Book Review of Jerome: Select Letters Translated by F.A. Wright
“Nothing is happier than the Christian, for to him is promised the kingdom of heaven: nothing is more toil-worn, for every day he goes in danger of his life.”
– St. Jerome
“Nothing is happier than the Christian, for to him is promised the kingdom of heaven: nothing is more toil-worn, for every day he goes in danger of his life.”
– St. Jerome
“He does not call those who are worthy, but those He chooses to call.”
– St. Thérèse
“There is no disorder that ETERNAL LOVE does not turn against the principle of evil.” – Joseph de Maistre
“I say to you, that if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out.”
– Luke 19:40
“Look not upon a woman that hath a mind for many: lest thou fall into her snares.”
– Ecclesiasticus 9:3
“He often makes choice of those who seem to themselves the most unfit for the greatest achievements and chooses such as the world despises to confound the pride of the world.” – Bishop Richard Challoner
“In the ancient is wisdom, and in length of days prudence.” – Job 12:12
“Whom when Jesus saw, he was much displeased, and saith to them: Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not; for of such is the kingdom of God.”
– Mark 10:14
“Look at those other impious men who work with all their strength to destroy our holy religion by their writings, a Voltaire, a Jean Jacques Rousseau, a Diderot, an Ingersoll, a Darwin, and so many others, who only lived to disseminate by their writings what the devil had instilled in them. Alas! They have worked a great deal of misery, they have ruined countless souls and cast them into hell; but they could not destroy religion, as they believed—they were dashed to pieces on that rock.”
– St. Jean Marie Vianney, Sermon for the Third Sunday of Advent
“But sanctify the Lord Christ in your hearts, being ready always to satisfy every one that asketh you a reason of that hope which is in you.” – 1 Peter 3:15