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Vestment: WhiteS. Leonis Magni, papæ et Ecclesiæ doctoris
S. Leonis Magni, papæ et Ecclesiæ doctoris
Saint Leo the Great (c. 400–461) reigned as Bishop of Rome during a time of immense imperial instability and theological turmoil. His famous 'Tome of Leo' to the Council of Chalcedon (451) definitively articulated that Christ is one divine Person in two full natures (true God and true man). He famously confronted Attila the Hun and persuaded him to spare Rome.
For I, through the law, am dead to the law, that I may live to God: with Christ I am nailed to the cross. And I live, now not I; but Christ liveth in me. And that that I now live in the flesh: I live in the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and delivered himself for me.
R. Praise the Lord, all you nations; acclaim him, all you peoples.
O praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people. For his mercy is confirmed upon us: and the truth of the Lord remaineth for ever.
R. Praise the Lord, all you nations; acclaim him, all you peoples.
And calling the multitude together with his disciples, he said to them: If any man will follow me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life, shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel, shall save it. For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his soul?
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