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.
ST. JEROMEAnd 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.
ST. JEROMETo read without writing is to sleep.
ST. JEROMEAlways be doing something worthwhile; then the devil will always find you busy.
ST. JEROMEIt is no fault of Christianity that a hypocrite falls into sin.
ST. JEROMEBe ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.
ST. JEROMEThank God I am deemed worthy to be hated by the world.
ST. JEROMEThe charges we bring against others often come home to ourselves; we inveigh against faults which are as much ours as theirs; and so our eloquence ends by telling against ourselves.
ST. JEROMEDo 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?
ST. JEROMEWine is the first weapon that devils use in attacking the young.
ST. JEROMEI praise wedlock, I praise marital union, but only because they produce me virgins.
ST. JEROMEThe friendship that can cease has never been real.
ST. JEROMEThey please the world most, who please Christ least.
ST. JEROMEThe tired ox treads with a firmer step.
ST. JEROMEHonest speech does not seek secret places.
ST. JEROMEMusic 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.
ST. JEROMEIf 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