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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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.
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.
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.
athlete sweat brows
No athlete is crowned but in the sweat of his brow.
water littles faults
If there is but little water in the stream, it is the fault, not of the channel, but of the source.
book hands may
Endeavor to have always in your hand a pious book, that with this shield you may defend yourself against bad thoughts.
religious pain children
Even while living in the world, the heart of Mary was so filled with motherly tenderness and compassion for men that no-one ever suffered so much for their own pains, as Mary suffered for the pains of her children.
roots evil
Woman is the root of all evil.
practice practice-what-you-preach
Why do you not practice what you preach.
home faults ends
The charges we bring against others often come home to ourselves; we inveigh against faults which are as much ours as theirs; and so our eloquence ends by telling against ourselves.
strong mean men
The line, often adopted by strong men in controversy, of justifying the means by the end.
giving forever trials
If then you remain constant in faith in the face of trial, the Lord will give you peace and rest for a time in this world, and forever in the next.
god eye light
When I could not see the light with my blind eyes, I blamed not my eyes, but the sun.
suffering thank-god world
Thank God I am deemed worthy to be hated by the world.