Letter 2,50 - to Peter, sub-deacon of Sicily, about various cases. July-August 592.
"But when you come, bring with you the money and jewels from the inheritance of Antoninus. Also bring with them any rents obtained by you from the ninth and tenth indictions, and all the accounts. Make an effort to cross the sea, if it pleases God, before the nativity of Saint Cyprian, in case some danger might eventuate (Heaven forbid!) from the sigh that is always a threat at that time.
Besides this, you should know that I severely rebukes Pretiosus, a monk, over a slight fault, and I sent him from my presence, a sad and embittered man. As a result, I am deeply distressed in my thoughts. And I wrote to the lord bishop, that he should send him back to me, if he were willing. But he was not at all willing. I neither should nor can upset the bishop, for occupied as he is in the service of God, he should be supported with words of comfort, and not criticized with bitterness. In fact the same Pretiosus, from what I hear, is extremely sad, because he is not returning to me. But as I have said, I cannot upset the lord bishop, who does not want to send him away, and I remain undecided between the two of them. You therefore, if you have a greater amount of wisdom in your poor old body than I have in mine, arrange this same case in such a way that my wish is realized, and the lord bishop is not upset."
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), I: 229.
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Tuesday, 22 February 2011
Friday, 26 November 2010
An Appointment
Letter 2,12 - to bischop Importunus. January 592.
"Because we know that the church of Saint Mary, which is called Piso's, lying in your parish, is without a priest, we have certainly appointed the bearer of this letter, Dominic, to be in charge as priest in that same church.
For that reason your Fraternity should see to it that the profits of that church are provided to him without delay, and see that the revenues of the tenth indiction already received are restored to the man mentioned above, without delay, so that with God's help he can carefully obtain the benefits of the same church, from which his profits derive."
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), I: 200.
"Because we know that the church of Saint Mary, which is called Piso's, lying in your parish, is without a priest, we have certainly appointed the bearer of this letter, Dominic, to be in charge as priest in that same church.
For that reason your Fraternity should see to it that the profits of that church are provided to him without delay, and see that the revenues of the tenth indiction already received are restored to the man mentioned above, without delay, so that with God's help he can carefully obtain the benefits of the same church, from which his profits derive."
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), I: 200.
Sunday, 23 May 2010
Earthly Help and Heavenly Rewards
Letter 1,23 - to sub-deacon Anthelm. February, 591.
"It has been suggested to us that some nuns in the city of Nola, while staying in the Aborida, endured an excessive deprivation of food and clothing. From the precept of God, it is fitting that we help them and relieve their want as far as we can, with the Lord's giving.
For that reason we charge your Experience with the present order: from this present ninth indiction, you should give them forty gold coins and thereafter at subsequent indictions provide twenty gold coins each year, which you may charge to your accounts. (..) Do this therefore in such a way that you also participate in a future reward."
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), I: 134.
"It has been suggested to us that some nuns in the city of Nola, while staying in the Aborida, endured an excessive deprivation of food and clothing. From the precept of God, it is fitting that we help them and relieve their want as far as we can, with the Lord's giving.
For that reason we charge your Experience with the present order: from this present ninth indiction, you should give them forty gold coins and thereafter at subsequent indictions provide twenty gold coins each year, which you may charge to your accounts. (..) Do this therefore in such a way that you also participate in a future reward."
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), I: 134.
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