Recognize the dignity of your nature

Treasures of Our Faith with Deacon Richard Vehige · Feb 13, 2026 · 5m

On Friday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time our Church invites us to first read and reflect on a passage from the letter of the apostle Paul to the Galatians (5:1-25) entitled "The freedom of those who live by faith". Our treasure, which follows, is from a sermon by Saint Leo the Great, pope.

Saint Leo became pope in the year 440. Saint Leo was a Roman aristocrat and was the first pope to have been called "the Great". Saint Leo is known as one of the best administrative popes of the ancient Church. His work branched into many areas of the church, indicative of his notion of the pope's total…