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| St. Lea |
History
We don’t know much about
St. Lea, other than that she lived about 1700 years ago. She was a faithful Christian
who had a very rich and comfortable lifestyle, but after her husband died, she
moved to a monastery and lived a very simple, modest life. In a letter St.
Jerome wrote about her, we can see that she used to order a lot of servants
around, but once she became superior at the convent, she led the other sisters
by example.
Activity
Saint Jerome’s letter
indicates that he and St. Lea were kneeling together, reciting Psalm 73
together, when she died. This is a very interesting psalm for St. Lea, because
it talks about the frustrations of knowing rich people never want for anything, whilr the poor struggle, but both fall into sin. St. Lea knew must have known this from both perspectives, as a rich lady and as a poor sister. Today, read Psalm 73, and then memorize verse 26: “Though my flesh and my heart fail, God is the rock of my heart,
my portion forever.”
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