There was a reason which provoked your Fraternity's mind to anger, and not undeservedly, so that you did not want to receive the offerings of Lord Venantius, and would not allow solemn Mass to be celebrated in his home.
And yet, because earthly goodness should be sough in such a way that no argument can seperate us from the unity of love, we therefore strongely advise your Holiness, as we have already written, that you should accept the offerings of the aforesaid man without reservation and with a sweetness and sincerity pleasing to God, and allow the mysteries of Mass to be celebrated in his home.
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), II, 433
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