{"id":990,"date":"2014-12-10T02:42:35","date_gmt":"2014-12-10T02:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/?p=990"},"modified":"2026-07-05T14:55:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T18:55:43","slug":"pope-saint-gregory-iii-feast-day-december-10th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/pope-saint-gregory-iii-feast-day-december-10th","title":{"rendered":"Pope Saint Gregory III (Feast Day \u2013 December 10th)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Heavenly Father, we live in a time of great confusion and ignorance of the things of God.\u00a0 There are many in this present age that would like to see the removal of statues and icons as well as kneelers and other traditional and sacred things in the Church.\u00a0 May we be blessed with the boldness of Pope Gregory III and all the saints in their defense of the Church and our Catholic faith.\u00a0Let us not be fearful and always remember that you are with us.\u00a0 Amen.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Heavenly Father, we live in a time of great confusion and ignorance of the things of God.\u00a0 There are many in this present age that would like to see the removal of statues and icons as well as kneelers and other traditional and sacred things in the Church.\u00a0 May we be blessed with the boldness […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":991,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-saint-of-the-day"],"yoast_head":"\nPope St. Gregory III: Feast Day Prayer, Dec 10<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A prayer honoring Pope Saint Gregory III, celebrated December 10th, asking for boldness in defending sacred images and our Catholic faith today.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/pope-saint-gregory-iii-feast-day-december-10th\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pope St. Gregory III: Feast Day Prayer, Dec 10\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A prayer honoring Pope Saint Gregory III, celebrated December 10th, asking for boldness in defending sacred images and our Catholic faith today.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/pope-saint-gregory-iii-feast-day-december-10th\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Share Catholic - 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