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Today we'll be meditating upon and praying with the third joyful mystery, the Nativity,

with help from a reading from St. Leo the Great.

Our excerpt will come from his sermon, 21, on the Feast of the Nativity.

Before getting to the writing, a little background on St. Leo the Great. He's born in the year 400,

died in the year 461. He's also known as Pope St. Leo I, and he's the first of our

Pope Saints to be given the title the Great. A particular importance about the life of St. Leo is that

during his pontificate, he clearly defended and defined Jesus as being one divine person with two

natures. He was the Pope at the time of the Ecumenical Council, the Council of Calcedon, in the year

451, which definitively declared this, and this super important referring to Jesus, as regards

his godhead, begotten of the Father before the ages.

But yet, as regards his manhood, begotten for us men and for our salvation of Mary, the Virgin, the Godbearer.

One in the same Christ, son, Lord, only be gotten. Recognized in two natures without confusion,

without change, without division, without separation, the distinction of nature's being in no way

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