Leo the great

Words of Pope Leo the Great, Doctor of the Church, concerning what we put our attention toward in this life..

"The fewness of those who were present has if itself shown, dearly beloved, that the religious devotion wherewith, in commemoration of the day of our chastisement and release, the whole body of the faithful used to flock together in order to give God thanks, has on this last occasion been almost entirely neglected; and this has caused me much sadness of heart and great fear...One is ashamed to say it, but one must not keep silence: more is spent on demons than upon the Apostles, and mad spectacles draw greater crowds than blessed martyrdoms. Who was it that restored this city to safety, that rescued it from captivity-the games of the circus-goers or the care of the Saints."

Words of Pope Leo the Great on the birth of Jesus

"Recognize, O Christian, your dignity, and having been made a partner of the divine nature, do not return by an unworthy way of living to the old baseness. Remember who is your Head and to whose body you belong."

The art work is a depiction of Pope Leo's encounter with Attile the Hun, which is in St. Peter's BAsilica in Rome over his burial place.