Today the Church remembers Leo the Great, Bishop of Rome in the 5th century. He was bishop there at a time of upheaval in Rome and he provided leadership at a time of great distress, a time when barbarian armies were ravaging the once mighty Roman Empire. The old Roman Empire was in total political and military collapse and there was a vacuum of political leadership. Leo filled the void and became the advocate for the temporal as well as spiritual needs of his flock. Leo even negotiated with Attila the Hun convincing Attila to abandon his plans to sack Rome and to withdraw his forces beyond the Danube river. Leo once again was the spokesperson for the Romans in 455 when the Vandal barbarians swept into Central Italy, securing concessions from them.
He was also instrumental in his teaching regarding the nature of Jesus Christ (Christology) and his being true God and true man.
Let us pray: O Lord our God, grant that your Church, following the teaching of your servant Leo of Rome, may hold fast the great mystery of our redemption, and adore the one Christ, true God and true Man, neither divided from our human nature nor separate from your divine Being; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and or ever. Amen.
Please remember everyone on our Prayer List especially those looking for employment, for the ill, for those who are alone, and for those who have no one to pray for them.
“For all, regenerated in Christ, are made kings by the sign of the cross; they are consecrated priests by the oil of the Holy Spirit, so that beyond the special service of our ministry as priests, all spiritual and mature Christians know that they are a royal race and are sharers in the office of the priesthood. For what is more king-like that to find yourself ruler over your body after having surrendered your soul to God? And what is more priestly than to promise the Lord a pure conscience and to offer him in love unblemished victims on the altar of one's heart?”—Leo the Great (391-461)
Your servant in Christ,
Fr. Chester J. Makowski+
St. Augustine of Hippo Episcopal Church
Galveston, Texas 77550
He was also instrumental in his teaching regarding the nature of Jesus Christ (Christology) and his being true God and true man.
Let us pray: O Lord our God, grant that your Church, following the teaching of your servant Leo of Rome, may hold fast the great mystery of our redemption, and adore the one Christ, true God and true Man, neither divided from our human nature nor separate from your divine Being; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and or ever. Amen.
Please remember everyone on our Prayer List especially those looking for employment, for the ill, for those who are alone, and for those who have no one to pray for them.
“For all, regenerated in Christ, are made kings by the sign of the cross; they are consecrated priests by the oil of the Holy Spirit, so that beyond the special service of our ministry as priests, all spiritual and mature Christians know that they are a royal race and are sharers in the office of the priesthood. For what is more king-like that to find yourself ruler over your body after having surrendered your soul to God? And what is more priestly than to promise the Lord a pure conscience and to offer him in love unblemished victims on the altar of one's heart?”—Leo the Great (391-461)
Your servant in Christ,
Fr. Chester J. Makowski+
St. Augustine of Hippo Episcopal Church
Galveston, Texas 77550
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