{"id":5523,"date":"2023-11-09T23:53:53","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T03:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/?p=5523"},"modified":"2023-11-09T23:53:59","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T03:53:59","slug":"st-leo-the-great-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-reflections\/st-leo-the-great-2\/","title":{"rendered":"St Leo the Great"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Nov9.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4005\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-reflections\/saint-leo-the-great\/attachment\/nov9\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Nov9.jpg?fit=610%2C595&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"610,595\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;the Net&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1605024337&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Nov9\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Nov9.jpg?fit=610%2C595&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Nov9.jpg?resize=625%2C610&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4005\" width=\"867\" height=\"846\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Nov9.jpg?w=610&amp;ssl=1 610w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Nov9.jpg?resize=300%2C293&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thoughtful men and women, with hearts craving the truth, have come to seek in the Catholic Church the road which leads to eternal life.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>There is in the Sacred Heart the symbol and express image of the infinite love of Jesus Christ which moves us to love in return.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Our Lord came to the aid of each great tribulation with a special devotion. The present and future tribulations of the Church and of nations are greater than at any other period, and this persecution is more dangerous than those of previous times. Hence, the devotion which God sends to the succor of His Church and of the nations at the present time is the devotion to the Most Holy Eucharist. It is the highest of all devotions.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">St Leo the Great<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thoughtful men and women, with hearts craving the truth, have come to seek in the Catholic Church the road which leads to eternal life. There is in the Sacred Heart the symbol and express image of the infinite love of Jesus Christ which moves us to love in return. Our Lord came to the aid [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[44,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-saints-and-blesseds","category-spiritual-reflections"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7bfMR-1r5","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6365,"url":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-reflections\/mother-of-the-church-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":5523,"position":0},"title":"Mother of the Church","author":"monks4christ","date":"May 19, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"From \u201cLumen gentium\u201d The mission of the Holy Spirit in the church the Holy Spirit was sent on the day of Pentecost to sanctify the Church unceasingly, and thus enable believers to have access to the Father through Christ in the one Spirit.. 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