Without doubt, the Lord grants all favors which are asked of Him in Mass, provided they be fitting for us.
ST. JEROMEAvoid, as you would the plague, a clergyman who is also a man of business.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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No athlete is crowned but in the sweat of his brow.
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Woman is the root of all evil.
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Love knows nothing of order.
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Woman is the gate of the devil, the road to iniquity, the sting of the scorpion, in a word, a dangerous species.
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No one cares to speak to an unwilling listener. An arrow never lodges in a stone: often it recoils upon the shooter of it.
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Let your daughter have first of all the book of Psalms for holiness of heart, and be instructed in the Proverbs of Solomon for her godly life.
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No created mind, no created heart, no human force is capable of knowing how much love the Heart of Mary had for the Lord.
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It is our part to seek, His to grant what we ask; ours to make a beginning, His to bring it to completion; ours to offer what we can, His to finish what we cannot.
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A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.
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Either we must speak as we dress, or dress as we speak. Why do we profess one thing and display another? The tongue talks of chastity, but the whole body reveals impurity.
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For all riches come from iniquity, and unless one were to lose another could not gain. Hence the common adage seems to me to be very true: The rich man is unjust or the heir of an unjust one.
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Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.
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Do not let your deeds believe your words, lest when you speak in church someone may say to himself, “Why do you not practice what you preach?
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It is worse still to be ignorant of your ignorance.
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Avoid, as you would the plague, a clergyman who is also a man of business.
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