Instead of speaking saintly words we must act them.
ST. JEROMEEverything has its drawbacks, as the man said when his mother-in-law died, and they came down upon him for the funeral expenses.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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Whoever eats the Lamb outside this House is profane.
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No athlete is crowned but in the sweat of his brow.
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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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They please the world most, who please Christ least.
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Avoid, as you would the plague, a clergyman who is also a man of business.
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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 fills the Earth, virginity Heaven.
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Among us, what is not allowed to women is equally not allowed to men.
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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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Catch, then, O catch the transient hour; Improve each moment as it flies!
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The scars of others should teach us caution.
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It is worse still to be ignorant of your ignorance.
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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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Without doubt, the Lord grants all favors which are asked of Him in Mass, provided they be fitting for us.
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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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