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28 Jun Peter & Paul, Twin Martyrs – Leo

11 - November, 11/18 Dedication of the Basilicas of Peter & Paul, About Saints, Apostles, Articles, Author, By Saints, Calendar, Discipleship, Doctors, Early Fathers, Fathers, Golden Age, Leo the Great, Martrydom, Saints, Topics 0 Comments

...November 18, the memorial of the Dedication of the Basilicas of St. Paul Outside the Walls and St. Peter’s in Vatican City. Banner/featured image by El Greco, 1595, public domain....

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12 Dec Pope Leo XIII

...and the recovery of the philosophic and theological heritage of the Angelilc Doctor, St. Thomas Aquinas. He was succeeded by Pope St. Pius X in 1903. Biography by Dr. Italy...

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07 Feb Sermon 95 on the Beatitudes-St Leo

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HOMILY 95 ON THE BEATITUDES (MATTHEW 5:1-9) Pope St. Leo the Great Early Church Father & Doctor of the Church Introduction of the subject. When our LORD Jesus Christ, beloved,...

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12 Feb New creation, New Dignity – Leo the Great

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...read CHRISTIAN, REMEMBER YOUR DIGNITY. St. Leo, one of the early Church Fathers, was Pope in the middle of the 5th century. He is especially renowned for his preaching on...

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21 Dec Christian Remember Your Dignity – Leo the Great

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...Initiative Library. St. Leo, one of the early Church Fathers, was Pope in the middle of the 5th century and is especially renowned for his preaching on the mystery of...

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22 Mar Christ’s Passion-he took the nature of a slave -Leo the Great

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Saint Leo the Great on meditating upon Christ Crucified as a way of showing reverence for our Lord’s passion and sharing in the victory of the cross. We must recognize...

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26 May Ascension of Christ Increases Faith – Leo the Great

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...is reached not by physical handling but by spiritual discernment. Banner/featured image 14th century Novgorod School. Public domain. This excerpt from St. Leo’s second sermon on the Ascension of the...

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10 Sep Blessed are the Mourning & the Meek – Leo the Great

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...and those who mourn, is an excerpt from Leo the Great’s famous Sermon on the Beatitudes (Sermo 95, 4-6: PL 54, 462-464). It is used in the Roman Office of...

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31 Aug Blessed the Poor in Spirit – Leo the Great

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...and brought them to be lithe and agile in Christ. This post on the first beatitude “blessed are the poor in spirit” is an excerpt from St. Leo’s Sermon 95...

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26 Feb Lenten Fasting and Almsgiving – Leo the Great

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...are unequal in their capacity to give can be equal in the love within their hearts. Leo, one of the Early Church Fathers, was such an extraordinary teacher that he...

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