Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.
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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We need more music that is passionate and meaningful and honest.
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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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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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Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night.
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Whoever eats the Lamb outside this House is profane.
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Honest speech does not seek secret places.
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Strictly speaking, one should not even rightly compare virginity to marriage because you cannot make a comparison between two things if one is good and the other evil.
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It is no fault of Christianity that a hypocrite falls into sin.
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Wine is the first weapon that devils use in attacking the young.
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Matrimony is always a vice, all that can be done is to excuse it and sanctify it; therefore it was made a religious sacrament.
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Instead of speaking saintly words we must act them.
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Malice swallows the greatest part of its own venom.
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No one loves to tell of scandal except to him who loves to hear it. Learn, then, to rebuke and check the detracting tongue by showing that you do not listen to it with pleasure.
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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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The tired ox treads with a firmer step.
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