Quote/s of the Day – 12 March – St Gregory the Great (540-604) Pope, Confessor, Father & Doctor of the Church, “Father of the Fathers” “The Apostle of England”
Anglorum Iam Apostolus
The Apostle of England
By St Peter Damian (1007-1072)
Bishop, Confesssor, Father and Doctor
A Tribute to his fellow Monk
St Gregory the Great (540-604)
Pope, Confessor, Father & Doctor of the Church
Apostle to the English lands
Now with the Angel hosts he stands.
Make haste, St Gregory, relieve
And help the people who believe.
From riches and from wealth you turned.
The glory of the world you spurned
That you might follow, being poor,
Prince Jesus, Who was poor before.
This Christ, High Pontifex, decreed
That you would take His Church’s lead
And learn St Peter’s steps to tread,
The rule of all called in his stead.
You wondrously solved, riddles deep
The mystic secrets Scriptures keep,
For Truth Himself, has taught you these:
The lofty sacred Mysteries.
O Pontifex, our leader bright,
The Church’s honour and its light,
Through dangers let them all be brought,
The ones you carefully have taught.
The unborn Father, let us praise
And to His Son like glory raise
And to their Equal, Majesty.
All glory to the Trinity.
Amen
FOR:
St Gregory the Great (540-604)
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