Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.
ST. JEROMEWithout doubt, the Lord grants all favors which are asked of Him in Mass, provided they be fitting for us.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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Wine is the first weapon that devils use in attacking the young.
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When we pray we speak to God; but when we read, God speaks to us.
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They please the world most, who please Christ least.
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Catch, then, O catch the transient hour; Improve each moment as it flies!
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Endeavor to have always in your hand a pious book, that with this shield you may defend yourself against bad thoughts.
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It is no fault of Christianity that a hypocrite falls into sin.
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When I could not see the light with my blind eyes, I blamed not my eyes, but the sun.
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Every day we are changing, every day we are dying, and yet we fancy ourselves eternal.
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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 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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For all riches come from iniquity, and unless one were to lose another could not gain. Hence the common adage seems to me to be very true: The rich man is unjust or the heir of an unjust one.
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Among us, what is not allowed to women is equally not allowed to men.
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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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He is rich enough who does not want bread.
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For the preservation of chastity, an empty and rumbling stomach and fevered lungs are indispensable.
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