Seek to learn on earth those truths which will remain ever valid in Heaven.
ST. JEROMEAnd as regards Adam and Eve we must maintain that before the fall they were virgins in Paradise: but after they sinned, and were cast out of Paradise, they were immediately married.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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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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A man who is well grounded in the testimonies of the Scripture is the bulwark of the Church.
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The tired ox treads with a firmer step.
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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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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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Make knowledge of the Scripture your love. Live with them, meditate on them, make them the sole object of your knowledge and inquiries.
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Love knows nothing of order.
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We need more music that is passionate and meaningful and honest.
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If it is good not to touch a woman, then it is bad to touch a woman always and in every case.
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A false interpretation of Scripture causes that the gospel of the Lord becomes the gospel of man, or, which is worse, of the devil.
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Early impressions are hard to eradicate from the mind. When once wool has been dyed purple, who can restore it to its previous whiteness?
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While truth is always bitter, pleasantness waits upon evildoing.
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Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.
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