Act as if the maxim…
Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a be general natural law.
–Saint Jerome (c. 340-420)
The bitterness of penance…
The sweetness of the apple makes up for the bitterness of the root. The hope of gain makes pleasant the perils of the sea. The expectation of health mitigates the nauseousness of medicine. One who desires the kernel breaks the nut. So one who desires the joy of a holy conscience swallows down the bitterness of penance.
–Saint Jerome (c. 340-420)
Walk cautiously and prudently…
Rise up from the sleep of the age. Walk cautiously and prudently. Cast off folly. Take hold of wisdom. In this way you will be able to avoid changing yourself constantly as you walk through the vicissitudes of the times. Rather you will find a unity within yourself even amid the diversity of the times.
–Saint Jerome (c. 340-420)
The judgment of God…
The judgment of God may be compared to a mirror. It is not the mirror’s fault if the face it reflects is hideous.
–Saint Jerome (c. 340-420)
Our repentance is…
Faith beholds Jesus among us. If we are unable to seize his hand, let us prostrate ourselves at his feet. If we are unable to reach his head, let us wash his feet with our tears. Our repentance is the perfume of the Savior. See how costly is the compassion of the Savior.
–Saint Jerome (c. 340-420)
The charges we bring against others…
The charges we bring against others often come home to ourselves; we inveigh against faults which are as much ours as theirs; and so our eloquence ends by telling against ourselves.
–Saint Jerome (c. 340-420)
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