Morning Prayer - THURSDAY, 10 Nov 2022

LISTEN | Morning Prayer - November 10, 2022 | Memorial of St. Leo the Great, Pope and Doctor

"Peter said to Jesus: You are the Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus replied: You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church." - Mt. 16:16,18

Born in Etruria and became Pope in 440, St. Leo the Great was a true shepherd and father of souls. During his pontificate, the Council of Chalcedon (451) defined that Christ is one divine person with two natures, divine and human. It was a confirmation of his Epistola Dogmatica (Tomus) to the Patriarch Flavian of Constantinople. He vigorously defended the unity of the Church. He repelled the invasions of the barbarians or alleviated their effects, famously persuading Attila the Hun not to march on Rome in 452, and preventing the invading Vandals from massacring the population in 455. St. Leo left many doctrinal and spiritual writings behind and a number of them are included in the Office of Readings to this day. He died in 461.

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