals, and now to interest the private affairs of citizens, now groaning under the swords of the barbarians and irruptive fear of the wolves that threaten the flock entrusted to me.
Now I have to give me thought of material things, because they lack appropriate aid to all those who take the rule of discipline bound. Sometimes I have to bear with undisturbed mind some raiders, sometimes confront them, but trying to keep the charity.
So when the mind is divided and torn apart leads us to consider a mass so big and so wide issues, as could fall in on itself, to devote himself to preaching the whole and not leave the ministry of the word?
Since then the need for office has to deal with men of the world sometimes do not mind to hold his tongue. In fact, if I keep in constant rigorous supervision on myself, I know that the weakest escape me and I will never take them wherever I want. For this reason it happens that many times I patiently listen to their words unnecessary. And because I am weak, dragged a little in vain talk, I get to speak willingly of what I had begun to listen against desire, and of hanging nicely to lie where I was sorry to fall.
What kind of watch I have, therefore, that instead of sitting on the mountain to work, still lie in the valley of weakness?
But the Creator and Redeemer of mankind has the ability to donate to me unworthy of the nobility of life and efficiency of language, because, for her love, no savings to speak of myself in him.
Responsor
R. From the depths of the Scriptures took norms of action and contemplation, and placing in the life of the people the living water of the Gospel. * His voice continues to resound in the Church.
V. How eagle plucked from the sense of things with the power of love to the humble and large provident.
R. His voice continues to resound in the Church.
PRAYER O God, you govern your own people with the sweetness and the strength of your love, through the intercession of Pope Saint Gregory the Great, gives Your spirit of wisdom to those who have placed teachers and guides in the Church because the progress of the faithful is eternal joy of the shepherds. For our Lord.
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