St Gregory the Great, Bishop, Confessor & Doctor
Double of the 2nd Class · White
Kept on March 12
The next eight years
Each date opens that day, with its hours.
Proper of the feast
Proper to the feast. As said on Friday, March 12, 2027.
At Vespers · Magnificat
O Teacher right excellent, * O light of Holy Church, O blessed Gregory, lover of the divine law: intercede for us unto the Son of God.
Versicle at I Vespers
℣.The Lord loved him and adorned him.
℟.He clothed him with a robe of glory.
At Lauds · Benedictus
Gregory, * when he looked upon the youthful Angles, said: They have the countenance of Angels, and such as these should be of the fellowship of the Angels in heaven.
Versicle at Lauds and II Vespers
℣.The Lord guided the righteous in right paths.
℟.And shewed him the kingdom of God.
Collect
O God, who hast bestowed upon the soul of thy servant Gregory the reward of eternal blessedness: mercifully grant that we, who are weighed down with the burden of our sins, may be upheld by his prayers before thee. Through thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who with thee in the unity of the Holy Spirit, liveth and reigneth God, world without end.
℟.Amen.
The whole office: the hours of Friday, March 12, 2027