All St. Jerome Quotes
- Without doubt, the Lord grants all favors which are asked of Him in Mass, provided they be fitting for us. All
- Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you. Catholic
- The eating of meat was unknown up to the big flood, but since the flood they have put the strings and stinking juices of animal… Allowed
- If there is but little water in the stream, it is the fault, not of the channel, but of the source. Abundance
- They please the world most, who please Christ least. Christ
- For it is good to cleave to God, and to put our hopes in the Lord, so that, when we have exchanged this poor life… Aloud
- To ignore Scripture is to ignore Christ. Christ
- Woman is the root of all evil. All
- And as regards Adam and Eve we must maintain that before the fall they were virgins in Paradise: but after they sinned, and were cast… Adam
- No athlete is crowned but in the sweat of his brow. Athlete
- For the preservation of chastity, an empty and rumbling stomach and fevered lungs are indispensable. Chastity
- Whosoever you are who introduce new doctrines, I beseech you to spare the ears of Romans! Spare that faith which was commended by the voice… Apostle
- So valuable to heaven is the dignity of the human soul that every member of the human race has a guardian angel from the moment… Angel
- Preferring to store her money in the stomachs of the needy rather than hide it in a purse. Hide
- Begin now what you will be hereafter. Begin
- Endeavor to have always in your hand a pious book, that with this shield you may defend yourself against bad thoughts. Bad
- Martyrdom does not consist only in dying for one's faith. Martyrdom also consists in serving God with love and purity of heart every day of… Consist
- Instead of speaking saintly words we must act them. Act
- If you call [the synagogue] a brothel, a den of vice, the devil's refuge, Satan's fortress, a place to deprave the soul, an abyss of… Abyss
- The truly miserable have a timbre in their voices strong enough to erase smiles from the faces and souls of the contented. Contented