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.
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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The friendship that can cease has never been real.
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The most base of men can be civilized through suffering.
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Every day we are changing, every day we are dying, and yet we fancy ourselves eternal.
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Even 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.
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Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night.
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We must love Christ and always seek Christ’s embraces. Then everything difficult will seem easy.
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Failure is the inspiration of tomorrow’s entrepreneurs.
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Nothing gives us a greater idea of our soul, than that God has given us, at the moment of our birth, an angel to take care of it.
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True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.
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Haste is of the Devil.
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To read without writing is to sleep.
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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 tired ox treads with a firmer step.
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Virginity can be lost by a thought.
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A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.
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