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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wine devil weapons
Wine is the first weapon that devils use in attacking the young
devil busy engaged
Keep always busy so that the devil will find you always engaged.
jesus teaching soul
If a soul is not clothed with the teachings of the Church he cannot merit to have Jesus seated in him.
self-esteem esteem
Beauty when unadorned is adorned the most.
catholic moments short-summer
Catch, then, O catch the transient hour; Improve each moment as it flies!
faults blame changed
What cannot be changed cannot be blamed.
dying fancy eternal
Every day we are changing, every day we are dying, and yet we fancy ourselves eternal.
mind theme small-minds
Small minds can never handle great themes.
tired steps
The tired ox treads with a firmer step.
seasoning
Everything must have in it a sharp seasoning of truth.
dinner clergymen contempt
That clergyman soon becomes an object of contempt who being often asked out to dinner never refuses to go.
scandal tongue one-love
No one loves to tell of scandal except to him who loves to hear it. Learn, then, to rebuke and check the detracting tongue by showing that you do not listen to it with pleasure.
order baptism trying
Time would fail me were I to try to lay before you in order all the passages in the Holy Scriptures which relate to the efficacy of baptism or to explain the mysterious doctrine of that second birth which though it is our second is yet our first in Christ.
evil venom malice
Malice swallows the greatest part of its own venom.