A vice in the heart is an idol on the altar.
ST. JEROMEEven 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.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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Music to me is a voice, my voice, it’s my way of expressing what colours can I bring in, what emotions, what feel. What ideas can I bring out from these instruments that would make this song come alive.
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A man who is well grounded in the testimonies of the Scripture is the bulwark of the Church.
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Among us, what is not allowed to women is equally not allowed to men.
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Always be doing something worthwhile; then the devil will always find you busy.
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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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Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you.
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The Church of Christ has been founded by shedding its own blood, not that of others; by enduring outrage, not by inflicting it. Persecutions have made it grow; martyrdoms have crowned it.
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Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night.
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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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A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.
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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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He is rich enough who does not want bread.
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Love knows nothing of order.
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I praise wedlock, I praise marital union, but only because they produce me virgins.
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Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going or gone and we survive amongst the dead and the dying as on a battlefield.
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