If a soul is not clothed with the teachings of the Church he cannot merit to have Jesus seated in him.
ST. JEROMETrue friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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When we pray we speak to God; but when we read, God speaks to us.
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Let us learn upon earth those things which can call us to heaven.
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Among us, what is not allowed to women is equally not allowed to men.
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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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Begin now what you will be hereafter.
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The friendship that can cease has never been real.
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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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While truth is always bitter, pleasantness waits upon evildoing.
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Instead of speaking saintly words we must act them.
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I praise wedlock, I praise marital union, but only because they produce me virgins.
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Wine is the first weapon that devils use in attacking the young.
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No created mind, no created heart, no human force is capable of knowing how much love the Heart of Mary had for the Lord.
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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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A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.
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Either we must speak as we dress, or dress as we speak. Why do we profess one thing and display another? The tongue talks of chastity, but the whole body reveals impurity.
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