Without doubt, the Lord grants all favors which are asked of Him in Mass, provided they be fitting for us.
St. JeromeIf 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 every conceivable disaster or whatever else you will, you are still saying less than it deserves.
St. JeromeOut of one hundred thousand sinners who continue in sin until death, scarcely one will be saved.
St. JeromeFor all riches come from iniquity, and unless one were to lose another could not gain. Hence the common adage seems to me to be very true: The rich man is unjust or the heir of an unjust one.
St. Jerome