Catholic Word of the Day: GREGORIAN MASSES, 04-28-09

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GREGORIAN MASSES

Offering on successive days of thirty Masses said for the same deceased person, to obtain the deliverance of that soul from purgatory, through the benevolent dispensation of God's mercy. The Church has declared that the confidence of the faithful in the special efficacy of the Gregorian Masses is pious and reasonable (Sacred Congregation for Indulgences, August 24, 1888). More than one series of Gregorian Masses may be offered, but not for more than one person at a time. Also the special fruits of these Masses apply only to the deceased. But the Masses need not be said by the same priest or at the same altar. Belief in the efficacy of the Gregorian Masses is based on a private revelation made to Pope St. Gregory I.

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Praying for those who have died.

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St. Gregory I, also known as St. Gregory the Great.

Doctor of the Church; born at Rome about 540; died 12 March 604. Here he is shown receiving a dictation from the Holy Spirit.

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When I sa the word “Gregorian Masses” I thought it was going to be about music. I learn something every day!

Great art, BTW!

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Neat carving! I used to get a mailer about Gregorian Masses from some organization. It might have been Catholic Near East Welfare, because what seems a modest stipend to us can be a year’s income for priests in the outback of nowhere. Or maybe FSSP had an arrangement with priests in Central Europe or Asia.

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St. Gregory the Great is often shown with a dove wispering to his ear. Also a curtain is usually present. The legend is that it was customary for the Holy Father to dictate his writings to a secretary while remaining separated from him with a curtain. The secretary was intrigued, perhaps, by the long pauses followed by rapid dictation of long passages, and made a hole in the curtain. When he peaked during a particularly long silent period, he saw a dove speaking into Pope Gregory’s ear. I’ll see if I can find this depicted more clearly.

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From Antiphonary of Hartker of Sankt-Gallen
(Cod. Sang. 390, p. 13)
Date: ca. 1000

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Pope Gregory I the Great (c.540-604) dictating the Book of Job to his scribe Peter,
illustration to a later edition of the original 6th century text (vellum).
Artist: French School, (12th century).
Artist Nationality: French.
Date: C12th.
Medium: vellum.
Location: Bibliotheque Municipale, Laon, France

Watermark is not a part of the image.

I saw somewhere the secretary actually poking through the curtain, but now I can't find it.

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Both beautiful images,in my opinion.