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ST. JEROMEWhen we pray we speak to God; but when we read, God speaks to us.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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Honest speech does not seek secret places.
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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.
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I praise wedlock, I praise marital union, but only because they produce me virgins.
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If there is but little water in the stream, it is the fault, not of the channel, but of the source.
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Make knowledge of the Scripture your love. Live with them, meditate on them, make them the sole object of your knowledge and inquiries.
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Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night.
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And as regards Adam and Eve we must maintain that before the fall they were virgins in Paradise: but after they sinned, and were cast out of Paradise, they were immediately married.
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If a soul is not clothed with the teachings of the Church he cannot merit to have Jesus seated in him.
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When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.
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The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.
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Virginity can be lost by a thought.
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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.
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When we pray we speak to God; but when we read, God speaks to us.
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Whoever eats the Lamb outside this House is profane.
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Malice swallows the greatest part of its own venom.
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