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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friendship thinking catholic
True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.
running law giving
The best advice that I can give you is this: Church-traditions- especially when they do not run counter to the faith- are to be observed in the form in which previous generations have handed them down... The traditions which have been handed down should be regarded as apostolic laws.
children abortion poison
Others drink for sterility and commit murder on the human not yet sown. Some when they sense that they have conceived by sin, consider the poisons for abortion, and frequently die themselves along with it, and go to Hell guilty of three crimes: murdering themselves, committing adultery against Christ, and murder against their unborn child.
cases ifs
If it is good not to touch a woman, then it is bad to touch a woman always and in every case.
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.
inspirational marriage sleep
Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night.
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.
men land facts
The fact is that my native land is a prey to barbarism, that in it men's only God is their belly, that they live only for the present, and that the richer a man is the holier he is held to be.
love affection true-love
Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price.
practice church deeds
Do not let your deeds belie your words, lest when you speak in church someone may say to himself, "Why do you not practice what you preach?
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.
decision categories form
To perceive is to categorize, to conceptualize is to categorize, to learn is to form categories, to make decisions is to categorize.
Instead of speaking saintly words we must act them.
catholic devil may
Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.