The saintly pontiff, who re-established the Catholic custom of frequent and early Holy Communion, to counter the puritanical excesses of Jansenism, which held that Catholics should receive Communion only infrequently, also commanded that children reaching the age of reason, about age 7, should be admitted to First Confession and Communion at the time they could tell the difference between ordinary bread and wine and the Sacred Body and Blood of Christ.
He restored Gregorian Chant to its position of official prominence in the Mass and other liturgical functions of the Church, restored the Lenten proper Masses to the days of Lent, and revised the Breviary.
you sought "to restore all things in Christ."
Obtain for me a true love of Jesus so that I may live only for Him.
Help me to acquire a lively fervour and a sincere will to strive for sanctity of life,
and that I may avail myself of the riches of the Holy Eucharist in sacrifice and sacrament.
By your love for Mary, mother and queen of all, inflame my heart with tender devotion to her.
Blessed model of the priesthood, obtain for us holy, dedicated priests, and increase vocations to the religious life. Dispel confusion and hatred and anxiety, and incline our hearts to peace and concord. so that all nations will place themselves under the sweet reign of Christ. Amen.
St Pius X, Pray for us!