{"id":633,"date":"2020-08-30T23:59:34","date_gmt":"2020-08-30T22:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bedale.church\/?page_id=633"},"modified":"2020-08-31T00:09:50","modified_gmt":"2020-08-30T23:09:50","slug":"a-hymn-for-st-gregory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bedale.church\/?page_id=633","title":{"rendered":"A Hymn for St Gregory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"493\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/bedale.church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Gregory-hymn-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bedale.church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Gregory-hymn-1.jpg 493w, https:\/\/bedale.church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Gregory-hymn-1-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-red-color\">Tune: Laudate Dominum [<em>O praise ye the Lord<\/em>] or<br>Hanover [<em>O worship the King<\/em>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-red-color\">First sung at St Gregory&#8217;s Bedale, September 2003<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-vivid-red-background-color has-vivid-red-color is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Monk Gregory\u2019s fame come let us report,<br>Whose love for his Lord inspired every thought;<br>Who sent his apostle to this island race<br>To strengthen the English, to win them to grace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/bedale.church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/spacer-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-639\" width=\"25\" height=\"20\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>O come, let us tell how he of high birth<br>State office renounced for things of more worth:<br>Though prefect patrician, his ancestral home<br>Converted to serve the poor people of Rome;\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/bedale.church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/spacer-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-639\" width=\"25\" height=\"20\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Though Bishop and Pope, chose monk to remain,<br>Defended the weak, deplored wrongful gain;<br>Sought \u00a0justice with mercy, just judgments set forth,<br>And Benedict\u2019s teachings spread wide west and north.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/bedale.church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/spacer-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-639\" width=\"25\" height=\"20\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>God\u2019s consul to be, God\u2019s servants to serve,<br>Was all his desire, deep peace to preserve.<br>His care and his writings, his notes firm and strong,<br>Enrich still our serving, our worship, our song.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/bedale.church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/spacer-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-639\" width=\"25\" height=\"20\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>May we who today his legacy share<br>Be patient and bold to live out God\u2019s care:<br>Inspired by example, from slavery free,<br>Not Angles but angels, God\u2019s messengers be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/bedale.church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/spacer-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-639\" width=\"25\" height=\"20\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As echo these walls with centuries\u2019 praise,<br>His deeds we recall from far distant days:<br>The best of the Romans a pattern we find<br>For honouring Jesus with heart, soul and mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/bedale.church\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/spacer-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-639\" width=\"25\" height=\"20\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background has-vivid-red-background-color has-vivid-red-color is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p> \u00a9 Robin Brown 2006<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tune: Laudate Dominum [O praise ye the Lord] orHanover [O worship the King] First sung at St Gregory&#8217;s Bedale, September 2003 Monk Gregory\u2019s fame come let us report,Whose love for his Lord inspired every thought;Who sent his apostle to this island raceTo strengthen the English, to win them to grace. 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