Excerpt from A Homily of Saint Gregory the Great on the Pastoral Office On the occasion of the thirteenth centenary of St. Gregory the Great, our Holy Father, Pius X., published an Encyclical letter, in which he dwelt on the lessons to be learned from the life and writings of that great Pope. He directed, in a special manner, the attention of the clergy to the Regula Pastoralis of St. Gregory and to his Seventeenth Homily on the Gospels. Of the latter Pius X. speaks in the following terms: - "We still seem to have before our eyes the image of Gregory, in the Pontifical Council of Lateran, surrounded by bishops from all quarters and by the entire clergy of Rome. How fruitful is the exhortation which falls from his lips on the subject of the duties of the clergy! What burning zeal! Like a thunderbolt his sermon smites the guilty.

His words are so many scourges to rouse the slothful. They are, so to say, flames of divine love, which sweetly influence even the most fervent. "Read, venerable brethren, that admirable homily of the holy Pontiff, and make your clergy read and ponder it, especially at the time of their annual retreat." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy.

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