St. Jerome
St. Jerome
Jeromewas a presbyter, confessor, theologian and historian. He was the son of Eusebius, born at Stridon, a village near Emona on the border of Dalmatia and Pannonia, then part of northeastern Italy. He is best known for his translation of most of the Bible into Latin, and his commentaries on the Gospels. His list of writings is extensive...
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devil may kind
Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.
life-is-short things-in-life bigger
There are things in life that are bigger than ourselves. Life is short, live it well.
cute love-you heart
The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.
suffering christ easy
We must love Christ and always seek Christ's embraces. Then everything difficult will seem easy.
catholic devil may
Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.
athlete effort stronger
Athletes as a rule are stronger than their backers; yet the weaker presses the stronger to put forth all his efforts.
heart knowing mind
No created mind, no created heart, no human force is capable of knowing how much love the Heart of Mary had for the Lord.
ignorance ignorant stills
It is worse still to be ignorant of your ignorance.
jesus animal people
The eating of meat was unknown up to the big flood, but since the flood they have put the strings and stinking juices of animal meat into our mouths, just as they threw in front of the grumbling sensual people in the desert. Jesus Christ, who appeared when the time had been fulfilled, has again joined the end with the beginning, so that it is no longer allowed for us to eat animal meat.
angel race heaven
So valuable to heaven is the dignity of the human soul that every member of the human race has a guardian angel from the moment the person begins to be.
suffering thank-god world
Thank God I am deemed worthy to be hated by the world.
devil busy worthwhile
Always be doing something worthwhile; then the devil will always find you busy.
christian blood church
The Church of Christ has been founded by shedding its own blood, not that of others; by enduring outrage, not by inflicting it. Persecutions have made it grow; martyrdoms have crowned it.
grieving heaven desire
For it is good to cleave to God, and to put our hopes in the Lord, so that, when we have exchanged this poor life for the kingdom of heaven, we may cry aloud: 'Whom have I in heaven but thee? There is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.' Assuredly, when we have found such wealth in heaven, we may well grieve to have sought after poor passing pleasures here on earth.