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.
ST. JEROMEMarriage fills the Earth, virginity Heaven.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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For the preservation of chastity, an empty and rumbling stomach and fevered lungs are indispensable.
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Without doubt, the Lord grants all favors which are asked of Him in Mass, provided they be fitting for us.
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Whoever eats the Lamb outside this House is profane.
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Haste is of the Devil.
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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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Always be doing something worthwhile; then the devil will always find you busy.
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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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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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When we pray we speak to God; but when we read, God speaks to us.
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It is worse still to be ignorant of your ignorance.
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If a soul is not clothed with the teachings of the Church he cannot merit to have Jesus seated in him.
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Make knowledge of the Scripture your love. Live with them, meditate on them, make them the sole object of your knowledge and inquiries.
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Every day we are changing, every day we are dying, and yet we fancy ourselves eternal.
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Seek to learn on earth those truths which will remain ever valid in Heaven.
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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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