Without doubt, the Lord grants all favors which are asked of Him in Mass, provided they be fitting for us.
St. JeromeIf there is but little water in the stream, it is the fault, not of the channel, but of the source.
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. JeromeThe eating of meat was unknown up to the big flood, but since the flood they have put the strings and stinking juices of animal meat into our mouths, just as they threw in front of the grumbling sensual people in the desert. Jesus Christ, who appeared when the time had been fulfilled, has again joined the end with the beginning, so that it is no longer allowed for us to eat animal meat.
St. Jerome