"The Lord established for him a covenant of peace, and made him the prince, that he might have the dignity of the priesthood for ever." (Sirach 45: 30)
Today is the Memorial of St Leo the Great. Who is this man? He was Pope and Doctor of the Church who lived in the 5th century and helped to define what we know today as the Holy Roman Catholic and Apostolic Church.
"God, who never allow the gates of hell to prevail against your Church,
firmly founded on the apostolic rock, grant her, we pray, that through the intercession of Pope Saint Leo, she may stand firm in your truth and know the protection of lasting peace.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever." (Collect on the Feast of St Leo the Great).
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