Without doubt, the Lord grants all favors which are asked of Him in Mass, provided they be fitting for us.
ST. JEROMELet 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.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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They talk like angels but they live like men.
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Preferring to store her money in the stomachs of the needy rather than hide it in a purse.
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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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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.
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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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Thank God I am deemed worthy to be hated by the world.
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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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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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A false interpretation of Scripture causes that the gospel of the Lord becomes the gospel of man, or, which is worse, of the devil.
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They please the world most, who please Christ least.
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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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Why do you not practise what you preach.
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When we pray we speak to God; but when we read, God speaks to us.
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Love knows nothing of order.
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Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.
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