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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.

St. Jerome

Instead of speaking saintly words we must act them.
ST. JEROME

Act Action Talk Word
A man who is well grounded in the testimonies of the Scripture is the bulwark of the Church.
ST. JEROME

Man Religious Scripture
When I could not see the light with my blind eyes, I blamed not my eyes, but the sun.
ST. JEROME

Blame Eyes Light Myself See Sun
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.
ST. JEROME

Appearance Body Fashion Purity Reveal Talk
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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Devil Man Scripture Worst
To read without writing is to sleep.
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One Liner Reading Sleep Writing
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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Book Daughter God Heart Life Yourself
Vanity is truly the motive power that moves humanity, and it is flattery that greases the wheels.
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Humanity Move Power True
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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Beginning Offering Ourselves Seek
Martyrdom does not consist only in dying for one’s faith. Martyrdom also consists in serving God with love and purity of heart every day of one’s life.
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Death Faith God Life Love Oneself Purity Service
Haste is of the Devil.
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Devil One Liner
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.
ST. JEROME

Face Faith Forever Peace Time World Yourself
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.
ST. JEROME

Drink Enough Fear Reach Scripture
A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.
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Bond Difficult Friendship
Everything has its drawbacks, as the man said when his mother-in-law died, and they came down upon him for the funeral expenses.
ST. JEROME

Death Expense Himself Man Mom
Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.
ST. JEROME

Devil Employment Kind Work

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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