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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good rest
Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best.
dog marriage returns
Having experienced the vexation of marriage, why should she be like the dog who returns to his own vomit,
act action general maxim natural
Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a be general natural law.
praying speak
When we pray we speak to God; but when we read, God speaks to us.
heaven soul catholic
Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you.
holy-eucharist heaven trying
If Christ did not want to dismiss the Jews without food in the desert for fear that they would collapse on the way, it was to teach us that it is dangerous to try to get to heaven without the Bread of Heaven.
swim scripture drink
The Scriptures are shallow enough for a babe to come and drink without fear of drowning and deep enough for theologians to swim in without ever reaching the bottom.
bible ignorance sacred-scripture
Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.
keys heaven church
The Church was founded upon Peter: although elsewhere the same is attributed to all the Apostles, and they all receive the keys of the kingdom of heaven, the strength of the Church depends upon them all alike, yet one among the twelve is chosen so that when a head has been appointed, there may be no occasion for schism.
funny-friendship cute-friendship long
A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.
wealth poor wealthy
Shun, as you would the plague, a cleric who from being poor has become wealthy, or who, from being nobody has become a celebrity.
heaven earth
Seek to learn on earth those truths which will remain ever valid in Heaven
heaven earth
Seek to learn on earth those truths which will remain ever valid in Heaven
devil may kind
Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.