The Feast of St Leo the Great.

"The Lord watches over the lives of the wholehearted; their inheritance lasts forever.
By the Lord are the steps of a man made firm, and he approves his way." (Psalm 37: 18, 23).

Tuesday 10th November 2020, 32nd Week in Ordinary Time is the feast of a giant of our faith: St Leo the Great. (+ 461). Pope. The life of this great man reminds me of this quote from Shakespeare:  "Some men are born great. Others achieve greatness. Others have greatness thrust unto them." Leo was from a Roman aristocratic family. He was the first of three popes in the history of the Church to be called "the Great." Not by the Church but by the consensus of the faithful.

Pope Benedict XVI said that Leo's papacy "was undoubtedly one of the most important in Church history." Leo is remembered in history for many things. Two things stand out for me:
#1 Leo put his stamp on the authoritative definition of who Jesus Christ is: Jesus Christ is true God (100%) and true Man (100%).
#2 The mighty Roman Empire was collapsing right and left during the pontificate of Pope Leo. Leo persuaded Attila the Hun to turn back from the gates of Rome and Rome was spared destruction.

Our key Scripture for today is from the Responsorial Psalm 37.
Read this and see how this applies to St Leo:
"The Lord watches over the lives of the wholehearted; their inheritance lasts forever.
By the Lord are the steps of a man made firm, and he approves his way." (Psalm 37: 18, 23).
Leo's devotion to Jesus Christ and the Church was complete and wholehearted. The Lord approved of his ways and made him a high priest forever.

If you trust in the Lord and do good,
you will dwell in the land and be fed in security.
If you take delight in the Lord,
He will grant you your heart’s requests. (Cf Psalm 37).

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